now we know the drill of course, introducing doesn't mean bringing to the floor to vote, so there's still time to call your senators to kill it

essentially this bill defines obscenity as anything that simulates sex and nudity in order to titillate
so pretty much, complete and total porn ban

full text here

also of note, mike lee proudly gave the full scoop on this to *the daily caller

...yeah the nazi website.
so, what was that about utah...?

it's not about protecting children it's about controlling everyone and their habits

oh and elephant in the room: defining the existence of lgbtq+ people as obscene

you can find and contact your senator here

this has been killed before, died in committee from what I've seen, so keep fighting

also keep an eye on his SCREEN act he's also introduced, essentially forcing age verification tech across all states, to "protect the children" and give parents "tools to protect their children"

which parents already have. in abundance.

last I checked it was passed to committee in february and nothing else sense but as I said, keep an eye on it, and of course replurk this to spread it around and contact your senators

oh my god I'm so sorry about all the typos in here, good lord

I hope I didn't do any of those typos when messaging my senators eugh

"anything that excites someone sexually" gets me like

.....dude have you met the armpit fetishists

rule 34 exists for a reason

y’all gonna ban Literally Everything?

indeed

if we ban porn and everything good then people will have no choice but to have sex and have babies (since we also banned contraception and abortion)

the people who advocate for state rights also btw

hello project 2025 nice (derogatory) to see you

I've already left padilla and schiff polite but firm messages about how I find the idea of a man I've never met telling me how to dress because otherwise it's "obscene" appalling

what about men going shirtless? should they not be in public because it might turn someone that's attracted to men on? should people not wear flipflops because people may sexualize feet?

and the state of california banned book bannings based on gender, race, and sexuality sssooooo

emailed Chris Van Hollen let's see if he's based about this subject as well

like reminder that they're wasting time on this shit and legally renaming the gulf of mexico (america doesn't have the legal jurisdiction to do that, like, internationally, and I'm not kidding) rather than things like trying to help the people

for real I saw that today and was like I want everyone who voted yes on that to jump into the gulf of whatever they want to fucking call it

Yeah, I saw people putting out the warnings about this for Ao3, and I'm just like "...They'll have to rip my smutfics out of my cold, dead hands."

But also GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. Yes, making it illegal will cause all sorts of irritating and potentially dangerous hurdles for people just living their lives, but they'll never be able to get rid of pornography in any way, shape, or form that it takes.

gotta roll up our sleeves and call the senators folks

Still important to call your senators, though.

esp if you have a Republican senator, go on about freedom of speech and expression, you don't want the government telling you how to dress, etc

Colorado is also supposed to be voting on this soon. Fuck this shit

but obviously I'm not going to be full dooming since introducing doesn't automatically go to vote

they'll probably be busy renaming the gulf of Mexico and reminding the FBI director that he needs to submit a budget, legally

Only mentioning this because I didn't see it said already, but:

One of the most severe threats in this is that GOP's trend in recent years has been to loudly declare that anything featuring the LGBTQ+ community or themes is "pornography"

They're 100% gonna use this to go even further.

Then they will have to rip my gay smutfics out of my cold, dead hands, as I work to make them even gayer.

alabama resident here (GET ME OUTTA HEEEERE!!!); this hellhole of a state has already banned the Hub, so... yeah, I'm pretty sure adding my voice to the chorus isn't going to change anything. ...Not that I'm not going to, just. The congressthings we have aren't going to listen, period.

because they are deep, deep into the bottomless barrel of koolaid.

m_logan_2k2: lol yeaaaah, Texas hasn't outright banned the hub yet, but they're one of those states that tried to force the driver's license law, so the hub just banned us instead. And you know people are still getting through.

oh yeah. it's not even that hard, if you know anything about VPNs or have taken baby steps into the gray web.

(which basically entails even knowing about the Tor browser, not having actually used it.)

(note that I am not encouraging delving into even the gray web, that way lies madness and federal Lists.)

(plus... the feds had a hand in making said browser, so there are very definitely backdoors.)

(The things you learn about as a writer. 8D)

absolutely being able to legally define the presence of someone lgbt as obscene is the goal (although controlling how people dress and their appearances would be a happy bonus for them)

these fossils are likely still mad about second wave feminism, creepy Mike and nagging Mary his cosponsor (miss "banning abortion saves white babies")

I'm heading to work right now but I was going to check and see if this ended up on bill tracker (as of yesterday I hadn't found it)

someone made a list of the senators on the commerce science and transport committee this will likely be in

bolded is who's up for reelection

I'm pretty sure I remember Cantwell backing KOSA, ugh
Time to leave a voicemail again

Yep, I've already seen sponsored ads for a VPN that makes 'you can use it to get around regional browsing restrictions' its main selling point.

yeah KOSA is a whole other nightmare that I'm still keeping an eye out for

of course todd young in on there, the cowardly piece of shit

tracker for the Senate version

tracker for the house version since that bitch Mary is creepy Mike's only coponsor here

they have just both been introduced at this point and don't appear to have been taken up by committee but something to focus on and call your senators and house reps about

mine in house is... McClintock that fucker. maybe I can spin it as a freedom of speech and government overreach thing but idk

so yes that means you are reading that right

creepy Mike only has ONE supporter and she's a house rep so she doesn't count as a cosponsor necessarily

lol

another angle to consider perhaps is suggesting to a Republican congresscreature that a liberal state could class wearing the American flag as obscenity

since wearing the flag IS technically against flag code

and hey, they decided to introduce such a broad definition of obscenity while claiming to be narrowing it

but that's against freedom of expression? so is restricting what people make and consume!

I can do you one better; the bible is obscene. It has rape and other sexual depictions. And don't even get me started on Psalms. And there are already people in blue states who were trying to get it banned from schools for that exact reason! If they let this bill stand, then people will start burning bibles and claiming it's pornography!

Pearl clutch as much as you feel you can make it believable.

exactly they're unreasonable and pearl clutching, match them!

Psalms is a guide to witchcraft, among other things!

You also have to know how to use their words against them; "The woke mob is telling people the bible is obscene! they'll take any reason they can to twist our laws so that they can try and ban the bible! You can't give them an inch, they'll use this to hurt us, sure as shootin'!"

(obviously, modify the analogies and colloquialisms to fit your region for maximum effect.)