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As a Law Enforcement Officer I can say, that shutting down backpage did nothing to stop prostitution and trafficking, but DID make it much more difficult to investigate those cases. Backpage was a valuable partner in those investigations. The replacement sites are not.
lol, ya, we should have an open-air marketplace for trafficking because that will allow people to be seen and investigated. lol. nevermind the absolute destruction wrought by the trafficking. believe it or not, this law that closed backpage and other sites contributed greatly to the elimination of open markets for sex trafficking, undeniably.
@@aaronkcmo There has been an increase in the total number of women trafficked since the the shut down, so unless I am misunderstanding what you are trying to say, your concern is that it was public, not that it was happening.
@@aaronkcmo No. It really doesn't, the increase has occurred even before Biden took office, but it just happened to coincide with multiple websites being shutdown approximately a year or two before the increase. You are just proving further you are a monster who jus[ doesn't want to be bothered by being made aware it's happening.
I congrat you, you are living in a great democratic country 😂😂😂. let's not for get the legendary American freedom of speech laws: this is the funniest joke I've ever heard 😅
@ they do it to my subscribers too. I came out as Dark Maga and I suspect that had a lot to do with it. And basically I hardly talk about politics but just if asked admit I’m conservative. It’s tragic.
Anecdotally it was just in my feed then I refreshed it and it wasn't there and I had to manually search for a reason TV channel...... So this is a real phenomenon that I can say I've finally seen
@@hansjuker8296 Our representatives don't always behave constitutionally or in good faith. I believe these prosecutors were acting in self interest and bad faith for the sake of notoriety and votes. The constitution is supposed to be the safeguard against the such. I submit to you that if you or I ran afoul of one of these zealots, we'd find ourselves in the same boat as these "sleazes". BTW I totally discount the idea that children were being bought and sold via this publication. Cheers.
You're welcome! We want to cover the stories that are often overlooked. And Backpage was definitely forgotten by mainstream media. Thanks for watching!
@@ReasonTV i wasn't going for Harris ticket because of gun/arms-rights/other's-things but as a LGBTQIA+ now i can add she hates the free-press and sexual-worker's and non-sexualisation-nudity( like France's beaches or co-ed-space's ect ) as that im pro-choice-on hooker's service a important roles in there local communities and yes there needs to be some regulations like regularly-testing( jonn's and well as hooker's ) and medical/sociology-college education( if you want to call yourself a pro and also to minimise-chances-of minors and or poverty-exposition ) but not like Harris has this in mind yes im for pedometers/predatory/MAP getting justice but also 19yo or on the end-extreme 99yo doesn't automatically mean that you're adult-minded as there's a fuzzy argument to the law/concept and it's hard to explain but other videos have shown this, but this is kinda off-topic but still important/relevant information so clapping thanks
First they came for the pimps, I did not speak up because I was not a pimp, next they came for the sex workers again I did not speak up because I was not a SW, then they came for the web host and I did not speak up because I’m not a web host. At last when they came for me, there was no one left to speak up for me
@@Scoots1994we are some of the least free people on earth. Government is involved in near everything. Ask a person in the 3rd world how often they deal with government. Yet it's us they call free. Free from what?
So my question is…. Why aren’t telephone companies held accountable for anything a criminal does, since obviously it’s safe to presume they used their phone to assist in those crimes? This is deplorable, much like John McCain and his wife are. It is so tragic that all this bs actually drove one of the men to commit suicide. What an injustice.
Using this logic isn't The US Treasury and The Fed responsible for sex trafficking, wars, drug trafficking, and so forth for facilitating fiat currency to pay for such acts?
Prohibition creates black markets and makes criminals richer and causes police to act brutally and consumes the labor of people. They are all to blame and it's not an issue with logic.
im not for trafficking-exploitation sexual and no-sexually-types or MAP/predatory behaviour, like Jeffry Epstein to my knowledge=jailhouse rock wink's but also quit harassing honestly-ho's $$ and pron-hub ect some providers for childhood tramas and sexual-education that was lacking or at least my experience/school( literally stick-figures and yes it was public education systems ) and sexual-therapy/couples-therapy, even presidents have needed the entertainment or therapy's im not sure of which as press didn't know/specify that ect
"at least give him a break on the price". You do know this is illegal to pay for a pardon? For some reason it now with certain Administrations it is not being enforced. But it is still very much illegal.
