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.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
    13·
    11 days ago

    That argument is complete nonsense. Legal genetic sexual attraction and legal accidental incest does not facilitate rape. Criminalizing rape does not require criminalization of incest. The entire argument is nonsensical. Rejected outright.

    You can “reject it outright” all day long, it doesn’t make my argument any less correct. Legalized incest very much does facilitate rape because of grooming. Criminalization of rape does not require criminalization of roofies, so long as you don’t care whether the law against rape is actually enforced. People who do care about preventing rape support the criminalization of means of facilitating it, means such as roofies and incest.

    Society and State need compelling reasons to strip individuals of their personal agency. In the situations OP describes, there is no compelling reason. That they would even go to the courts is a problem that should not exist. The capable and consenting individuals involved have no need to justify themselves before the courts.

    You could’ve just said, “No, I can’t find a single case, I’m just whining about a problem that doesn’t exist.”

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      51·
      11 days ago

      Legalized incest very much does facilitate rape because of grooming.

      No, sorry, again, criminalization of grooming does not require criminalization of incest, and criminalization of incest does not address all incidence of grooming. Grooming must be criminalized separately, because not all grooming is via an incestuous relationship. The legal status of incest has no bearing on grooming. Grooming is not at all relevant to the circumstances OP discusses.

      You could’ve just said, “No, I can’t find a single case, I’m just whining about a problem that doesn’t exist.”

      I could have, but that would be dishonest. Jail is not the only possible consequence. Before homosexuality was decriminalized, you would have had a hard time finding people admitting to knowing people who had been jailed for it. Before homosexuality was decriminalized, you didn’t have a lot of homosexual looking for marriage licenses, for example.

      Bigotry is always a problem regardless of whether you can name a victim of it.

      Hey, I appreciate the discussion. This has honestly been fun. We should do it again sometime.

      • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
        13·
        11 days ago

        No, sorry, again, criminalization of grooming does not require criminalization of incest

        Again you keep harping on “requiring,” something I never said. Incest does facilitate grooming.

        Before homosexuality was decriminalized, you would have had a hard time finding people admitting to knowing people who had been jailed for it.

        I didn’t ask “do you know someone this happened to” I asked “has this ever happened?” I can absolutely find cases of people being jailed for homosexuality from before it was decriminalized.

        Bigotry is always a problem regardless of whether you can name a victim of it

        Is it? Is there any other form of “bigotry” where you can’t name a victim?

        Hey, I appreciate the discussion. This has honestly been fun. We should do it again sometime.

        Gotta say that it’s strange that you enjoy talking to bigots. But I guess victimless bigotry is lower stakes.