I just think that people should be given access to comprehensive sex ed early enough in life that it's before they end up viewing something like pornography through their own actions.
The ease of access of it now, and the extreme shock value of a lot of what even shows up on homepages of major porn sites is unique compared to the pre-internet days.
we’ve literally been making porn in every form of media since we were painting on cave walls.
Porn ≠ erotic art or even sexually explicit material. Children should not have their first exposure to genitalia through media made with the express purpose of sexual gratification.
Part of allowing people to develop, evolve, and mature their sexuality on their own should involve preventing formative experiences from being based on fantasy.
Has there been any developments on the Github in regards to all this? Really, the only things that will solve this long term are proper and granular moderation tools.
Does that mean that I grew up in a fascist west? Before diversity and inclusion were a thing anyone talked about?
No, because the political context of the 80s was different – there wasn't a ban on it in your childhood because there was no such thing, even if some of the ideas and policies existed, they wouldn't have been labelled "EDI" or "DEI". The current move to explicitly ban these policies and offices from schools (and punish corporations for having it) is in reaction to a shift in mainstream American political discourse.
I don’t understand how fascism just POPS into the discussion
It doesn't – the DeSantis Administration has continually built up a reputation of authoritarian governing methods combined with right-wing economic and social policies. IE: Fascism, or at the least, overt right-wing authoritarianism.
He governs Florida the way Erdogan governs Turkey, or Viktor Orban governs Hungary, attacking political opposition and consolidating power. He has removed 2 democraticallyelected District Attorneys and appointed his political allies in their place, including one who lost the election to the removed official. His political appointees are currently reshaping a public college into a "Hillsdale of the South", after the private Christian college in Pennsylvania or somewhere. That college was previously a haven for trans and gay people. The Florida State Guard is shaping up to be a 21st-century version of Brownshirts, answerable only to the Governor.
I’m from the 80’s. It didn’t feel fascist to not grow up with diversity and inclusion classes
You also grew up in a far less polarised time, which isn't to say you grew up in a time when "racism was defeated" or something, just that more openly violent bigotry wasn't tolerated. While I don't exactly think that US presidents of the 80s were egalitarians who honoured the Civil Rights movement, they said all the correct things publically, condemning right-wing violence unequivocally.
Also, there aren't "classes". I believe you're conflating things like critical race theory and EDI. Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are more of an institutional outlook that tries to consciously account for the fact that people hold certain prejudices that might lead them to pass up someone more qualified for the role. Most American corporations have DEI initiatives, even though most American corporations are still run by white men. It's just that those white men are now thinking "Well, what other perspectives can we bring to the company to make us more competitive, and what are we taking for granted that might be impacting our business?" It's not ideological, in fact, most of these corporations donate to business-friendly candidates of both parties. Public organizations can have these initiatives too, which is why you hear about it in schools and universities, but it's still more about the teachers and workers of the school and not the classes.
I agree, but I don't think that's this person. I also poked around their post and comments and I didn't get the feeling they were some rabid Proud Boy or whatever, and I would rather try to engage with people like Hurglet before the actual right-wing does.
It was probably unproductive of me to try to talk about it further with them, and I really wanted to sign off with "btw I'm nonbinary" on every reply I made
I genuinely think that children's ease of access to pornographic content is a serious and unprecedented threat to their well-being. This is why I think it was a mistake to normalise kids having unlimited access to internet-enabled mobile devices, and why I think having the family computer in a public-ish place is smart. It doesn't even necessarily have to result in your kid being socially impacted, if you just limit their time on it but still allow them some autonomy. I had friends growing up where their router shut down automatically overnight so they couldn't use their phones when they should be sleeping, but they were still just as hip and cool as anyone else.
I'm sorry to put you on a spotlight, but your situation is precisely what I was thinking about when I made my comment. Not queer or some woke SJW warrior. You're just a person trying to live his life, and I have to imagine that a State Law banning you from putting them in anything official or public would be similarly frustrating.
But the thing is, you're just collateral damage at best to the GOP, and speaking from experience, at worst the target of ire simply for creating such confusion in other people for merely having an ambiguous name, I assume.
I really don't think you are, because most people don't realize how broad things will get. While right now, the targets are trans and gay people, people who write and pass these sorts of laws don't want to stop there. When I said "deviations", I wasn't just speaking about 'us queers', but also about men with long hair, women with flat chests, literally anyone who doesn't mould themselves into the right wing's view of "Man" and "Woman". I don't think you want the colour of your shirts policed, or for cops to come in and throw a woman out of the restroom because she wasn't "feminine" enough to someone.
I really don’t give 2 shits if you’re trans or gay or whatever. Just keep it in front of you. No need to put your pronouns in your name, or put a trans flag everywhere.
If you don't care, then why does it bother you so much to see them merely existing in public or online?
I'd like to suggest that you ignore pronouns or pride flags since they clearly don't appeal to you, but like many things in life, what doesn't matter to you might matter to one of the other 7 billion or so human beings on the planet with you, and putting the pronouns in the bio or displaying a pride flag actively communicates safety and creates a welcoming atmosphere, while also helping us find like-minded people and make friendships.
Not really harmless tho, i’ve seen countless places turn into a trans circlejerk.
What exactly would that even be? "hnghh, we respect other people's choices and individuality, hngggh" How awful. All we want is to have the same respect and autonomy granted to straight and/or cis people to be granted to us.
As for the “caring” part, I don’t care whatever you are, just don’t mention it.
And that's harmful because unless you truly are consistent and also don't want men to mention their girlfriends or wives and for women to never mention their boyfriends or husbands around you, you're treating people differently based on their gender or sexuality, allowing someone to talk about their home life, what they may have done over the weekend with their partner, but only if it ain't gay or trans.
Maybe they think your parents made this account for you before you were born