sugar_in_your_tea, 11 months ago

Bart Simpson

It’s illegal if it’s deemed to be “obscene.”. See (a)(3)(B), emphasis mine:

(B) advertises, promotes, presents, distributes, or solicits through the mails, or using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any material or purported material in a manner that reflects the belief, or that is intended to cause another to believe, that the material or purported material is, or contains—

(i) an obscene visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or

(ii) a visual depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;

I’m not sure if a cartoon dick pic would be enough, but it’s not far off.

Here’s a Wikipedia article about the Protect Act that created this law, and it has links to relevant case law if you want to review it.

“civility” above all else

I never claimed that. I merely said we should push for civility first, as in give people the benefit of the doubt. Or in other words, let them make a fool of themselves instead of jumping at the opportunity to try to “cancel” someone.

That’s all I’m asking for. I obviously can’t control how you choose to use your speech, but I can respectfully point out when I think you or anyone else has gone a bit too far.