A bill set to be introduced next month would ban consuming or producing sexual content and punish offenders with prison sentences of up to 20 years and $25,000 fines.

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This is meant for SCOTUS to overturn Jabovellis v Ohio.

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Oh, that guy has pedo writen all over him.

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This is either something that will only ever be selectively enforced, or designed to be so outrageous they can walk it back to what they actually want and look like they’re compromising.

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The lawmakers pushing this should have their browsing history and message logs examined by a team of data recovery experts.

I can assure you, they are into some weird shit but they spout these bullshit platitudes about turning others away from sin. It’s almost certainly because they are embarrassed or insecure about their own desires.

See also : every right leaning politician who was secretly closeted gay

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John Oliver was doing something like that around a piece about data brokers:
https://youtu.be/wqn3gR1WTcA?si=rq-rJmo4YoW5vt6b&t=20m55s

It was wonderful.

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The lawmakers proposing this… We should bring back tar and feathers.

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What is with the steady criminalization and paranoia with all things sexual in the last 15 yrs or so? It feels like more than the usual paranoia.

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They’re losing the culture war, both at a societal level and a political one. So they’re lashing out, ideally with what are the last gasps of their regressive ideology

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I believe it is how self-proclaimed christians are responding to sexual and gender liberty/tolerance. They see it as lost ground in their crusade against deviance. So they are escalating things beyond reason in order to sooth their own conscience.

That’s how I see it. Closeted bigots being closeted bigots.

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Exactly. If they don’t understand, like or want it for themselves, nobody is allowes to have it and they will defund, ban and punish.

See sexuality, reproductive health, the arts, basic education, etc.

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Also feels like Gen z is more prudish and so, even if they don’t really agree with these movements, they also aren’t as affected, so don’t really care about it happening either.

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The new Puritans

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And they know the rules will never apply to them anyway even if they get caught. Win win

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