Opinion of texarkana

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Mixed bag. Has always been pleasant in forum interactions with me, but the signature is off-putting, and the view on child pornography is grotesque.

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...and people say the West will win because of the strength of our “values”.

I would argue that idolizing porn stars is uniquely Western, you would be arrested or worse for this kind of thing in many countries.

The west has a lot to learn from these other countries.

Whether you like it or not, porn is as American as apple pie. And it's part of what makes America great if you ask me.

That's absurd. Of course, people have a right to look at pornography, but to say that something so destructive to moral and sexual health for so many people is what makes America great is frankly ridiculous.

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The guy is so edgy he’s defended child porn and Daesh beheading videos. I think that about sums it up

I defended neither. I merely defended what I perceive as your right to view such content, as despicable as it is.

In defending/supporting people's right to view child pornography, you're encouraging its further production, thus leading to increased exploitation of children. No child can truly consent to the acts forced upon them in those videos, and that alone should make the possession/viewing of it illegal. It's not like the issue of prostitution (or other similar issues) where one can claim that if the industry was made legal, standards would be improved and the rights of those involved would be better protected; child pornography, by its very existence, violates the rights of children because again, consent isn't possible. Therefore, it should be unequivocally banned in both production and viewership.