Thankful for journalists and media that cover stories in depth. I don't always like the subjects, but it's important to have access to more information than just a headline. Thank you for providing it.
@@aaronkcmo Please post a few examples so us less informed can get the full picture. An add from back page different from adds in newspapers or Craig's list.
I didn't know all of the back story. Thank you. When he said he catches himself wanting to share something with Jim hit me hard. I lost my best friend the same way and I find myself trying to call him. Same with my father, he didn't commit suicide, but I find I call my mother and when she answers I realize I called to say hi to my father and he isn't there any longer, she knows why I called.
Pleasant speech need no protestation, but it is an unpopular or controversial speech that does. This is not a Kingdom with a King, but a constitution republic of freedom Say what you will. Publish what you will. Freedom. Liberty. If we ever lose free speech, it's all over. It's the founder of everything.
The precedent was set with Ross Ulbricht. I hope these guys are vindicated and the other people convicted on ridiculous charges are released with all charges reversed.
So ive been to the womens county jail in cleveland twice in my life. Once for 15 days, and once for 3 months. I was there for a dui, but at least half the girls in my pod were in there cuz an undercover cop popped them tryin to sell themselves on backpage. Theres like 80 girls in a pod too. There was about a 5 year gap between my lovely vacations and both times were like that... if lawenforcement is benefitting from using the exact same platform to bust people, how can they arrest you for providing them the platform they are using. Not only that i feel like officers would have acually been able to save children on there, and be able to arrest the creep trying to pimp out a kid... now it seems like the victoms are never saved and the creeps always get away..... I dunno
Great story and needs to be heard and understood by "We the People." The root cause battle is centuries old. "We the People" vs. "We the POWERFUL." Figure it out - little people. Stop being a slave to the powerful.
They had all kinds or court judgements saying that what they were doing was legal. Under the rule of law, they were entitled to believe that if courts rule that their conduct is lawful, it is lawful. They were just doing the same classified ads that are in newspapers and putting them on line. They were helping the police catch criminals who used the site.
@@eugeneb5979 yeah as an independent service provider, I absolutely loved back page. Potential clients find it easy to navigate and reach out to providers.
I remember some murders happened in Detroit in connection to Backpage and I believe they wholeheartedly worked together to get the suspect of the murdered.
@@aaronkcmo Aaron, I see you commenting numerous times throughout the comments on this video. You seem to be pretty adamant about pushing the false trafficking narrative associated with that story. Are you simply having an unchecked emotional reaction absent of reason, or are you intentionally trying to spread disinformation?
@nebula0024 it's not disinformation to say he was convicted in a court of law. I'm commenting because I'm sick of the ill informed leftist slant of some at this "libertarian" publication
@@nebula0024 you do realize that he was convicted on a money laundering charge linked to promotion of prostitution and sentenced to 5 years in prison and a $3m fine. he's also facing 30 more counts of money laundering and promotion of prostitution. you know that, right?
In my life I noticed a pattern. Those who are publicly the most cheerful are often the ones to off themselves. They spend their entire time wearing clowns mask and “keeping it light”, but they are never authentic and reveal their true selves and live in honesty, which makes their turmoil even more insufferable.
What’s crazy is they worked so hard to take down a site off. But yet so many kids are missing every year and it seems they don’t want to actually work on taking down these real traffickers. It’s cuz they facilitate that shit and just push it on these apps.
Don’t worry, the new old guy will do what evangelicals voted him for. No pr0n, seggs ads anywhere anymore. They also want to hold social media accountable for their users’ content. So… same, same, different but the same. Bad Kamala, bad.
Could this have been payback for their early career of exposing politicians and doing actual journalism? Just a thought. If I was them, I probably would've taken down the adult ADs---too much drama.
