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The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 390 - The Anti-Porn Argument No One Has Addressed

The Matt Walsh Show

The Matt Walsh Show

News, News Commentary

4.626.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The debate about porn has been fascinating this week, with conservatives coming down on either side of the discussion. But there's one argument for porn prohibition or regulation that I haven't heard anyone on the other side of the debate address. I want to lay it out today. Also, a depressing video shows college students supporting Medicare for all, even though they have no idea what it entails. And we debate: what is the worst Christmas song of all time? Can't get enough of The Matt Walsh Show? Enjoy ad-free shows, live discussions, and more by becoming an ALL ACCESS subscriber TODAY at: https://dailywire.com/Walsh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So, you know, I'm really fascinated by the debate that has been raging these past several days

0:05.8

among conservatives around the issue of pornography. And I'm happy to accept

0:12.2

part of the blame for helping to start this little scuffle because I think that it's been a clarifying

0:16.9

moment for conservatism. I think it's been very interesting conversation as well. And there was

0:23.2

an article in Vox written by Jane Kostin, who she called me up and talked to me before writing

0:30.7

the article as well to get my thoughts on it. I thought she did. It's actually very objective

0:35.2

and fair and insightful. So, I'd recommend that you go check it out. But as she, you know,

0:41.1

talking to both sides of the conservative divide on this, as she outlines, the dispute over porn

0:47.3

regulation really springs from a more fundamental disagreement about the purpose and the nature of

0:54.4

government. And so, different conservatives have come down to different sides of this. Guys

1:00.7

like Sara Bammari have come down on the pro-regulation side while the libertarians over at reason

1:07.6

have unsurprisingly come down on the other side. And then also, as I'm sure probably you've noticed,

1:14.2

if you watch all the shows and you follow everybody here at the Daily Wire, you've noticed that

1:19.5

the dividing line on this issue runs right through the Daily Wire as well. So, Michael Noles and

1:26.3

Josh Hammer are also on of the view that government has a legitimate role in battling the porn

1:34.1

epidemic. And then you've got Ben Shapiro and the God King Jeremy Boring say that, you know,

1:41.4

it should not have a substantial role. And that any role, if there is one, should not be an outright

1:47.7

ban. So, I don't want to say that their position is that the government has no role at all. I don't

1:51.7

think that is their position. But certainly, they don't agree with an outright ban. They don't think,

1:55.6

it seems to me, they don't think there should be a substantial significant role by the government

2:00.2

in regulating this stuff. Now, I think everybody who's chimed in has contributed,

2:08.4

thoughtfully to the discussion, and I'm not just saying that because two of them

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