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SISEA bill -Please contact your senators!!!
5 years ago
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There's a new bill that's been proposed by a couple of the mummies in our senate recently that threatens to destroy any and all NSFW content on the internet. The bill is called "SISEA" or the "Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act" and if passed, it would impose restrictions that no website would be able to meet in order to moderate ALL NSFW content. Yes, that includes drawings. Yes, it can even include nude art references.
I'm urging you all to PLEASE call your senators and tell them why they should vote "no" on this bill. I know it's not a fun thing to do, but this is important for our entire community. You probably won't even have to talk to them. Just leave messages and bother them. More information is available in this thread if you want it. https://mobile.twitter.com/acvalens.....38322326106112
I've written a script that you're welcome to follow should it help you. It sure helped me compose my thoughts:
"Hello. My name is (___________) and I am resident of the state of (____________). I am calling about the bill called the “Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act,” or SISEA proposed by senators Bill Sasse and Jeff Merkeley. This bill's overreach is dramatic and will impose restrictions that no website will be able or willing to meet. It will functionally destroy the careers of thousands of artists across the country and render them penniless during a pandemic. In addition, it will trample on the few spaces on the internet where LGBTQ people are able to freely express ourselves and our sexuality without fear of reproach.
SISEA is nothing more than modern day puritanical christianity couched in false concern over a very rare problem. It's yet another attempt for unscrupulous people like Sasse and Merkeley to put their creepy religious obsessions into law. It is your duty to serve the American people, not these special interests who want to restrict our freedom. I implore you, senator. Do the right thing for your constituents. Vote “no” on SISEA."
I'm urging you all to PLEASE call your senators and tell them why they should vote "no" on this bill. I know it's not a fun thing to do, but this is important for our entire community. You probably won't even have to talk to them. Just leave messages and bother them. More information is available in this thread if you want it. https://mobile.twitter.com/acvalens.....38322326106112
I've written a script that you're welcome to follow should it help you. It sure helped me compose my thoughts:
"Hello. My name is (___________) and I am resident of the state of (____________). I am calling about the bill called the “Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act,” or SISEA proposed by senators Bill Sasse and Jeff Merkeley. This bill's overreach is dramatic and will impose restrictions that no website will be able or willing to meet. It will functionally destroy the careers of thousands of artists across the country and render them penniless during a pandemic. In addition, it will trample on the few spaces on the internet where LGBTQ people are able to freely express ourselves and our sexuality without fear of reproach.
SISEA is nothing more than modern day puritanical christianity couched in false concern over a very rare problem. It's yet another attempt for unscrupulous people like Sasse and Merkeley to put their creepy religious obsessions into law. It is your duty to serve the American people, not these special interests who want to restrict our freedom. I implore you, senator. Do the right thing for your constituents. Vote “no” on SISEA."
