Summary

Project 2025, a manifesto supported by the conservative Heritage Foundation, calls for a ban on pornography, labeling its purveyors as criminals and advocating for strict penalties, including jail time for producers and registered sex offender status for educators distributing it.

The manifesto argues that porn lacks First Amendment protection, framing it as harmful and exploitative.

With a right-leaning Supreme Court, proponents aim to overturn existing protections established in Miller v. California, potentially impacting mainstream media.

Donald Trump has pledged to bring Project 2025 contributors onto his team.

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    4 hours ago

    Do it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    The sad thing is, the nation will care more about porn than abortion rights. 🤦‍♂️

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    And again, the US totally failed to learn from history. This time, even their own history. Do you actually have history classes in school, or has this been replaced by “American” “football” or “Cheerleading” classes already?

    Hint: I’m talking about 1920 to 1933, when organized crime in the US was thriving like mad due to a similar stupid idea. This time, it won’t be any better. Keywords: Volstead Act and Cullen-Harrison Act

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      It makes me wonder what the rest of the country outside my state is even learning. When I was in high school, it felt like WW2 was the ONLY history being taught in regular history class. I had to take an elective, AP, European history class just to learn something other than the American revolution, the civil war, civil rights movement, women’s sufferage, and WW2.

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    Oh man do I ever hope they ban porn in the US. That would be fucking hilarious.

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        If you don’t think the incel groups that are super pro trump getting their porn privileges revoked isn’t funny as fuck, you’re wrong.

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        As hard as you try you can never stop people from posting porn on the internet. It would be as big of a disaster as the war on drugs.

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    The Americans can choose between Vlad’s Russia, CCP China, 1979 Iran and All of the Above. WTF, the fucking Nazis did not ban porn.

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    Cannot wait for black market porn. lmao
    I have a couple friends that already distribute.

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    The porn ban will just be the excuse they use to crack down on VPNs so they can implement a full on Chinese style internet censorship program.

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      Goof luck for the companies depending on VPNs…but hey, Donnie’s going to crash the economy anyway, so why fret.

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    People who voted for Trump after he won:

    The same people after he declare porn illegal.

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    I hope they actually do it. This is like the abortion issue, if they actually go through with it people will be like “What?? How could this happen??”

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      First president to have actual nude photos of his wife available.

      If any other president, especially a Democrat, had nudes of their wife it would be a scandal.

      But America is so beholden to these idiots that it doesn’t even matter to anyone.

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        There are lots of things they do that’re scandalous. That’s not one of them. There’s already enough puritanical bullshit fucking up the US. It’s about time some of it were left in the past.

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      15 hours ago

      Doesn’t this proposal also make anyone who participates in the production of porn into a criminal?

      Is the first Lady going to get arrested for her involvement in the creation of porn?

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        Historically, you can’t be charged for crimes you committed before the law criminalizing them was passed. However, precedence and fair application of the law have lost all meaning so you could be arrested, but she wouldn’t.

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      Ironically, they’re also significantly more likely to watch transgender porn. People are weird and stupid.