[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Green Party Sex Tape video

[Nicole Castor]

I'm sure Angelica realizes there is no explicit content in the video, as
she makes her point,

"The concept and content is immature and damaging to our party.  A more
thoughtful treatment could have been a great PSA moment.  Instead it is an
embarrassment, plain and simple."

I agree, and to go further, I think we ought to be cautious in how we
present ourselves in relation to our platform, pillars and values, because
this satirical video could easily be interpreted as poking fun at sex work.
GP has already received criticism in "not being progressive enough in these
issues," because of a platform amendment proposal to distinguish
trafficking vs. Sex Work (
https://titsandsass.com/why-sex-workers-shouldnt-vote-green/).

The connotation behind the message in Jones' and Fulton's video seems to be
that choosing to engage in legitimate sex work to raise money is such an
obviously absurd concept, when we should actually be working to normalize
sex work, and stand with those who engage.

The video has its value as a comedic endeavor, is probably funnier to their
inner circle of friends, but to outsiders, to voters, it carries the Green
name, which reflects on all of us, including serious candidates like
Angelica Duenas, who may not wish to have such an association attached to
the party name.

-Nicole Castor
GP Sacramento County
On Mar 5, 2018 9:07 AM, <gdjohnson2 at juno.com> wrote:

> All I see is mention of a hypothetical sex tape
> as a way of making a statement about campaign
> financing.  It also gives Josh an excuse for
> an eye-catching title that will draw clicks.  No
> adult content in the video.
>
> A tad risky, a cheap gimmick, but not anything
> I can get excited about.
>
>
> --GJ
>
>
>
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 07:46:29 -0800 Jeff Lebow <jlebow at socal.rr.com>
> writes:
> Is this real or a hatchet job by Green opponents? If it is real, it is
> really poor judgement and is quite disturbing. I could not support a
> candidate taking this approach to fundraising. It?s just wrong. The fair
> thing would be for the candidate himself to explain whether this is real
> or why he took this extreme action.
> Jeff Lebow
> OC Greens
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 4, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Angelica Duenas <angelica at aduenas.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Dear SGA delegates
>
> I am very disturbed by the Green Party Sex Tape video
> (https://youtu.be/dxhUS-QQPbg) created and posted by Gubernatorial
> candidate Josh Jones. I find the video offensive and an example of
> extremely poor judgment by someone seeking to represent our party as a
> candidate for our state?s highest office.
>
> I was first introduced face to face with the Green Party at the August
> 2016 Green Party national convention in Houston, which I attended as an
> interested observer, after being turned off by the Democratic Party (as a
> Berniecrat delegate at the Democratic National Convention a week
> earlier.)
>
> At the GPUS convention, I met David Cobb, Laura Wells, Mike Feinstein,
> Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Cornel West (when things looked like he might
> Go Green) and Luis Rodriguez (the GPCA's 2014 Gubernatorial candidate).
> Based upon those interactions, I was impressed by the Green Party,
> effectively going Green the following month. Since then, I have learned a
> lot about the Green Party and its inner workings. I love how there is a
> high value on internal democracy. And I love the GPCA and GPUS platforms
> ? solid.
>
> But I have to say that if I would have come across this Josh Jones Sex
> Tape video in 2016 prior to attending the Green Party convention, I would
> have not given the Green Party a chance at all. The concept and content
> is immature and damaging to our party.  A more thoughtful treatment could
> have been a great PSA moment.  Instead it is an embarrassment, plain and
> simple.
>
> Given this, for anyone seeking our party?s endorsement, I think the video
> should be deleted from YouTube. But at a minimum, if this embarrassment
> is to remain on-line, the use of the words ?Green Party? should be
> removed from the video's title. No one in our party has the right to post
> something like that, misrepresenting our party?s name in that manner.
>
>
>
> Disappointed in Los Angeles,
> Angelica Due?as
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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> GPLAC Councilmember
> GYG Delegate
> GPCA CC Member
> GPUS Alternate Delegate
>
>
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