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Olives  
Ugh... There's more puritanical nonsense, so it looks like I have to debunk that again... First off, even if online porn "might" be "problematic" t...

It is also interesting how in this culture of individual responsibility, someone might gear up to put blame onto "the porn" (even though, this can be a recipe for maximizing harm).

In fairness, it's not as if there aren't external influences, such as, say, socioeconomic conditions which might be at play.

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Also, quite a few things which get blamed on "the porn" are actually general mental health issues which could be treated more normally, and crucially, without conflating it with porn.

No, Olives, instead of doing that, we can violate people's human rights, so that, uhh... Something.

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An additional bit on why "porn censorship" (perhaps, even some themes) is bad. For context which might help in reading this, I suggest reading everything else attached to this post first.

Some points about censoring fictional content there (censorship is a bad idea):

1) It might fuel someone's persecution complex. The idea of a dangerous world where people are out to get them. Feeds anxiety, alienation. It's happened a fair bit. It doesn't actually do anything positive.

2) Someone might see someone as an idiot or crazy (that's not wrong, lol). In any case, it poisons the well as someone is not seen to be credible or competent in these matters at all.

3) It violates someone's free expression. People have these things called rights, that's important.

4) Bad people don't need it. They can still do bad things. Good people are who'd suffer.

5) It violates the Constitution. Multiple constitutions.

6) Punishing someone because they resemble someone unpleasant isn't good. Also, due process still applies, in any case...

7) Can be a coping mechanism.

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