F that, it’s a matter of principle. Also yes of course this was about making powerful enemies. You can’t bend like you’re talking about, it sets a precedent and ratchets up crackdowns on free speech
Ah backpage that brings back memories some fuzzier than others, good thing in Canada we still have Leolist at least, I mean I don’t get why so many guys pay for OF when you can find often literally the same models on these sites too, if I recall BP was still available in Pakistan and Saudi before it was fully shut down, yes America is more prudish than Saudi Arabia apparently If I recall the cops here were upset at BP shutting down, because they actually had a system for reporting abuse & human trafficking, 90% of rescues come from the client informing the police, criminalizing clients only makes it way more dangerous TBH I’ve come to believe women who oppose sex work don’t actually care about protecting vulnerable people, rather they care about competition and their 🐱undergoing deflation
It is shameful that we are not standing.up for true american heroes like these two...to allow them to be consumed by the federal government is yet another nail in the coffin of thw american way of life
Wow, I didn't know Backpage was all of this. I just remember in high school, the boys were posting girl's noods 👀 on there, so you did not want to end up on Backpage
I miss posting my ads on backpage 😢 for real, sex work should be legal in every state!! That’s the only way to ensure everyone’s safety and stop trafficking.
Cant you like record part of the act on a video and say its for a film ? It is legal to produce adult films and charge people for it i think. Its should work like a legal work around.
@@fwuffymilk8369 Yeah, it's really bizarre. I didn't use any foul language or abusive commentary. Now I see two upvotes on my initial comment, but it still doesn't appear when I refresh the page while signed out, or through another browser. VERY sus.
@@fwuffymilk8369 Oh, I figured it out! I see what YT is doing!!! The comments default to "Top", which automatically censors things YT doesn't want you to see. It's also not necessarily the "Top" comments, it's the comments YT wants you to see the most. However, if you switch this to "Newest", then all comments will appear, even the ones that were hidden before. Very sneaky!
It's funny when those who claim to be so ethical and lawful do nothing to ensure their organizations do what's right. In 2003 I was in family court for child support, the judge stated in a report conducted by Child Support Services that 4 out 5 women lied about who the father was, so if the government was so interested in stopping prostitution, they should do something about the biggest pimp in California. 4 out of 5 women, that means 80% of the money child support collects is for men having sex with their clients. In 2021 child support services collected 32.7 billion dollars, so 26.16 billion dollars was just for men having sex with their clients. Way to go Big Pimp Daddy Support Services!
@@joecalta3679 With relatively few exceptions, the Republican Party has contempt for Trump just as much as the Dem's, because he threatens the establishment. It was clear from the beginning, in 2015, that the people who hate us PLEBS, saw Trump as a threat to their absolute power. I don't view Trump as some god-like hero, but at least he is willing to spend his few remaining years on the planet trying to right things.
I don't understand why in a free country we're having this conversation. Prostitution should be legal, freedom of speech shouldn't be infringed. I don't have to agree with it. I'm concerned about protecting your rights that I don't agree with & you should give me the same respect.
The only way I can get behind backpage or similar sites on this issue is if they actively report those that advertise/post escort and similar services. Only if they make prostitution more difficult to get away with should anyone support them. Escorting services are basically always just prostitution and never survive a sting.
@miramichi30 why do you think consent is the standard of moral/legal acceptability? If you know something about ethics, then you'd know there are plenty of cases where consent is not sufficient for more permissibility. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same legally. Do you have an argument/actual position or just a question trying to push the burden of proof around?
it's old news. prosecutors had these guys cold because they openly defied the law, like 6 years ago. Republicans got the big win when they were able to implement the law that required age or identity verification for these prostitution sites. Republicans don't seek to exploit the woes of criminals, Republicans seek to protect innocent victims.
Bad optics. Much of the public doesn't grasp ideas beyond a sentence or two, and for many it's a sentence fragment. The Democrats will jump on them for 'promoting _ _ _ trafficking'. And, of course, Republicans were involved in pressuring the paper as well.
Reason finally did a video on free speech instead of some ridiculous government policy that nobody cares about and that the two party system didn't pay them to avoid. Maybe we can get a video from reason about the libertarian presidential candidate? Like some actual journalism and some advertising for the man? no? same as always? okay. same as always.
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As a Law Enforcement Officer I can say, that shutting down backpage did nothing to stop prostitution and trafficking, but DID make it much more difficult to investigate those cases. Backpage was a valuable partner in those investigations. The replacement sites are not.
lol, ya, we should have an open-air marketplace for trafficking because that will allow people to be seen and investigated. lol. nevermind the absolute destruction wrought by the trafficking. believe it or not, this law that closed backpage and other sites contributed greatly to the elimination of open markets for sex trafficking, undeniably.
@@aaronkcmo
There has been an increase in the total number of women trafficked since the the shut down, so unless I am misunderstanding what you are trying to say, your concern is that it was public, not that it was happening.
