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[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 74 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I say pornhub releases all DC IP addresses if it goes through.

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They should release their search history and announce which of them have been banned as well, whether it goes through or not.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Ted Cruz's history and time stamps sent to his family lol

[–] nick@midwest.social 14 points 1 week ago

God. if I worked there you can bet id work on that

[–] taco@piefed.social 43 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The definition of obscenity necessitates a lack of "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."

This bill won't ban porn, it'll just make it all require a plot.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If porn becomes a political issue (because one political group is far more likely to support it's prohibition than others), then technically, couldn't it be argued that creating and sharing it has political value as a protest of the effort to ban it, and therefore that it has political value inherently?

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

If that's what you need to get there, no kink shame here.

[–] taco@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I can see no fault in this logic.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

This is a very fair point - my concern with the original definition is the word “serious”

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's already some good plotlines. My favorite is the Lemon Stealing removed. Tier S writing there.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

"This isn't a beach, this is a bathtub!"

[–] mathic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So said the Supreme Court; so, too, can that Court change its mind.

[–] Gwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This bill is part of Project 2025 and the aim is to make it illegal to be a trans person.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The end goal of project 2025 is to establish a Christian nationalist fascist government, strictly enforcing gender roles is just part of that

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

so ao3 is probably fine

[–] TaiCrunch@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Of course it's Mike Lee.

Fuck Mike Lee.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

Just don’t film it.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

With Marry "Hitler did nothing wrong" Miller as cosponsor.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

This will bring down the price of eggs.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn’t porn a staple of the religious conservative? I’m sure they will vote for this in the belief that it doesn’t apply to them.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, you’re thinking of gay porn. That won’t be illegal if you are just doing it for research.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Oh, you better believe they’ll have ‘religious (Christian) exemptions’ to laws, carved out under the guise of using ‘freedom of religion’ as a defense from gov’t control. Just like they already do for molesting choir and altar boys.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I guarantee this douchebag has a very weird search history on pornhub. Like amputee clown porn. Or latex and animals. It’s something odd. I mean if that’s your thing and it’s legal go for it. But something that would cause a lot of pearl clutching if it was made public.

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Losing the incel vote probably won’t work out for their numbers.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So many incels are no fap though or were recruited through Christian nationalist pastors

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Sure, but do you honestly believe they’re telling the truth?

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Meat for the base, this will go no where

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They said that about abortion or DEI

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

And draining the swamp, deporting illegals, etc. Where in a new world where the Bill of Rights and constitutionally mandated agencies aren’t protected from the Executive’s and oligarch’s wrecking ball / grift.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

No, I think it’s time we started taking shit seriously. Clearly laughing and brushing it off, being in denial, hasn’t been a good strategy for us collectively

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Porn is part of my religion.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 14 points 1 week ago

I will also join this religion.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago

Probably this doesn't even come up for vote.

In the event it does, well, they just went to war with the biggest streaming platform independent of Google. Do they have any idea how much muscle PornHub has if they were so inclined?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

This exists purely to put the opponents of the bill on the side defending porn.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Land of the Free

[–] philpo@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

And then they will render all Anti-Trump talk obscene.

[–] nick@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

That’s definitely going to work. And not a huge fucking waste of time or money.

this "party of small government" really hates the first amendment?

[–] railcar@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

Thank the good Lord, I get so bothered when I see a woman's ankles.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Why not just require ISPs to block it? That’s what many countries do without having to go through the trouble of criminalizing and prosecuting the consumers.

I don’t agree with the spirit or purpose of the law nor with banning or criminalizing. But one is less harmful than the other.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because the point is to be able to enforce it arbitrarily. To be able to Target specific people and groups. Being harmful is the point.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Need every possible excuse to send people to El Salvador

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

But one is less harmful than the other.

Lol. We're talking about the Republican party. Their fetish is to hurt Americans. And American's fetish is to be hurt by them.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

REMINDER THAT ONLY ONE PARTY REMOVES RIGHTS.

And that's the party the majority of voting Americans voted for.

Hope you all enjoy this sinking ship.

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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Click here to read exclusive coverage from The Daily Caller

Hmmmm

[–] curiousPJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

See you in prison everyone!

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

No one remembers the lessons learned from prohibition?

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

So all the porn actors will move to Canada?

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

guess we gonna see exactly what all that onlyfans money is gonna do

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