MANY Red States Now BLOCKED!

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On 7/21/2025 at 5:38 AM, a2nudist said:

What do guys who live in Florida do

We use a VPN. 

Any of them will most likely work, and it's just a click or two to use them.  One of them (Nord) even advertises on tv around here.  The one I chose was from AVG, since they offered other services as well that interested me, but I have zero problems when it's on.  You may need to "relocate" to Europe or someplace where the US snoops can't get to.  

[verbalBTTM]

I understand the "parental" concern and let's face it, the click here if you're over 18 was always a joke. Where I have concern is on 2 fronts. 

1. The end of privacy / being anonymous. If we as adults are compelled to buy / sign-up for a digital ID to access adult content it won't be long until every site is forced to incorporate this. This goes way beyond porn or trolling someone random person on the Internet for the lol's. This will help to create a searchable database of all your Internet activity which could be used against you in some moral authoritarian crusade, worse than Tipper Gore did in the 90's. This will be the West's version of a social credit score. Who will have access, and what are the reporting and or enforcement mechanisms.

2. Digital bill of rights, the control will come first, but where is our rights as citizens. The case is being made "to protect our children" but we all know this is the smoke screen without the right of privacy to raise concerns anonymously online it won't be hard to eliminate advocates for unpopular ideas. This will be the end of descent and collective action. All anyone with power to stop change that they don't like is simply shadow ban those individuals into a digital black hole where no one will hear them. (They already did this with covid) The Internet is the town square now and it must be protected at all costs. 

Blackmail, you know this will go there. No longer will things of a sexual nature be reserved for high profile people in the gossip columns. This will be used to go after anyone for revenge or other malicious purposes. Imagine you want to oppose a new spending bill to build a fountain in the park, well Karen will have your number. People will be forced into silence to shield their dirty secrets. 

Ultimately the responsibility, is on the parents to monitor there children's online activities. What this bill appears to do is punish a naughty site because of perceived harm which is an impossible legal standard. How did the plaintiff calculate the harm done, oh they will just make it up. Oh no little Johnny saw 2 people having sex, now he will never be CEO of General Motors, and now gazillions of income all lost. Where is the accountability on the user. Oh wait parents spending time with their kids what am I saying. 

An actual solution exists better than the old V chip of the 90's. Blocking, if you go to any library you cannot view any adult site, they seemed to have figured this out, so why the need for this. Simply offer that block list to any parent. Maybe mom & dad won't do that since they aren't being completely honest with each other. This is how you know it isn't about "protecting the children" which is always the cover story. It's just a game of mouse trap except on the digital front. We all know that this will be worked around pretty quickly by kids. By the age of 8 I reprogrammed my cable box with a butter knife and alligator clips to watch cinnamax late at night. A newer version of my butter knife will be created and quickly distributed. There is no stopping porn, just authoritarian monitoring to control people's behavior. This is all Karen's gone wild and everyone has to suffer her want of control so she can feel content with her smug self-righteous self. Exactly like the prohibition movement of the 1920's. My grandfather told me of those days and how the women reveled in their joy of control over the men from going to the bars. My grandfather started brewing beer in the garage, just took a while to make that happen, but he did. Checkmate grandma.

I think the problem we have to wrestle with is solutions to "problem". Blocking is one and can easily be adopted, but we need more solutions to offer in order to neutralize those arguments. 

 

I know this is a little long here but this isn't a left vs right issue, this is a unalienable human rights issue. The right to free speech shall not be infringed upon by the government. Signed by the founding fathers in 1776 paid for in blood in a terrible war. Those sacrifices must not of been in vain. Take the time to write an actual letter to your state and federal representatives. A physical letter carries more weight than you can imagine.