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Resurfaced comments in which new House Speaker Mike Johnson talked about how he and his son monitor each other's online activity using "accountability software" have raised questions about national security.

Johnson, a Republican who was first elected to Congress in 2016, spoke in 2022 about how he installed software called Covenant Eyes on his devices during a panel called "War on Technology" at Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana, Rolling Stone reported.

According to a clip first posted on X, formerly Twitter, by a user called Receipt Maven, Johnson spoke about how the subscription-based service helps people abstain from internet porn and "objectionable" websites.

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[-] Feirdro@lemmy.world 71 points 10 months ago

Oh, no, it’s the porn that’s the problem, just being there all hot and gay.

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Yeah, god forbid the hot gayness leap out at unsuspecting homophobes! Better get some STRONG software to keep it at bay, instead of just, you know, just NOT BROWSING PORN SITES

[-] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

The thing is he's admitting he has a problem he can't control. Just not doing a thing is the reasonable approach for people who have self control.

It also is an admission that the GOP's preferred solution to temptation is doomed. Just Say No to drugs. Abstinence-only birth control. But he needs to subscribe to a service to keep him from watching porn.

[-] tygerprints@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

A lot of gay porn, like much straight porn, is really hot. I'm gay but some straight porn I've seen is really incredible. No one will ever convince me that enjoying people having sexual pleasure together is wrong, bad, indecent, immoral, or grotesque (unless it involves watching trump or mike johnson engage in it - which would be my definition of gross indecency).

[-] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“Lord grant me strength…dammit Lord your strength is not enough!! What I really need is an ever present entity that I pay a monthly tithe to, constantly watching over me, judging my every move!! Surely there’s somebody out there better at this than you, Lord!”

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