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Last year, the rightwing think-tank the Heritage Foundation launched Project 2025, which laid out much of the policy blueprint for the current Trump administration. One of the project’s espoused goals was to permanently criminalize all pornography. Now, a Republican senator with kind words for Trump has introduced a bill that would do just that.

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) recently introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA), which would effectively criminalize all pornography nationwide by legally redefining what it means to be obscene. For years, “obscenity” has been all but a defunct legal category that narrowly defines speech that remains unprotected by the First Amendment. Lee would explode this legal category, expanding it to encompass virtually all visual representations of sex.

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[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 month ago

Is topless modelling considered soft porn?

Asking for a president’s wife.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 month ago

She had an Einstein visa, so the nude pictures count as art. Any accompanying prostitution would be considered performance art.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

HitlerPig wants more of the prostitution part, but he can't afford it.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 72 points 1 month ago

I despise gambling, but I have $5 that says he's going to be charged with child sex offenses before too long

[-] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago

Can we get this on major betting sites? This is easy money some right wing idiot will give 3:1 on

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I would not bet against that.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

The gamble would have to be the when not if.

[-] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 month ago

Just a reminder, these people consider trans people existing pornography

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 39 points 1 month ago

As a reminder look up the top porn search for each red state…

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

"Step..."? "Schoolgirl"? "Interracial"? "Incest"? "Cuckold"? Something about police?

Or what?

I know it's the reserve hole for Russia, must be all the criminal culture.

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Most not all red state top porn searches are either black, trans, and yes incest…

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, there are PLENTY of porn sites that are not based in the US, as well as PLENTY of VPN providers that are euro based. Good luck with all of that. Those that want to watch porn, will just become slightly more tech literate.

[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 month ago

It hurts republicans far more than democrats

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That’s true for all forms of literacy.

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[-] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

As long as prosecution for politicians caught in motel rooms with twinks and meth applies to them, also.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 14 points 1 month ago
[-] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

As much of horndog as Gaetz was, I have no problem believing he had some twinks, too.

Nothing wrong with that sexually, but his constituents wouldn't like it...

[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah I'm sure they'll get right on that

[-] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago

you know by their definition of obscene the a huge portion of the bible will be thrown out.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

should, but I've long given up any expectations of consistency or critical thinking from that bunch.

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 10 points 1 month ago

Bold of you to assume they actually read the Bible

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

This guy doesn't care what he bible says, he prays to the Book Of Mor(m)on

[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

Most of what they do is in service to white supremacy, including this.

  • Abortion restrictions: more white babies
  • Pornography restrictions: more white babies
  • Immigration restrictions: fewer brown babies

Make America Great Again literally just means "restoring" the "supremacy" of the white race and culture over all others.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

I don't see how the first two would increase the number of white babies proportionally to the rest of the babies being born. As far as I'm aware, the states with abortion restrictions have higher % black populations than the other states, for instance.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.snekerpimp.space 19 points 1 month ago

His face is fucking obscene. It should be banned nationwide.

[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Anyone want to put a wager on how long before Mike Lee is discovered with some really kinky and/or illegal media on his personal device(s)?

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Like a grindr profile seeking “legal” teens?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The porn lobby is going to fuck this guy over.

Edit: they may even make some art out of it.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The "GOP senator pegged by pink furries while his tradwife is being handled by caring black gentlemen" new trend?

[-] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

The classic rethorical strategy of drawing your opponent as pregnant.

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

If there is one single thing that will doom this government, it is trying to ban porn.

Weird, but true.

[-] j0ester@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

You’re not wrong. It’s how VHS won against Betamax.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Whole this is utterly stupid and theocratic as fuck, can I just say that picture that goes to this article just screams "and I'm exaggerating".

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

This reminds me of that Willy Shakespeare quote (paraphrased)..."Me thinks he protesteth too much!".

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not personally concerned about them banning actual porn, I'm more concerned about the part of the plan where they're going to classify LGBT media as porn and ban it.

A lot of great content will either be pulled from streaming or heavily edited. Agatha All Along, one of the best Marvel shows, will be on the chopping block. And so will innocent preschool shows like Young Jedi Adventures because it features lesbian parents.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

How to lose any future election with one simple trick.

side note: VPN STOCKS GOING UP!

[-] caboose2006@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Better fire up some torrents to get through these trying times

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