Fnord wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Fnord wrote:
So get Congress to change the laws to exempt consensual acts and public urination from the list of sex offenses. Simple, right?
Easier said than done, still causes an undue burden for people until the problem is resolved. So no, it's not actually as simple as you state.
For issues like this it's often very difficult to achieve change away from draconian policies because it's much easier to scare people into a temporary coalition against 'the perverts' than it is to get people to understand that the policies they supported harm others with little benefit.
People disagree on the degree of reform and on the specifics of how to achieve it.
Sometimes discussions where no specific proposal is ever made can still benefit an issue by at least driving awareness of the other side even existing. You need to get enough people emotionally invested enough to care before you can build a coalition to advance a more specific agenda.
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03 Aug 2021, 4:32 pm
