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Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage (nypost.com)

submitted 10 months ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 35 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 21 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.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The new Puritans

[–] 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