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The right-wing morality police wont be happy until we all live in a christian nationalist theocracy. We are living in scary times. The vagueness of the bill is
by cmh89 4y ago
The right-wing morality police wont be happy until we all live in a christian nationalist theocracy. We are living in scary times.
The vagueness of the bill is a feature, not a bug. Vague laws exist so the enforcers can target their enemies rather than have a fair execution of the law.
- golemotron 4y ago> The right-wing morality police wont be happy until we all live in a christian nationalist theocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_views_on_pornography#Anti-pornography_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_views_on_pornography#...
- bastardoperator 4y agoThat's a cute but silly comparison, how many feminists in the Arkansas house backed this bill? You're also assuming all porn is heterosexual... Next?
- golemotron 4y agoThe point is that we should all be more concerned with the question of whether it is a problem than whether our favorite bad guys think so.
- cmh89 4y ago[dead]
- bastardoperator 4y agoIt's a problem because people who are supposed to be focused on the betterment of their lousy state are instead engaged in a culture war. That's what makes them bad guys... and that fact that anything Arkansas implements will be bypassed in seconds with a VPN. So why waste the Arkansas tax dollars debating this stupid idea when they're near dead last in healthcare and education?
- golemotron 4y agoSounds like they aren't the only ones engaged in a culture war.
- bastardoperator 4y agoThey're legislating their culture war. You don't see the difference? Sad.
- golemotron 4y agoIt's just democracy. People vote. SCOTUS ruled that there is an obscenity exception to the First Amendment. Given the composition of this Court it will likely be left to the states for the foreseeable future. You should probably use a VPN or leave Arkansas if it is a critical issue for you. Like you said, VPN is probably the better option except for the tax dollars thing.
- bastardoperator 4y agoSo let's waste additional resources on legislation that will never hold and can't viably be enforced. You're almost there...
- golemotron 4y agoDemocracy is messy but better than the alternatives.
- fknorangesite 4y agoWhile this may have been a fair representation of feminist academia 30+ years ago, these days it has long been fringe. And certainly irrelevant to this specific issue that we are currently discussing.
- haunter 4y ago>The right-wing morality police This topic pops up all over the world regardless of political leaning https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34781021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34781021
- cmh89 4y agoJean Noel Barrot is a member of a centre-right party in France though.
- DrThunder 4y agoYou're presenting a logical fallacy. Attack the argument, not the individual making it.
- jmholla 4y agoWho is proposing it is what is being talked about here.
- mgdlbp 4y agoWild garden path sentence: Who is proposing it is? What is being talked about here?
- DrThunder 4y agoNo, it's not. You're deviating from what's being talked about to present an appeal to authority type fallacy.
- jmholla 4y agoI'm paraphrasing: > cmh89: The right wing is trying to get this through to lead us towards a christian nationalist theocracy. > haunter: This is happening in France which is not left leaning. > cmh89: The person proposing this in France is right leaning. > DrThunder: We're not talking about who is doing this. But that is literally what cmh89 and haunter are discussing here. I would agree your argument could be applicable to cmh89's first statement, but at this point in the thread the very argument being had is around who is proposing this and what their motives are.