Let me explain now that I have actual focus.
For me at least, calling Cartoon CP just "Child Pornography" is kind of like calling lemonade food.
Does that make sense?
Where did I do that?
What indicated that I would be a pedo?
And kind reminder, child sexual abuser != pedophile. (And the other way around)
Okay, dickhead. Do you treat everyone who talks about child abuse laws as a predator?
Let me tell you EXACTLY what will happen if the federal government treats cartoon pornofraphy the same as real CSAM: the amount of CSAM being viewed goes up. Way up.
The reason why real child sexual abuse is heavily penalized and cartoon stuff isn't is because real child sexual abuse is worse. Would you rather have people looking at cartoons or real children?
On top of that, shows like Euphoria,/and others would become just as illegal as real child pornography. After all, the characters depicted are minors, but the actors are adults. Would you be okay with someone watching Euphoria being punished the same as somene looking at real child sexual abuse?
"Oh but I would rather people not veiw anything of sexualized children, real or not-" well I hate to break it to you: its going to happen anyway. The point of criminal punishment is harm reduction. And punishing looking at a cartoon and child pornography the same is only going to increase viewership of real child pornography.
And I'm not even defending it [cartoons] but I definitely would like for real child sexual abuse to decrease, so I'm okay with (edit: CARTOONS) existing. YOU are reading into my comment.
Attach it to what? A carrier pidgeon?
No it absolutely does fucking not include cartoons. (Edit: at least in the US)
And yes, even if it's of a real person/child. Apparently they're working on changing that.
Huh. Thanks.
Wait really?
What? Read my comment again carefully.