This is pretty much what I have to say right now.

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I'm interested in porn.
I'm interested in rape.
I'm interested in pedophilia.
I'm interested in incest.

To clarify, and I shouldn't have to, I'm interested in fictional porn, rape, pedophilia, and incest.

To clarify even further, which I rather resent since everyone should be interested in this, I'm interested in your right to write fictional porn, rape, pedophilia, and incest, whether I want to read it or not. Which for the most part I don't.

I'm not interested in getting censored, getting silenced, or getting kicked off livejournal. Which (so far, and as far as we know) lj can do, is doing, and feels it must for legal reasons. And, in response to that, I'm interested in what we can do to protest such actions, to Six Apart and whoever or whatever else is involved in whatever is going on.

Because in the end, what I'm really interested in is not censoring or silencing myself. I'm not interested in getting scared or anxious about this. You want to kick me out of the house, kick me out, but I'm not stuffing my dirty magazines under my mattress. I'm not interested in changing my interests lists or locking down old posts.

Because in the end, what I'm really interested in is porn, rape, pedophilia, and incest, and there's not a damn thing anyone else can do about that.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

*sigh* Here we go again.

I do understand the desire to rid entities like lj and myspace of (particularly) child predators, and I can't and won't argue with that idea. I do believe that it is the responsibility of the community to protect those who are unable to protect themselves.

However, this type of bulk action dependant on the information of one group (or individual) is problematic. Unfortunately, some of these groups don't do their homework about who is a predator and who is supporting an adults-only group of writers or fans that should have the right to read/write/discuss whatever they deem interesting. And, the idea that "incest survivor" groups should be included is a sad demonstration of this failure.

I do not support censorship. If you (generic) want to write about rape, incest, pedophilia, whatever -- that's your right, and I'll support it to the Supreme Court and past.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Well, exactly.