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I guess it's a travesty. I'm not sure what makes having extramarital sex such a protected, sacred act.

 

Probably on my Top 5 of favorite SNL bits.

 

I think it's obviously newsworthy, especially in cases such as Tiger Woods and John Edwards, when the private life runs contrary to the public appearance. And I would say there are certain positions in society, such as president, when it always matters. You want to know who these people really are.

ADD: I might be old-fashioned, but I see adultery as a significant tell of character.

 

It's not sacred. It's just not illegal. In 2017, it might not even be deceitful.

 

I consider it a lie. And it pertains to elected politicians to the highest levels of our government, shouldn't being truthful in such a crucial context matter?

Reagan, W, Obama...not a whiff of rumor around any of the 3 that I can recall. Not Carter or Nixon, either. It's not like it happens with every president.

 

What about outing non-married homosexuals?

Do you think media should do that?

(This is not a trick question. I'm exploring the contours of your position.)

 

I agree. It's a pretty clear indication of someone's trustworthiness and self-control. You can argue that some people are driven to cheat, but I would argue that most of the time, they should probably be driven to divorce instead.

 

Tanned, rested and ready.

 

Lying isn't typically illegal. Trump does it all the time and, damn, it sure as shit flips people out and makes the news. So's when he calls Warren Pocahontas. Why's that such a shitty thing to do, while cheating on Melania is just "meh."

You're not calling me a prude, but one might, and, hey, I got this massive sexual harassment scandal on my side as proof of why, for starters, married men shouldn't be having consensual affairs, for it leads places that get progressively worse.

It's newsworthy. People read it. It's uncomfortable because it buts up against our libertarian society, but so it goes.

 

The "massive sexual harassment scandal" is not about "men . . . having consensual affairs[.]"

You are also conflating me saying that a consensual affair isn't newsworthy with me saying that it's "meh." If my brother was stepping out on his wife, I'd kick his ass. But that's different than it being news. I don't usually like "slippery slope" arguments, but where does this end? What if I found out that Tiger Woods told his mom he'd call her on his birthday - but didn't?

 

I'm not advocating a peep squad for married celebrities having affairs. I am saying what happened to Gary Hart and John Edwards was newsworthy.

I have no idea what the media would generally be doing "outing" a non-married person, although, if it's a single version of Ted Haggard, I can begin to see how it might come about.

 

Fun little tidbit: That sketch was originally on the unaired last episode of the Dana Carvey Show. When Dana went to host SNL for the first time after leaving as a regular cast member, they decided to use it.

And to bring this thing full circle, one of the lead writers on the Dana Carvey Show was Louis CK.