Cosmic Gaything's Topics (167)

Yep

Why is it?

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Can you give me examples or real life instances where desensitizing a taboo topic caused someone one normalize it in real life or reenact harmful actions?

Censorship being a slippery slope can be proven because of historical evidence. The Nazis burned books and a Transgender clinic, erasing all of the research because it was "degenerate and blasphemy".

I do agree with some censorship but the kind that directly affects people in real life, like hate speech. It incites violence against minorities. Again we see evidence with the Nazis and the KKK.

When it comes to fiction affecting reality I've only seen this in individuals who were already mentally ill with conditions that affect their ability to distinguish between reality and fiction. Like the Slenderman Stabbing incident. And I wrote an essay of serial killers. Yes they did often watched violent pornography and reenacted it in real life but these individuals were predisposed for this behavior. I'm not excusing the behavior itself but it's not fair saying this piece of media incites violence when most of these monsters are a combination of nature and nurture. Serial killers tend to grow up in unstable environments and genetically predisposed to violent behavior. Its not just one thing you can blame it on.

It's not fair to assume that anyone or everyone who is exposed to this material is more likely to let it happen because they're desensitized. For example correlation does not equal causation. Just because ice cream sales and drownings rise at the same time does not mean icecream cause more drownings. Just because more sexist men who harm women watch porn does not mean its the porn's fault. These men grow up being taught sexism and when they go to date women don't want them because they're awful people so they turn to porn more often. At least that's my speculation.

Ive had a religious person ask me "how do you know it wont open a door in you?" In regards to taboo media. Easy, because I know I dont have that door. It's like people who say if you dont read the Bible then what keeps you from murdering people? Because i dont need a book to tell me that. I don't want to kill people so there's that? I've read plenty of incest fanfiction and I have siblings but I've never wanted to harm them.

"Yes, you do!" You can't experience my reality. You can't get inside my brain and know how i think and feel. Its like if i say my favorite color is green and you say nuh uh its blue. I can only tell you my experience and you may believe it or not. So no, I don't think lolisho makes people into predators. People have been predators long before its existence. Those monsters don't need permission to conduct harm.

The poster isn't arguing for censorship, they're literally only asking for people to read these stories while conscious of the potential harm, hence not becoming "desensitized" to it. While it is true that reading problematic media does not mean you will be encouraged to behave in ways harmful to others, it is also true that many people who do harm kids and other groups start with online content. People don't just wake up and decide to do something horrible, it's more of a pipeline that gets them to that point. It is fine to consume media like this as long as it does not become a habit and you read under the lens that what they are doing is wrong, regardless of how the author choses to depict it. Reading one or two pedophile manga is an entirely different story than proudly self identifying as a shotacon that choses to seek out stories featuring relationships like these.

as someone who was victimized this way multiple times at any moment i get an inkling this is happening to a child around me I stop it immediately. I like stuff like this because even imagining this occuring irl makes my stomach turn.

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