@Netro1992 lol. The increase also coincides with the massive invasion on the southern border
@@aaronkcmo
No. It really doesn't, the increase has occurred even before Biden took office, but it just happened to coincide with multiple websites being shutdown approximately a year or two before the increase.
You are just proving further you are a monster who jus[ doesn't want to be bothered by being made aware it's happening.
Maybe they went hard on them cause they were starting to uncover their trafficing rings they sponser.
Govt seizing a personal home is absolutely ridiculous
Gov'$ got 'er hand in everything including family.
Happens all the time.
I congrat you, you are living in a great democratic country 😂😂😂.
let's not for get the legendary American freedom of speech laws: this is the funniest joke I've ever heard 😅
I can bet that tons of politicians used Craigslist & Backpage.
Who else loves this channel and found out RUclips took it out of their feed because it says bad things about the powers that be.
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@ they do it to my subscribers too. I came out as Dark Maga and I suspect that had a lot to do with it. And basically I hardly talk about politics but just if asked admit I’m conservative. It’s tragic.
Anecdotally it was just in my feed then I refreshed it and it wasn't there and I had to manually search for a reason TV channel...... So this is a real phenomenon that I can say I've finally seen
This video still somehow appeared on my homepage.
I like the channel, but I also know how the feed works😏🫡
It wouldn't surprise me to see ReasonTV indicted for portraying these guys as something other than villains. Our government is out of control.
These guys were sleaze and so we're the readers.
@@hansjuker8296 We have a constitutional right to be sleazy.
@@MicahThomason And we vote for representatives that do what we want them to right? Obviously the public wanted these guys and their rag gone.
@@hansjuker8296 Our representatives don't always behave constitutionally or in good faith. I believe these prosecutors were acting in self interest and bad faith for the sake of notoriety and votes. The constitution is supposed to be the safeguard against the such. I submit to you that if you or I ran afoul of one of these zealots, we'd find ourselves in the same boat as these "sleazes".
BTW I totally discount the idea that children were being bought and sold via this publication. Cheers.
@@hansjuker8296The representative system is a joke.
First they come after folks like these, then is everyone else that refuses the memo.
Thank you Reason for doing the Lord's work
You're welcome! We want to cover the stories that are often overlooked. And Backpage was definitely forgotten by mainstream media. Thanks for watching!
@@ReasonTV i wasn't going for Harris ticket because of gun/arms-rights/other's-things but as a LGBTQIA+ now i can add she hates the free-press and sexual-worker's and non-sexualisation-nudity( like France's beaches or co-ed-space's ect ) as that im pro-choice-on hooker's service a important roles in there local communities and yes there needs to be some regulations like regularly-testing( jonn's and well as hooker's ) and medical/sociology-college education( if you want to call yourself a pro and also to minimise-chances-of minors and or poverty-exposition ) but not like Harris has this in mind
yes im for pedometers/predatory/MAP getting justice but also 19yo or on the end-extreme 99yo doesn't automatically mean that you're adult-minded as there's a fuzzy argument to the law/concept and it's hard to explain but other videos have shown this, but this is kinda off-topic but still important/relevant information
so clapping thanks
First they came for the pimps, I did not speak up because I was not a pimp, next they came for the sex workers again I did not speak up because I was not a SW, then they came for the web host and I did not speak up because I’m not a web host. At last when they came for me, there was no one left to speak up for me
Not "forgotten," but purposely not publicized and controlled by Big Corps that own MSM!🎉😮@@ReasonTV
@@julianstone1192exactly! Now "they're" coming for all of us via the internet with the aid of their corrupt criminal "justice" system!🎉😮
I was mad when Kamala first started this BS. It's not just stupid, it's criminal.
And she will do so against others.
@gagamba9198 it's not just her. The government does not like freedom of speech, or privacy.
@@Scoots1994we are some of the least free people on earth. Government is involved in near everything. Ask a person in the 3rd world how often they deal with government. Yet it's us they call free. Free from what?
@@Scoots1994Willie Brown's Cum-Allah?
THERE IS VIDEOS WHERE SHE TALKS OF HER POWER TO DESTROY LIFES WITH STOKE OF A PEN ...WHEN WAS DA OF KARL MARXISTS CALF STATE .... SHE WAS VERY HAPPY
So my question is…. Why aren’t telephone companies held accountable for anything a criminal does, since obviously it’s safe to presume they used their phone to assist in those crimes?
