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[–] taco@piefed.social 41 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The definition of obscenity necessitates a lack of "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."

This bill won't ban porn, it'll just make it all require a plot.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

so ao3 is probably fine

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 29 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If porn becomes a political issue (because one political group is far more likely to support it's prohibition than others), then technically, couldn't it be argued that creating and sharing it has political value as a protest of the effort to ban it, and therefore that it has political value inherently?

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

This is a very fair point - my concern with the original definition is the word “serious”

[–] taco@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I can see no fault in this logic.

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

If that's what you need to get there, no kink shame here.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's already some good plotlines. My favorite is the Lemon Stealing Whore. Tier S writing there.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

"This isn't a beach, this is a bathtub!"

[–] Gwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This bill is part of Project 2025 and the aim is to make it illegal to be a trans person.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The end goal of project 2025 is to establish a Christian nationalist fascist government, strictly enforcing gender roles is just part of that

[–] mathic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So said the Supreme Court; so, too, can that Court change its mind.