<p>I&#8217;m fascinated by the debate that has been raging these past several days among conservatives around the issue of pornography. I&#8217;m happy to accept blame for helping to start this scuffle because I think it has been a clarifying moment for conservatism. As Jane Coaston outlined in her fair and insightful <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/12/21003109/pornography-obscenity-barr-doj-conservatives-libertarians">reporting at Vox,</a> the dispute over porn regulation really springs from a more fundamental disagreement about the actual purpose of government.</p>
<p><a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/09/porn-isnt-free-speech-on-the-web-or-anywhere/">Guys like Sohrab Ahmari</a> have come down on the pro-regulation side, while the libertarians at <a href="https://reason.com/podcast/are-we-really-gonna-do-another-war-on-porn/">Reason</a> have settled, unsurprisingly, on the other. The dividing line even runs through The Daily Wire. My colleagues <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/knowles-the-porn-debate-isnt-really-about-porn">Michael Knowles</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-at-first-things-porn-is-not-a-blessing-of-liberty">Josh Hammer</a> join Ahmari, myself, and others in the view that government has a legitimate role in battling the porn epidemic, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-915-should-we-ban-pornography-2">Ben Shapiro</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1204426556484898816">Jeremy Boreing</a> say that it should not have a substantial role — and any role, if there is one, should not include an outright ban. I think everyone cited above has contributed thoughtfully to the discussion, and I&#8217;m not just saying that because two of them happen to sign my paychecks.</p>

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