>Since porn is on the internet, it is NOT easily accessible to minors.
How do you figure? If you've got a house with an internet connection, there's a pretty high chance the kid in the house will be able to figure out a way to access pornography unless the parents lock down the ever-increasing list of devices from which this could be accessed. I'm not saying it's something that the government should involve themselves with ... but I also don't know that diligent-parenting can ever be an effective solution to say that porn isn't easily accessible to minors.
As for pandering, with Santorum I'm not certain it's the case. Many of the things he supports politically appear to be part of his core beliefs.
Once you get internet at your house, how that gets locked down is your problem and no longer requires government intervention. I will not be the person who mandates that the entire internet be censored because a few parents can't take the time to lock down their e-devices.
I'm not saying he's not anti-porn. He's pandering because, knowing that he's a lawyer, and assuming he knows at least rudimentary constitutional law (I'd hope), he knows he can't affect a single iota of change in this area. He's just saying it to appeal to the ultra-conservative base.
What can be damaging is the stigmatization, shame, and self-loathing created by culturally mandated guilt in response to nearly universal biological functions. Look no further than the average conservative city's Sunday paper for references to some study claiming that use inevitably leads to abuse.
How do you figure? If you've got a house with an internet connection, there's a pretty high chance the kid in the house will be able to figure out a way to access pornography unless the parents lock down the ever-increasing list of devices from which this could be accessed. I'm not saying it's something that the government should involve themselves with ... but I also don't know that diligent-parenting can ever be an effective solution to say that porn isn't easily accessible to minors.
As for pandering, with Santorum I'm not certain it's the case. Many of the things he supports politically appear to be part of his core beliefs.