This is a silly piece of legislation written by Republican partisan hacks in the Michigan House. It has no chance of clearing the Democratic-led Senate (19–18 with one vacancy) or the Governor’s desk. Even if it did, it wouldn't pass First Amendment scrutiny. They are trying to criminalize ASMR, written erotica, or depictions of trans people which is unconstitutionally vague. At best, this is a messaging bill meant to rally the GOP base, not a serious attempt at lawmaking.
nativeit•38m ago
Wait, people talking softly while collating papers is considered “pornography” by these weirdos? Even the Puritans would call this a little much.
Last I heard (and I feel like this is prob apocryphal) the primary consumer of trans pornography is conservative men. Considering the history of GOP politicians who supported hateful legislation against homosexuals who also solicited anonymous homosexual encounters in airport bathrooms (or exploited their congressional pages, or who tend to hire male escorts at every CPAC/GOP convention, et al), maybe there’s something to that?
add-sub-mul-div•17m ago
> Wait, people talking softly while collating papers is considered “pornography” by these weirdos?
They're afraid of anything they don't understand
> Last I heard (and I feel like this is prob apocryphal) the primary consumer of trans pornography is conservative men.
sasper•1h ago
nativeit•38m ago
Last I heard (and I feel like this is prob apocryphal) the primary consumer of trans pornography is conservative men. Considering the history of GOP politicians who supported hateful legislation against homosexuals who also solicited anonymous homosexual encounters in airport bathrooms (or exploited their congressional pages, or who tend to hire male escorts at every CPAC/GOP convention, et al), maybe there’s something to that?
add-sub-mul-div•17m ago
They're afraid of anything they don't understand
> Last I heard (and I feel like this is prob apocryphal) the primary consumer of trans pornography is conservative men.
and that includes themselves.