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Kiwi Farms
Sister services, email, and search will continue to be negatively effected by the attacks. I made a thread to talk about it, if you're into networking.
The debate about obscenity, pornography, and its relations to notions of free speech probably goes back to the first dirty drawings on cave walls. Recently within online right wing circles, there has become a strong movement to support the banning pornography, specifically internet pornography, or at the very least greatly limit its ease of access. But even in scenes where the word "Degenerate" fills the same function as "Bigot" among liberals, this notion of banning porn or placing stricter regulations is not without critics. The most common criticism is the potential to violate rights relating to freedom of speech. Another common argument is the possibility of anti-porn legislation being used as cover for more draconian internet censorship.
Andrew Torba, who runs Gab, a twitter alternative who's main selling point is its commitment to free speech, recently announced that all pornography would be banned from Gab, and has gone a days long tirade on twitter about how pornography is bad, is not free speech, and does not go against Gab's core commitment to freespeech. This spergout is what promoted this thread, as Torba is not without support, at least on the position at large.
Here are the rough Bullet Points for both cases
Anti-Porn
Porn is addictive
Porn hurts sexual and mental health
Porn damages relationships
It is not free speech, and should not be protected as such
Parents are unable to effectively combat porn's encroachment due to pervasive internet access, and need legislative assistance
It goes against religious and spiritual dictatum
Anti-Porn Ban/Regulations
Banning porn would just create an unregulated black market, like with drugs and CP
Pornographic materials can be considered forms of free expression and speech
People should be free to decide what to and not to consume
Pornography is produced by consenting adult/s with consenting buyers/consumers
More push of big government into people's lives
Regulations against porn would just be used as a tool of censorship outside of its anti-coomer scope
Parents should be responsible for parenting their own children, and not rely on government to do their job for them
I'm holding back my own opinion, in hopes of getting a shitshow discussion going on the issue, and so Torba's thread won't dissolve more into Pro and Anti coomer rhetoric. So please, feel more than free to freely express your opinion on the matter. Just don't flash a titty if you do.