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Maggoty ,

The Constitution is dead. Long live the Police.

SnotFlickerman ,
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reason.com

Who is posting this libertarian shitrag?

cheese_greater ,

They’re actually not that bad. Nick Gillespie is a smart, nuanced, and compelling dude. I’m on his side more often than not but I’m somewhat countercultural/eclectic.

And I’m definitely on the left side of things usually but that doesn’t mean I’m giving a blank cheque of loyalty to any circumlocuteurs on whatever side, no matter how popular or prestigious.

Supermariofan67 ,

They might be bad economicly, but they have good coverage of topics pertaining to civil liberties.

Dkarma ,

Right next to bad faith click bait tho.

We’re shouldnt “a few good apples” trash like this.

Plenty of other quality sites.

Zombiepirate ,
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Good; people might decide to have sex! What is a government for but to prevent that travesty?

Nurse_Robot , (edited )

It’s the trafficking that concerns me

Edit: weird down votes. I’m opposing sex trafficking, this is one of many websites that facilitated sex trafficking, why is that controversial?

Zombiepirate ,
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Then it seems that driving it to the black market is counterproductive if you want oversight.

Nurse_Robot ,

It’s certainly a challenging problem

Spotlight7573 ,

Especially when Backpage was notably much more cooperative than most other sites, even proactive in some cases.

Maggoty ,

The trafficking he didn’t have any part in and wasn’t charged with?

Nurse_Robot ,

Yeah. Sex trafficking is a complicated problem. Back Page had a lot of sex trafficking going on, but sex industries always will. I don’t think it’s gotten any better after targeting this particular website, but it was certainly an easy and high profile location to parade future victims. To be honest, I don’t know what the solution is, or is there even is one.

Maggoty ,

I can go on Craigslist right now. This was a morality prosecution, not one based on legality. If I was a juror, just the fact that it was the third trial would cause me to vote not guilty.

Son_of_dad ,

He didn’t traffick anyone. And those who did will not be stopped by this trial

Nurse_Robot ,

I never suggested he did

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