[jimbob45]

The far right is going hard against porn in multiple countries right now. I don’t agree but I get where they’re coming from.

However, I don’t get going after porn before going after casinos. Casinos ruin lives and wreck economies far worse than porn could ever hope to. Going after porn before casinos feels like going after kitchen knives before AR-15s.

[wkat4242]

> The far right is going hard against porn in multiple countries right now. I don’t agree but I get where they’re coming from.

It's none of their business though. Porn doesn't harm people. And they're not getting rid of it anyway. Just like nobody's getting rid of torrents.

[bloopernova]

  > Porn doesn't harm people.

The girlsdoporn victims would disagree with you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GirlsDoPorn

[cynicalsecurity]

Porn actually lowers the amount of sex crimes in the society. Instead of going outside and performing sex with a real person, people simply stay at home. This is by far the cheapest and easiest solution to the problem.

Without porn, the amount of victims would be significantly higher and the crimes would be having a much worse outcome.

Not many people remember the world before porn, but I do. I vividly remember how rape was a regular crime on the streets of my city. It almost completely disappeared after the invention of the internet and since porn become widely accessible to people.

[popcalc]

What city are you from?

[wkat4242]

That's not to do with the porn. But with the trafficking and coercion. Those are separate things, and those are already illegal (hence the convictions).

Most people in porn (and prostitution, for that matter) do the work voluntarily.

[alecsm]

The Irish government is far from being far-right. And I don't think it's only a push against porn, it's a push against any kind of anonymity on the internet.

How long until you have to scan your ID before connecting?

[disgruntledphd2]

> The far right is going hard against porn in multiple countries right now.

Sigh.

This (unfortunately) has nothing to do with the far right, it's a government of centre right parties who don't (yet) understand what a terrible idea this is.

[mistrial9]

Is this a "right-v-left" dichotomy really? secondly, different kinds of harm are not directly comparable, more so for their sources.

[Abekkus]

Same reason people complained about old ladies wearing fur coats, more than bikers who wear leather jackets; one enemy is scarier than another.

[beebeepka]

far right, far left it's the same gestapo crap. going after porn is just a pretext. the real target (i think) is having dirt on people