Stephane Deschenes INF president addresses controversy about family naturism

Stephane Deschenes INF president and owner of Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park addresses the controversy around a naturist club right to have families and kids at events. The controversy is fueled by groups looking for any reason at all to brand nudists as sexual fiends. This interview with the owner of Bare Oaks Naturist Park addresses the issue head on. The one line I heard that is super important is nudity is a means of practicing naturism not the aim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLjxGg8S6gw

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The link wouldn't load up for me - anyone else have better luck?

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The link works if copied (as text) and pasted over to a web browser. Doesn't work if you just click on it here.

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The link wouldn't load up for me - anyone else have better luck?

You can copy and paste into a browser. Links must be added in a very specific manner for them to work on TN.

I tried to add it, but it seems they have broken yet another thing on here. Adding the html link no longer works.

John aka cobeachbum

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Here it is again

https://youtu.be/nLjxGg8S6gw

And a video from the same "news" organization on the precipitating event

https://youtu.be/P_ap4Fm6cxk?si=ZsUuRkPoa4jAKu20

The link wouldn't load up for me - anyone else have better luck?

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I can completely understand that. IMO we need to view those things to understand not just the views that align with our but those that dont. That is the only way IMHO to develop an effective response. That being said the one line I heard that really resonated is "nudity is a means of practicing naturism not the aim."
I realize that is contrary to the conventional wisdom on this site and may be confirmation bias on my part but it was gratifying to hear and international leader make that point directly.

While I'm sure Stephane has good things to say (he's got a solid podcast), I don't really want to add to the view count for a rebel news video.

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Naturism is the connection to nature, you can reach this with nudity, but there other ways.

I do not like the video it shows how anti naturist and anti nudists think.

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But Stephane defended good.

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That is rwally the point thw video is a good exampleof how we can respond to anti nudist naturist views in a way the upholds naturist values and exposes the falsehoods of detractors. Even the Rebel News had to admit he made good points. I think we should stop running scared of these people and Stehoahe shows how to do that.
But Stephane defended good.

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That is really the point, the video is a good example of how we can respond to anti nudist naturist views in a way the upholds naturist values and exposes the falsehoods of detractors. Even the Rebel News had to admit he made good points. I think need to learn to stop running scared of these people and Stephane shows how to do that.
But Stephane defended good.

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Good interview there. I have had experience in both sides. Growing up with nudity forbidden, never seeing naked people. Then fighting with my own body insecurity issues, becoming frightened to be seen naked, bad porn mentality of the body being an uncontrollable compulsion. Self lust was strong. And for many years I was trying to figure out where that all came from because I had such a clean childhood and environment. I finally got so fed up with it and realizing fully I could not win over it, I dumped the whole mess in God's lap and started asking for a miracle to clean up my mind. That's when the answer came. And what a shocking answer it was! Just go naked and get used to it, re-program my mind to see and ignore myself instead of see and lust. Which of course extended to every one else. It was so shocking because in my mind nude and lust was tied together so tight I could not see any difference. I tried it and sure enough it worked. That old despicable lust compulsion faded away and vanished. Then I realized that it was the isolation from the sight of common nude people as a child that had allowed my mind to fantasize over the body and turn it into a lust object. I came to realize from my own experience how important is it to expose children to simply naked and nothing else. Just see naked people in common life and ignore the lack of clothes. It's easy because children are like that already when they are young, they just need enough exposure to common naked people through the years to stay that way, preferably with mother and father in the home (parents must be self disciplined and keep all sexual components out of the picture) and also some outside activities such as naturist recreational places.

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