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A bill set to be introduced next month would ban consuming or producing sexual content and punish offenders with prison sentences of up to 20 years and $25,000 fines.

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[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 146 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Bet you, every single one of the cunts pushing for this would have to immediately be convicted under the very same laws.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Itll only be enforced against people they dont like.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 17 points 10 months ago

They want something to feel special about. Conservatives love getting away with stuff that is "wrong" and since society has normalized a lot of previously "wrong" behaviors these people no longer have anything to feel special about. Subjugating others is how they get off.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 7 points 10 months ago

If only it'd be enforced as such

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So they basically just want to abolish free speech? This is the first step in that process. Once they get one law passed about something like porn it makes it super easy to amend that law at any time to include anything the state deems to be "dangerous".

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 31 points 10 months ago

Of course. And you can bet your ass will be applied only very selectively.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah porn is the easy target since not many politicians in Oklahoma are going to oppose it. Since it could damage their political image. Nobody wants to be labeled the porno guy/gal in the right wing news.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You better be married to spez if you live in Oklahoma or you are going to jail

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago

While we’re arbitrarily disregarding the constitution, i now declare all assault rifles illegal. Suck my dick, asscunts.

[–] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This guy has the look of someone with a rape dungeon

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He looks like he has a diaper fetish

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Baby Num Num

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Dusty deavers? There's no way that is not his twink porn name.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago (1 children)

any “acts of sexual intercourse,” including those that are “normal or perverted, actual or simulated.”

So there goes the majority of mainstream movies too, I guess 🤦

[–] dan@upvote.au 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Who gets to define what "normal" means?

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I would propose expanding the second part to include oral and written delivery, not just digital. The only valid form of sexual dialogue is to be dance.

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Written? Guess we'll have to ban the Bible then

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, but they don't know that because they never actually read their "word of god" but get a raging erection when they hallucinate about a "good ol' time" that actually never existed in the first place.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

And only 17th and 18th century dance forms.

[–] BaseModelHuman@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago

That's harsher fines than being an insurrectionist.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What is with the steady criminalization and paranoia with all things sexual in the last 15 yrs or so? It feels like more than the usual paranoia.

[–] ZMonster@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I believe it is how self-proclaimed christians are responding to sexual and gender liberty/tolerance. They see it as lost ground in their crusade against deviance. So they are escalating things beyond reason in order to sooth their own conscience.

That's how I see it. Closeted bigots being closeted bigots.

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also feels like Gen z is more prudish and so, even if they don't really agree with these movements, they also aren't as affected, so don't really care about it happening either.

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[–] damirK@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

And they know the rules will never apply to them anyway even if they get caught. Win win

[–] Noedel@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Exactly. If they don't understand, like or want it for themselves, nobody is allowes to have it and they will defund, ban and punish.

See sexuality, reproductive health, the arts, basic education, etc.

[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

They're losing the culture war, both at a societal level and a political one. So they're lashing out, ideally with what are the last gasps of their regressive ideology

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Next, having a vagina out of wedlock will be illegal.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Did you just spell out the V word?? Fined and imprisoned, sinner!

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The lawmakers pushing this should have their browsing history and message logs examined by a team of data recovery experts.

I can assure you, they are into some weird shit but they spout these bullshit platitudes about turning others away from sin. It's almost certainly because they are embarrassed or insecure about their own desires.

See also : every right leaning politician who was secretly closeted gay

[–] jwt@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

John Oliver was doing something like that around a piece about data brokers:
https://youtu.be/wqn3gR1WTcA?si=rq-rJmo4YoW5vt6b&t=20m55s

It was wonderful.

[–] misanthropy@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

The lawmakers proposing this... We should bring back tar and feathers.

[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

would prohibit consuming or producing sexual content that “lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political, or scientific purposes or value” in any medium.

MOST porn is art because it has a camera as a medium, and it is viewed as "Entertainment", this bill will have no teeth on arrival.

My main problem is that this kind of logic is next door neighbors with, "That woman was dressed in a pornographic way! She should be dressed from head to toe in black!"

Edit: correction

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Wasn't this exactly what the Larry Flint case was about already? Sounds like political grand standing, so they can say they did something even if that something is completely moot anyway.

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[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Guess they'll have to disconnect the Internet in Oklahoma then.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the wise words of Dr. Cox, if they removed all porn from the Internet there would be only one website left, saying bring back the porn.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can anyone tell me which year it is in Oklahoma? It can't be anything starting with 20, 19, or even 18, that's for sure.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Well witch burning is next along with sponsoring a fleet of explorers to see what lies across the western ocean.

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 10 points 10 months ago

Oh fuck off.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 months ago

This is either something that will only ever be selectively enforced, or designed to be so outrageous they can walk it back to what they actually want and look like they're compromising.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

I imagine there are still brick and mortar stores in Oklahoma that sell porn and sex merchandise. This would ruin their business. What a bunch of idiots. This will never survive a challenge in court.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

"Listen here, I'm doing the lord's work!"

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