• @Zombiepirate
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    198 months ago

    Good; people might decide to have sex! What is a government for but to prevent that travesty?

    • @Nurse_Robot
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      8 months ago

      It’s the trafficking that concerns me

      Edit: weird down votes. I’m opposing sex trafficking, this is one of many websites that facilitated sex trafficking, why is that controversial?

      • @Zombiepirate
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        138 months ago

        Then it seems that driving it to the black market is counterproductive if you want oversight.

        • @Spotlight7573
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          48 months ago

          Especially when Backpage was notably much more cooperative than most other sites, even proactive in some cases.

        • @Nurse_Robot
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          18 months ago

          It’s certainly a challenging problem

      • @Maggoty
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        48 months ago

        The trafficking he didn’t have any part in and wasn’t charged with?

        • @Nurse_Robot
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          18 months ago

          Yeah. Sex trafficking is a complicated problem. Back Page had a lot of sex trafficking going on, but sex industries always will. I don’t think it’s gotten any better after targeting this particular website, but it was certainly an easy and high profile location to parade future victims. To be honest, I don’t know what the solution is, or is there even is one.

          • @Maggoty
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            28 months ago

            I can go on Craigslist right now. This was a morality prosecution, not one based on legality. If I was a juror, just the fact that it was the third trial would cause me to vote not guilty.

      • @Son_of_dad
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        28 months ago

        He didn’t traffick anyone. And those who did will not be stopped by this trial

    • @[email protected]
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      68 months ago

      They might be bad economicly, but they have good coverage of topics pertaining to civil liberties.

      • @Dkarma
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        28 months ago

        Right next to bad faith click bait tho.

        We’re shouldnt “a few good apples” trash like this.

        Plenty of other quality sites.

    • @cheese_greater
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      28 months ago

      They’re actually not that bad. Nick Gillespie is a smart, nuanced, and compelling dude. I’m on his side more often than not but I’m somewhat countercultural/eclectic.

      And I’m definitely on the left side of things usually but that doesn’t mean I’m giving a blank cheque of loyalty to any circumlocuteurs on whatever side, no matter how popular or prestigious.

  • @Maggoty
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    The Constitution is dead. Long live the Police.