+ 3 more quotes (click to expand)the most cool guy said:
Now you're moving the goalposts. You originally said that you were angered that the legislature might be addressing porn because it should be focusing on other things, like the border or the power grid. I just pointed out that the legislature could deal with porn and also focus on other things at the same time, which is objectively true. You had no response to my point, so you just called me a ******, a liberal, and bizarrely claimed I was interested in your sex life.
You also expressed anger that Ken Paxton or any other politician might try to keep you or other adults from watching porn and jerking off. I said I doubted that was being legislated, and I don't think it is.
But now you point to House Bill 1181, which was to try and restrict minors from having unfettered access to porn. That's a completely different issue. If you're really so outraged that minors won't be able to watch porn and jerk off at will, and that's the hill you're willing to die on, then you're most likely a pedophile, and you should seek help. Restricting minors' access to porn is a good thing. Here is what the American College of Pediatricians says about the impact of porn on minors. None of it is good, and it includes a very specific statement that "sexual predators purposefully expose young children to pornography for the purpose of grooming the children for sexual exploitation."
https://acpeds.org/position-statements/the-impact-of-pornography-on-children
So again, if you're that up in arms about it, you're probably a pedophile. I am not, so we likely don't have much else to talk about, but I do hope you get the help you need.nai06 said:1. While it's true the could focus on other things at the same time it doesn't mean they are addressing other issues
2.HB 1181 attempts to keep porn from minors but does so by unconstitutionally limiting the free speech of adults and limiting the ability for adults to access constitutionally protected material. SCOTUS ruled on that when they struck down the 2004 Child Online Protection Act because it violated the 1st Amendment
3. HB 1181 places a significant financial burden on business who now must verify and retain personal information of it's users.
4. HB 1181 does little to deter minors from accessing pornography. Rather it redirects them to non compliant sites or those based in a foreign country who are unlikely to have antitrafficking or CP prevention policies.
5. Finally, I don't really trust the American College of Pediatricians on anything. They want you to think they are the better known and legitimate American Academy of Pediatrics. In reality they are a very small group mainly against gay marriage, gay adoption, gay parenting, the HPV vaccine, and in general any rights for LGTBQ individuals. They also are big proponents of Abstinence Only sex education and conversion therapy for children.
1. The idea that the entire legislative majority is focusing only on a porn bill and nothing else is absurd. There is no evidence to suggest it is happening, because it is not happening.
2. Wrong. It's not unconstitutional according to the Fifth Circuit. If the Supreme Court reverses, then I will agree with you that this particular bill is unconstitutional. Restricting minor access to porn, however, is a worthy endeavor and should continue to be pursued.
3. We regularly place significant burdens on business that sell or promote vices and adult products. This alleged "burden" is far less burdensome than anything the alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, gambling, or firearms industries have to deal with.
4. The fact that some sites don't comply with laws or find ways to bypass them is not a justification for eliminating the law. Again, keeping porn away from impressionable children is a worthy endeavor.
5. The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses the fantasy that boys can turn into girls and vice versa, and it promotes chemical and physical castration of still-developing children who are not of age. The idea that it is more legitimate or more scientifically sound than the ACOP is wrong, and downright laughable.
