Comment on "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal

• Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In this context it's definitely a hot take considering the prudish neighbor was able to make freaky shit "illegal" anyway, and in far greater capacity than any single government could. Rape and incest ain't for me but I take serious offense when they get banned because a handful of people decide for the rest of us how the world is supposed to look like without anyone else getting a say in the matter. At least if they went the legal route the process would've a) been transparent and given an opportunity for others to make a case and b) not instantly affect the entire world.

  This "scary government is going to take away your rights" just leads to private enterprises taking away your rights without any oversight. This entire thing is a case in point. The government can take away your rights but at least you have a way to fight for your rights, what are you going to do against oligopolistic payment processors taking away your rights?

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Rape and incest ain’t for me but I take serious offense when they get banned

    phrasing

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    • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You do realize that was not the end of the sentence?

      But just for you I added the word games and then moved the structure around.

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      • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Haha, it wasn’t the end of the sentence, but I don’t think the rest of the sentence meaningfully changed that particular clause!

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  • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    i hate to inform you that these lobbying groups are acting exactly like a state would, actually. maybe don’t lecture to trans people and tell us how the state works, we interact with the state way more than you ever will have to 💋

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    • Goodeye8@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Okay, the smug "you're not one of us so don't speak" argument... Alright, then we're just not going to have a discussion. Just don't forget that if one of these groups ever use payment providers to suppress trans rights you supported this.

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      • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        not surprising at all that you chose to go the blue MAGA “enjoy your camps, then” instead of taking a step back. the only smug person here was you not realizing you’re way out of your depth

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Berating people online who already agree with you is not how you get allies, dumbass.

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    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What is it about trans people that has them standing up for capital all the time?

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      • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        what is it with tankies that has them always forming red-brown alliances instead of supporting trans leftists?

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