Congratulations on killing this hobbyland...will soon be like never neverland

It was bipartisan ( Introduced by Senator Portman as a reaction to Backpage) with 27 cosponsors on both sides. With almost no votes nay. 388 to 25 and 97 to 2.  

Hillary would have signed it in a heart beat too. And then everyone would have trotted out something about landmark women's empowerment  blah blah and sex worker voices would have been even more lost than before.  

As much as Trump is an awful President... I also thought about the unusual bipartisan support this effort had. We have to accept that the majority of folks have an immediate negative reaction to our community.. they don't understand how most of it works..

Bill would not allow Hillary to sign this, because Bill like to trick.

The bill passed with a veto-proof majority.  So had he vetoed it, the House and Senate would simply have voted again and the bill would have become law anyway.

Hillary wouldn't have appointed a moron like Jefferson Bouregard Sessions as AG who is a fundamentalist asshole and is behind this.. He in bad with the boss and this is red meat he can throw to Trump's moron base.   I'm no Hillary fan but would NOT have happened under her.

This bill had Amy Schumer (Chuck's neice) and Seth Meyers doing PSA's for it.

and I am no supporter. The feminists, on the left, are as much to blame.  SW is an easy target.  But the big picture is that it is a way to stomp on our first amendment rights.  Why is no one upset about that?  Can't take away your bump stocks, because that is a slippery slope, but you take away my right, as a adult, to see adult content. Seriously? What next will the government censor?  Years ago they banned books, now this. Forget the hobby, real rights are being stomped on and half you guys, will never say a word about it. You only speak up, under aliases, on hobby boards. Get real.

That's a saying I've heard in legal circles (full disclosure, I'm not an attorney). BP allowed itself to become a prime target in the anti-trafficking crusade when it became known through their internal emails that they suggested revised wording for ads that initially indicated young, possibly underage, providers. Then they added another nail to the coffin by establishing shell companies to move money around, which left them wide open to money laundering charges. And now the coup de grace is that the CEO is taking a plea deal which will involve testifying against the founders.

What is happening now is exactly why we MUST engage in political discussion.   The last political wave put us on a course toward totalitarianism.  This censorship is a classic symptom.   Same thing happened in Wiemar Germany.  Everybody blindly followed and trusted one asshole who made politics simple for them.  He threw them red meet of cleaning up the sex trade in Berlin.  He also threw them the Jews.  We can't bury our heads in the sand.

AG's are supposed to enforce laws, not pick and choose. Selective enforcement is the stuff of banana republics.

Which is why almost all Democrats voted for it.  Hillary would have signed it with great enthusiasm.

They did take away bump stocks, didn't they?  

Without the Second Amendment, the rest of the Bill of Rights is merely suggestion.

Read up on the Civil War. (Spoiler: it did not go well for the rebels.)

You don't really think Bill wears the pants in that house ....do you? Hillary knew little intern was polishing his knob...for her, that just meant one less thing to deal with.

"took away" bump stocks, they just quit selling them.  I didn't get any memo about turning mine in to anyone.  Its like the assault rifle ban of some years ago.  Those of us that had AR-15's, AK-47's and Tec-9's just stuck them in the gun safe until the climate changed again.  

I'm Voting "Libertarian" the Next Election. Our "Free Speech" and "Right to be Happy" in this Country is under DIRECT ASSAULT, from both sides Liberal & Conservative Politicians. If I want to "Provide Companionship" & enjoy My "Sex Life" Via the "Hobby" its My Personal Decision and right as a Woman to do So! Hopefully we get a "Split Gov't" in 2018 and they will have to be forced to "Negotiate w/each other" to Pass ANY & ALL New Bill/Laws. "Otherwise Nothing Gets Done!"

That was my message in 2016. Vote for anybody you like as long as its not Democrat or Republican.  Untilwe break the 2 party system both sudes will just continue to become more polarized and radical stupidity will reign.  

#MeToo gave this bill the push across the goal line. Senate Dems like Kamala Harris pushed this from the women’s rights side, while Republicans pushed it from the law and order aspect.

Because men would rather pay for pussy, than fuck Amy Schumer period!

These bills were overwhelmingly supported by Republicans, and Trump is who signs bills into law. I'm not a Democrat but I'm not blind. Dems have long supported net neutrality and online freedoms. Republicans have been pushing back against them for some time. Now was their chance to get it done.

Personally, I am betting on stupid.

You're in denial, Mr. Bond.

If you think badly named "Net Neutrality" legislation would protect sex workers' rights you are poorly informed. We should all be grateful that was stricken down. And that goes for well beyond the hobby.

This was gonna happen...
Regardless of who sat in the White House. The sex trade is deemed illegal in the U.S.
Even a tug job from a massage parlor can earn you bracelets. People who are open minded enough to see it as it is are a huge minority.  
From bible thumpers, to prudes, to sex denying soccer mom's using their pussies to keep their castrated spouses in line. The United States is full of people who think they know what is best for everyone else. Be it individuals, or groups with lobbiest's on the Hill.  
Just imagine if it were legal, or even just accepted...
What would Jane be able to hold over Dick, so that he would remain subservient to her?

Voting for it was the Politically correct thing to do, for both parties. After all which party want to be the party that's in favor with child prostitution? Republicans have their pedophiles so the Dem didn't want that sort of tag on them...But my guess, and this is just a guess..Is that 80 percent of House republicans, in their core believed in this while I'd say 50 percent of the Dem actually favored this..and here's the kicker, I bet trump had no ideal what he signed.

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So you're saying 50% of democrats will vote for stuff they don't believe in, while only 20% of republicans will.

to look at it.  Lol

It's not ALL "stuff". Got that?

And I'll say your typical liberal is a virtue signalling milksop. But that's just my opinion.

I can call myself an escort, prostitute, or a sex worker, there are stereotypes associated with this job and none of them are  great.  

Kamala Harris was the driving force. Back in 2016, when she was attorney general in California, she charged BP owners with a multitude of crimes, only to be laughed out of court and the charges dismissed. Now, as an elected senator form my home state of CA, she came up with this law to destroy the industry by making websites liable for content put on their sites by third parties using the ruse of "child sex trafficking". Just wondering how other sites like youtube, FB, etc now feel if they were to be held to the same standard. This could only be the beginning of a new age regarding internet publishing