13 state GOP govts put forward bill to tax porn

[dead0man]

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[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Dumb.

Porn is bad for you regardless, though.  Stop watching it.

[Santander]

Great news.

[Illiniwek]

This won't even be voted on in 1 state. The industry and the consumers will target and crudely torture anyone who votes for it. Plus most of the legislators probably won't be interested in paying the tax themselves.

Its cute when uptight conservatives try to do something like this, but this is DOA.

[Intell]

Great News!

[Mr. Reactionary]

Unconstitutional content discrimination. First Amendment K.O.s bill in 1st Round.

Federal preemption. Supremacy Clause K.O.s revived bill in 2nd Round.

Any draft bills printed on paper are worth as much as Zimbabwe money.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

This won't even be voted on in 1 state. The industry and the consumers will target and crudely torture anyone who votes for it. Plus most of the legislators probably won't be interested in paying the tax themselves.

Its cute when uptight conservatives try to do something like this, but this is DOA.

Yeah, this is literal virtue signaling.  Only difference is that it's hypocrite Christians trying to make up for that time they were caught with one of daddy's Playboy covers instead of radical feminists looking for moral high ground.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

How are these laws supposed to be enforced, anyway?  Porn is one of those things you can't explicitly define, but at the same time know what it is when you see it.

[JA]

Go for it. This would be the 21st century equivalent of the Tea Tax. The Trumpistas will dump all their fleshlights and hentai pillows into the ocean in protest.

[Crumpets]

Who gets to define what porn is under this law? Are we going to get local "porn boards" who just watch saucy videos 8 hours a day and declare it "porn" or "not porn" for taxation purposes?

[Technocracy Timmy]

The only kind of porn that should be allowed is porn where people are fully clothed.

I prefer furries personally.

[Antonio the Sixth]

A full ban would make more sense, but this is better than nothing.

[Holmes]

The only kind of porn that should be allowed is porn where people are fully clothed.

I prefer furries personally.

Uh...huh

[Silent Hunter]

Who gets to define what porn is under this law? Are we going to get local "porn boards" who just watch saucy videos 8 hours a day and declare it "porn" or "not porn" for taxation purposes?

"I know it when I see it".

Also, is there sales tax on porn DVDs?

[Person Man]

Makes sense. If you try to ban abortion, you should morally have to ban masturbation, too.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Obviously unconstitutional. Imagine if a state legislature passed a law saying all internet devices sold in the state must be default block websites that favored the opposing party but you could pay a fee to disable that so therefore it's not censorship. Legally this would be considered the same. Not going anywhere.

[JA]

A full ban would make more sense, but this is better than nothing.

I concur. Porn has gotten really abhorrent now. I mean, just look at this sick stuff. No one should be allowed to see things like this...

[Goldwater]

A full ban would make more sense, but this is better than nothing.

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[pbrower2a]

Does this constitute porn?

(apology for the nudity, but blame Michelangelo Buonarotti for this):



Does this?



The Supreme Court has already declared the SLAPS test valid in ruling out certain objects as legitimate exclusions from the category of actionable pornography:

Serious Literary, Artistic, Political, or Scientific content

The line is blurry. Child porn cannot pass the test, but that is about it.

Anyone who wants a porn filter is welcome to get it. 

Taxing legitimate expressions in a discriminatory matter would seem to violate the First Amendment.   

[Virginiá]

What happened to big gubmint?

[Person Man]

What happened to big gubmint?

Its not the size, its how you use it!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

What happened to big gubmint?

This of course, though I don't see why online porn subscriptions shouldn't be subject to sales tax. They might be already. I dunno. People who pay for porn online probably are creeps anyway.

[Santander]

What happened to big gubmint?

This of course, though I don't see why online porn subscriptions shouldn't be subject to sales tax. They might be already. I dunno. People who pay for porn online probably are creeps anyway.

Paying = creep
Watching = ?

[Beet]

There's nothing shameful about normal human male sexuality.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

A full ban would make more sense, but this is better than nothing.

I agree, but I think this is substantially better than nothing. This is quite a leap to have to fend off. Probably a better avenue than anything I had conceived.