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Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

The GOP is scared shitless of the rising power of women in modern society, and being able to criminalize and consequently attack the revenue stream of sex industry workers is a way to blunt it.

I agree that this is a big part of the war on porn. These stuffy prudes are seeing soceal/cultural norms changing before their eyes and they hate it.

I also think they're using it as an angle of attack to undermine online privacy/security in an effort to chill free speech/expression online. It's all about control.