This is going to be a fun one.

So here are the facts:

I commented on a news article about a mother and adult son charged with incest (and adultery as well for her.) This is what I said:

Someone responded to me and I replied before I realized my original comment was removed for being inappropriate. Then I added the edit when I saw.

The next day I discovered I’d been banned from that community for “pro-incest comments” and several others I don’t think I’ve ever been in for rule 4 violations. The orignal post was removed.

You can see those here:

Site rule 4 is: Usernames or posts/comments containing transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, ableism, zionism, anti-veganism, or trivializing COVID. No self-described or obvious fascists, conservatives, or reactionaries.

My comments had none of those things. I’d even go so far as to say my banning was reactionary.

Now, I’m not defending incest, especially not for myself. My problem is with puritanical laws interfering with the private sex lives of people. In my original comment I stated that grooming was a separate issue and should be dealt with, but that there is nothing inherently wrong with incest. That is, enthusiastic consensual sex between capable adults.

I know someone will bring up the Hapsburgs, so yes, children of incest should be avoided.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Incest is bad for scientific reasons that don’t have anything to do with religion. You can leave the moral stuff out of it if that’s the angle you want to play. Ever seen the blood lines of families that have had incestual children? The defects add up over time. If that isn’t enough for you, i don’t know what is.

    I don’t understand why you’re arguing this anyway. It’s such a weird thing to argue about. It’s pretty universally recognized that incest is bad.

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      14 days ago

      Then incest is only bad if the intent is procreation. If two sterile adults who also happen to be related have a bit of consensual sex, what’s the issue?