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On a matter of principle, the ban Gab has on porn doesn't sit well me with, and under normal situations I would be against them for it.
But right now, we have more pressing concerns than whether or not you can spank the monkey to anime waifu titties. Especially since there are countless other websites where you can get your rocks off without issue.
Once we are out of the woods, if it still sits wrong with you, then you can leave for greener pastures.
BitChute bans porn as well, but you never hear about it.
In fact a lot of sites ban it, but you only ever hear about Gab. Probably because Torba is vocal about it instead of just burying it in a TOS that everyone "agrees" to but no one reads. I'll take some who's honest and upfront about their policies over someone who isn't any day of the week.
This.
Play strategically if you want to win.
This is part of the reason I have never been a fan of hardcore Libertarian types. They are obsessed with their principles to the point of irrationality. Principles are an important thing. But sometimes, you must make sacrifices, even if temporary, for the betterment of your own beliefs. It doesnt matter if its censorship by private corporations, drugs, taxes, public infrastructure (schools, roads, emergency services, etc).
But no, 9 times out of 10 then would rather gain no ground because they were committed to it by autistically holding an impossible line.
It's also worth noting that principles are a luxury only afforded to victors. You have to win before you can grandstand.
The true test of a person's principles is how they conduct themselves upon winning a long and hard conflict.
Libertarianism is a peacetime ideology for a peacetime that has never and will never exist.
Same boat. Defensive fortifications first.
It's one thing to say no porn, that's not my issue with FB/Insta (although Insta's new rules are pretty puritan and crazy), but the Gab account made a tweet today (apparently deleted now) saying the Supreme Court was wrong to call porn protected speech.
Again, if you want to avoid the issues with porn by banning it on your platform then fair enough- but to deny that it should be legally protected speech??