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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by dijit on Sunday February 25, 2024 @05:06PM (#39505347)
they didn’t argue that, they argued that if you’re not able to even talk about a problem you tend to smother it or not give it nuance which can lead to folks trying to kill any consensual sexual stuff, which not only consumes huge resources, but also leads to the situation where everyone is aware of how to skirt the rules meaning it is no longer esoteric knowledge.

Same reasoning is often applied to weed… it’s not a gateway drug, it’s not not that bad of a drug, but the way it’s treated leads you to being criminalized for trying it so you don’t seek support, and you suddenly have contact with a dealer that can get more things and will push you to try it all.

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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by Zetobal on Sunday February 25, 2024 @07:32PM (#39506465)
No, fucking little kids is not in the same ballpark as smoking weed.
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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by dijit on Sunday February 25, 2024 @07:43PM (#39506516)
Excuse you sir, even the least charitable interpretation of what I said (which was an allegory) was not in any way inferring what you imply.

If anything, the allegory would be: consensual sexual images between adults is equivalent to smoking weed.

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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by Zetobal on Sunday February 25, 2024 @07:45PM (#39506528)
Your writing is in the context of the thread you are participating in and your answer is right from the pedophile playbook. Like all the other we can't even talk about fucking little kids arguments.
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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by dijit on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:07PM (#39506631)
Honestly, I haven't read that playbook.

However, here's an interesting wake-up call: You seem to be exactly the person that the article is talking about.

Perfect is the enemy of good, the best result is nobody fucking children, permitting consenting adults to share nudes can help prevent that. Absolutists cause a worse situation for the most vulnerable among us.

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Re:Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitatio... by alphabettsy on Sunday February 25, 2024 @07:40PM (#39506498)
I think you’re proving the point. They never remotely suggested it was, the context is discussions about sex work not child sexual abuse.

People like you can’t even read a very coherent analogy about sex work without getting emotional.

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