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Its literally not illegal in 90% of countrys because its just drawings. And if you don't like it block it for yourself. This mindset leads to massive over-blocking.
In general I’d agree and say yeah, let people decide for themselves but content like this, which normalises or legitimises real world harms, shouldn’t be something easily stumbled upon.
Viewing that sort of content, or building community around its enjoyment, isn’t going to lead anywhere good.
Allowing it to show up here is net-negative.
It's been a long time since I've looked, but studies suggest that porn in general doesn't have a major effect on your behavior. It might lead to insecurity, but it doesn't lead to action. Some people are worried about legality, most people just don't want to see it, those are fine and dandy but anything else is just moral outrage
I think people can have a heathy relationship with porn, and yeah there are a lot of puritanical views that sound superficially convincing, especially in direct comparison to addictive substances.
It's hard for a lot of people to approach this subject from a place of empathy and I think shunning a group could risk the same harms as condoning the behaviour; you end up with a group that convinces itself of an internally invisible false narrative, and there's nobody there to oppose it.
The presence of these images though indicates a group of people who think they're is ok, who are likely accessing more extreme images, and ultimately creates a sense of normalcy around consumption. I don't think ordinary discussion should be juxtaposed with that and it shouldn't be freely available on a general purpose site.