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Wow, this moronic bill passed nearly unanimously. It's nice to see bipartisanship on display in North Carolina when it comes to the stupidest ideas. > Any com

Wow, this moronic bill passed nearly unanimously. It's nice to see bipartisanship on display in North Carolina when it comes to the stupidest ideas. > Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall... That's a ridiculously vague standard. Google and Bing both distribute material harmful to minors in "substantial" quantities... I hope it gets thrown out on judicial overview.

brucethemoose2 3y ago
Perhaps its an example of horseshoe theory? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory US State legislators tend to be more politically extreme these days, AFAIK. Or just good old "save the children," I guess? Where either party is afraid to make themselves look bad.
- schneems 3y ago
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  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > yes “I want to be governed by a fascist dictator” and “maybe we shouldn’t destroy the environment completely” are pretty close Eh, the American far left and right are both obsessed with policing language in surprisingly-similar ways. The left’s inability to cohere is largely what protects us from it meaningfully mobilising.
    - npteljes 3y ago
      >The left’s inability to cohere is largely what protects us I think that's a feature of democracy, which I actually like. Unfortunately it's also what gives a charismatic populist more power. They will unify the people with the (artificially amplified) emotions, while the others are mired in argument.
    - schneems 3y ago
      > obsessed with policing language “When you say this thing about a minority group, people will die, so please don’t do it” is not the same as “let’s burn books because they acknowledge that slavery existed”
    - brucethemoose2 3y ago
      This is exactly what I was thinking.
winter_blue 3y ago
I guess a lawsuit could be filed arguing that showing a minor a video recording of loving consensual sex between two adults is not harmful. Perhaps one could even argue that it is beneficial, by helping dispel sexual repression or discomfort around sexual matters.
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brucethemoose2 3y ago

Perhaps its an example of horseshoe theory? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory US State legislators tend to be more politically extreme these days, AFAIK. Or just good old "save the children," I guess? Where either party is afraid to make themselves look bad.

schneems 3y ago
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- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > yes “I want to be governed by a fascist dictator” and “maybe we shouldn’t destroy the environment completely” are pretty close Eh, the American far left and right are both obsessed with policing language in surprisingly-similar ways. The left’s inability to cohere is largely what protects us from it meaningfully mobilising.
  - npteljes 3y ago
    >The left’s inability to cohere is largely what protects us I think that's a feature of democracy, which I actually like. Unfortunately it's also what gives a charismatic populist more power. They will unify the people with the (artificially amplified) emotions, while the others are mired in argument.
  - schneems 3y ago
    > obsessed with policing language “When you say this thing about a minority group, people will die, so please don’t do it” is not the same as “let’s burn books because they acknowledge that slavery existed”
  - brucethemoose2 3y ago
    This is exactly what I was thinking.

winter_blue 3y ago

I guess a lawsuit could be filed arguing that showing a minor a video recording of loving consensual sex between two adults is not harmful. Perhaps one could even argue that it is beneficial, by helping dispel sexual repression or discomfort around sexual matters.

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