Sometimes, I feel like I went to sleep and woke up in the 1970s. This has been happening more and more lately. First with discussions on birth control as though it is up for debate, and now Dworkin like discussions on porn. Of course when the Republican candidates are involved there is less coherent arguments.
Naturally, Santorum is promising to rid the nation of porn.
“America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography. It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking,” the former Pennsylvania senator wrote in a statement posted on his campaign website.
I guess, this is the next target on Santorum's list of things to alienate people and pander to the conservative right.
“Current federal ‘obscenity’ laws prohibit distribution of hardcore (obscene) pornography on the Internet, on cable/satellite TV, on hotel/motel TV, in retail shops and through the mail or by common carrier,” Santorum wrote in the statement, adding that these laws should be “vigorously enforced.”
"Vigorously enforced." Well, I don't know about that. Additionally, Obama isn't doing enough to be tough on porn. I'm guessing because he realizes how well the industry is doing. A writer for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman argues Santorum doesn't know what he's talking about,
"Santorum doesn't seem to notice that as porn has become ever-more available via the Internet, the prevalence of rape has plunged. Since 1991, the national rate has fallen by 86 percent -- compared to a decline in overall violent crime of 65 percent," Chapman wrote.
Which is true!. Porn is an ever growing billion dollar industry.
