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So many people in the comments are asleep at the wheel.
Porn showing characters that are related having sex
Porn showing UNDERAGE characters having sex.
That's it. That's all this stops.
Which probably is already illegal in most places
This will stop very little to no additional porn according to what was said.
It's NOT a ban on showing step porn, only when one person is under the age of 18.
This solves maybe having. Some law to help prosecute things that are likely already being prosecuted but will do nothing to stop what has become popular.
Until they get people comfortable with that. Then it'll be porn that's deemed "degrading" or depictions of BDSM, or whatever they think they can sell you next. People who want to stop porn want to stop all porn. People who aren't religious psychos who fall for this kind of bullshit aren't really better than the religious psychos in any practical sense.
Signed, A guy who hates step porn, and is really pissed off to have to defend it.
There's no step porn if you skip 5 mins into it
Honestly they all kinda missed the boat when it comes to the "morality" vote, Boomers are dieing and Gen X while still having a lot of folks who want to be just like their parents, isn't as big a voting block. As for the newer generations studies show that they hold on to liberal ideas longer then previous generations and morality in the biblical sence isn't as important. Sure some shit will get passed, but I honestly feel they are in their death throws, (some things take a while to die and can fuck shit up in the process) I think this is why they seem to be more openly embracing the incel community, they need voters to replace the Boomers, on a side note this is also why I believe the LDS church seems to be backing the "tradwife" influencers, but that is mostly conjecture.
This is why this sort of useless regulation is genius. No one is going to sign a petition to protect step-porn. Since it would permanently exist in a public archive, our great, great, great grandchildren would think we were freaks. "We don't know much about great uncle Johnathan, but he liked watching step-siblings fuck."
It's about AGE, not step porn exclusively. Opposing this is support for pedophilia.
No. Pedophillia and porn involving minors is already illegal. This is about normalizing morality police.
Opposing this isn't defending step porn - it's opposing illegalizing using minors in porn.
If it were actually about banning some kind of consensual porn between adults, then you'd be defending step porn by opposing it.
Opposing this is about opposing the normalization of porn bans. Making porn with kids is already illegal most everywhere, and making porn where someone pretends to be a kid is already illegal in the UK.
Defending this is defending backdoor theocracy.
Side note: dibs on Backdoor Theocracy as a band name...
Dibs on Backdoor Theocracy as a porn name
Backdoor Theocracy would be a good name for a brothel.
So you think porn with minors should be legal? Personally, I think that being illegal is a good thing and calling it "theocracy" is fucking stupid.
Porn with minors is already illegal, that strawman doesn't even stand up.
Pretty shocking that's not already illegal
I assume it already is illegal and this is a nothing burger. But absolutely quite disgusting if depicting underaged people having sex is not already illegal as well as depicting incest is not already illegal