uriel238 , 8 months ago

I recently covered this and the circle of life ( it’s the wheel of fortune! ) of censorship.

It goes like this:

Kids are seeing naked bits and people fucking! Adults clutch pearls.

We invent a new DRM to block kids from seeing the nekkid. Hydra ( HAIL HYDRA! ✋️) no longer has its nefarious clutches on the minds of our kids.

Now our kids are safe from boobies, we can make sure they’re safe from other ideas, such as:

• You might be gay!
• You don’t have to be a boy / girl because some dumb doctor said so when you were born!
• Taiwan is a state of its own!
• Palestinians are their own people and are persons who should have rights!
• Sometimes men and women cross-dress and break out into song!
• Some parts of our society are not treated well and are righteously cross about it!
• Slavery is really bad. This includes modern debt bondage!
• The Holocaust (pick one) Hoo, Boy! That was a bad scene and we really should remember to not do that ever again!
• Poor people can’t really work themselves out of poverty!
• Property rights may not be compatible with civilization!
• Media piracy is less heinous than intellectual property!
• As a juror you (and the power of nullification) are the last defense of the public against stupid laws and a shitty justice system!

Now some people who are not the two major US political parties think kids should be exposed to this stuff, so much so that they’ll work out how to bypass the DRM and spread the word. Informed kids grow up to be healthy (healthier) adults!

Kids gain access to porn again. Pearls are clutched.