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Oh crap -- not again! Holding the line against censorship is very, very nerve-wracking.
by CurtMonash 9y ago
Oh crap -- not again!
Holding the line against censorship is very, very nerve-wracking.
- Bartweiss 9y agoI've got a certain painful sympathy for Lovecraft characters these days. There's nothing quite like the feeling of having to win every battle ad infinitum, against an opponent whose every gain will be permanent.
- busterarm 9y agoWhat politician is going to vote against cracking down on sex trafficing though? Once they named this bill the way they did, this was a lost cause. We're well-fucked here, I imagine.
- noja 9y ago> What politician is going to vote against cracking down on sex trafficing though? A good one that doesn't vote on a law based on it's always-misleading title.
- busterarm 9y agoYou've seen how campaign ads work, right? "Congressmen X voted to enable sex trafficking online. Congressment X wants sex trafficking in your community. Vote Y and end sex trafficking for good."
- godelski 9y agoAnd the only way to combat that is to disregard it. Meaning that you have to be aware of both sides doing it and that you expect it to be misleading. Kind of like how you combat clickbait by teaching people to not click.
- protomyth 9y ago"My opponent supports sneaking a bill through that would harm you, your family, and the freedoms of true patriots by wrapping it falsely as a cure for sex trafficking, like a snake oil salesman trying to sell you sewage with perfume to cure your ills. What other things will this charlatan support?"
- JetSpiegel 9y agoGood luck with that...
- protomyth 9y agoIts a constant pain in the butt. We really need a lobbying effort that makes Senators and Congresspeople afraid to even suggest something this stupid. On a side note, at least one of the Senators won't be a problem after the 2018 election.