And when people used it to publish porn (lewdness, obscenity etc.) they were arrested, an occurrence that didn't start to change until well after WWII.
And, btw, while I said I objected to that thing being available I didn't see where I advocated laws prohibiting it.
Do either one of you think these types of films are somehow a good and healthy thing for our nation, society and culture?
Placemark for ping out.
Obscene materials were never considered protected under Constitutional free speech until the porn producer Larry Flynt, the commie founded ACLU and a leftist SCOTUS deemed it to be protected.
Anyone who thinks pornography is free speech has bought into the very idea that all viewpoints are equal (human relativism).
But they sure won’t do any research on the topic to understand that the majority of the porn industry is controlled by organized crime, has exceeded 78 billion USD globally (which will stop any attempt by Congress to take action on the existing testimony before the Judiciary Committee on the issue), and leaves
W R E C K E D
lives and families in the addiction/slavery. Ask any counselor of recovery specialists. Go ahead, pop into an office, email a counselor, or walk into a church and ask a pastor.
But instead of getting to truth, they have the audacity to put the need for porn in the same plane as the 2nd Amendment, because making a strawman argument is easier than facing real problems. Besides, they would probably have to examine their own worldview— and that is waaaaaaayyyyy too painful.
Meanwhile, back in the pages of antiquated history, some dude named George Washington said it would be impossible to govern without a moral, religious society. So conservatives will “conserve” anything else but the glue that holds it all together.
Now go and google the addiction rate/consequences of our sons and daughters. Or if you really want to join the human race: go talk to one.