[Freak_NL]

People may care about (what others may consider) disgusting speech, or they may find it disgusting themselves but they care because of the principle of free speech, but the problem lies in coming out and saying so. Defending drawn porn of minors is harmful to your career at best — for some it can mean the end of relationships, getting ostracised by friends and family, and being persecuted, slandered, and stalked online by people who feel very strongly about such topics.

Even for the most battle-hardened politician near the end of their career, this issue is a minefield.

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I was about to mention this, but I thought it seemed too obvious. Nobody wants to come out and say that they are in favour of such material, especially to decriminalise it, except maybe a fringe party such as the Pirate Party. I have heard it may be similar to the law in Japan mandating that genitals be censored - no politician, Japanese or otherwise, wants to be "the one" to stand up and argue against it, I think anyway.

So perhaps "people don't care" isn't sufficient and a mistake on my part, though I have spoken to people who say that they are "not concerned" about the topic, despite being rather liberal in terms of freedom of expression otherwise.