I agree with the points you’re making, but I’d also like to put in my two cents as a victim of CSA and CSAM production. Not that it makes me an any sort of authority on it; I just wanted to share my opinion.

I don’t think fictional material should be considered the same as real footage. In real material there is a victim whereas (unless a person’s likeness is being used) there is none in fictional material. The reason CSAM is so horrible is because of the fact there is a victim, not because the material itself is disturbing (which it is, don’t get me wrong). I think that making them equal crimes is a huge disservice to the victims and downplays the crime that was committed against them, both socially and legally. In my experience a lot of people already oppose CSAM more so due to the material being graphic rather than the actual assault and continued violence against the victim by possessing/sharing footage of it.

Remember all the names of the people pushing this. The more of our rights they sell away, the less we have to lose taking them back.

People fighting for mass surveillance and the upending of fundamental human rights are nothing less than terrorists and ought to be treated as such. I am not one to throw around that label loosely, but these are an enormous threat to democracy.

When your claim to fame is fighting tooth and nail to dismantle democracy a teeny tiny bit less than the others, that is hardly what I’d call a good role model.

Give it to me? 👉👈🥺