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Pornography is the canary in the coalmine of protected speech. When you give a group the ability to censor content on the basis of "obscenity", then that group
by elijahdl 1y ago
Pornography is the canary in the coalmine of protected speech. When you give a group the ability to censor content on the basis of "obscenity", then that group and other groups can use this to label other subjects they don't like as obscene. LGBTQ+ interest topics are especially vulnerable to this, as it is often made the case that being gay or trans is only about sex. You don't have to consume pornography yourself in order to benefit from a society that allows it.
- gs17 1y ago> LGBTQ+ interest topics are especially vulnerable to this, Exactly, the Heritage Foundation doesn't define porn the same way a reasonable person might. From Project 2025's Mandate for Leadership: "Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children".
- jeffbee 1y agoYeah it's easy to see that Heritage would just ban Celeste, or any allegory about LGBT existence.
- unclad5968 1y agoI don't think LBGTQ+ are too harmed by the removal of "Sex adventures Incest Family" or "Interactive Sex Mother Son Incest BDSM" or "Reincarnation adventure going to rape all NPCS VR" front he steam store. I don't think too many LGBTQ like to include rapists or incest adventures into their group. I could be wrong though.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]
- elijahdl 1y agoI agree with you in that most LGBTQ+ folks don't like being grouped in with incest-promoting games, but that's exactly what MasterCard and Visa are doing by forcing platforms to indiscriminately remove adult content. It should be up to individual platforms to moderate this content on a case by case basis, not the payment processors.
- TimorousBestie 1y agoIt doesn’t matter how much entirely non-porn queer content there is. The folks behind the payment processor pressure campaigns view Heartstopper and Pride Puppy! as just as immoral and depraved as the stuff you mentioned.