This is deplorable, much like John McCain and his wife are. It is so tragic that all this bs actually drove one of the men to commit suicide. What an injustice.
Using this logic isn't The US Treasury and The Fed responsible for sex trafficking, wars, drug trafficking, and so forth for facilitating fiat currency to pay for such acts?
Or the Super Bowl where 40,000 missing kids are trafficked at in hotels no matter what city it's held in (according to FBI busts at super bowls)
yes, because they funneled the money through an intermediary to hide its source then lied about it. lol.
Prohibition creates black markets and makes criminals richer and causes police to act brutally and consumes the labor of people. They are all to blame and it's not an issue with logic.
im not for trafficking-exploitation sexual and no-sexually-types or MAP/predatory behaviour, like Jeffry Epstein to my knowledge=jailhouse rock wink's
but also quit harassing honestly-ho's $$ and pron-hub ect some providers for childhood tramas and sexual-education that was lacking or at least my experience/school( literally stick-figures and yes it was public education systems ) and sexual-therapy/couples-therapy, even presidents have needed the entertainment or therapy's im not sure of which as press didn't know/specify that ect
THAT same logic at play with holding gun manufacturers responsible for mass shooting.
So...?
Trump should definitely give this guy a pardon, or at least give him a break on the price
This happened when he was President and was part of his attempt at combating human sex trafficking.
@MrNikkoz Word on the street is the going rate for a pardon is 2 million
@@MrNikkozWhen did the investigation and prosecution begin?
"at least give him a break on the price". You do know this is illegal to pay for a pardon? For some reason it now with certain Administrations it is not being enforced. But it is still very much illegal.
Thankful for journalists and media that cover stories in depth. I don't always like the subjects, but it's important to have access to more information than just a headline. Thank you for providing it.
Thank you. We strive to tell more and more stories that are underreported. Glad you enjoyed this one!
This is why we, the people, do not trust our servant government
First, they start with sleaze and everyone applauds, then they slowly expand that precedent to include everything else.
"hiding behind the 1st amendment" if is protected by the 1st then they are not hiding behind it.
what they were doing is not protected, that's why they're accused of hiding behind it.
@@aaronkcmohow was it not free speech?
@@FrydClips free speech doesn't not allow you to incite violence, advertise illegal activities, etc. free speech is not absolute.
@@aaronkcmo Please post a few examples so us less informed can get the full picture. An add from back page different from adds in newspapers or Craig's list.
@bullwinkle5445 examples of what? Other sites don't promote prostitution and launder money from pimps
I didn't know all of the back story. Thank you.
When he said he catches himself wanting to share something with Jim hit me hard. I lost my best friend the same way and I find myself trying to call him. Same with my father, he didn't commit suicide, but I find I call my mother and when she answers I realize I called to say hi to my father and he isn't there any longer, she knows why I called.
Part 1 of this documentary was one of the best videos on this channel. Hope the RUclips algorithm lets this one pick up some steam
Notice all the attorneys general saying the same word: “uncooperative” - that’s a clue.
Pleasant speech need no protestation, but it is an unpopular or controversial speech that does.
This is not a Kingdom with a King, but a constitution republic of freedom
Say what you will. Publish what you will. Freedom. Liberty.
If we ever lose free speech, it's all over.
It's the founder of everything.
The precedent was set with Ross Ulbricht. I hope these guys are vindicated and the other people convicted on ridiculous charges are released with all charges reversed.
the government has done such a good job running san francisco, Philly, Chicago and new york city, maybe we should give them our right to free speech
Dont forget Massachusetts
I knew I hated Kamala for a reason. I loved back page. Not ashamed.
So ive been to the womens county jail in cleveland twice in my life. Once for 15 days, and once for 3 months. I was there for a dui, but at least half the girls in my pod were in there cuz an undercover cop popped them tryin to sell themselves on backpage. Theres like 80 girls in a pod too. There was about a 5 year gap between my lovely vacations and both times were like that... if lawenforcement is benefitting from using the exact same platform to bust people, how can they arrest you for providing them the platform they are using. Not only that i feel like officers would have acually been able to save children on there, and be able to arrest the creep trying to pimp out a kid... now it seems like the victoms are never saved and the creeps always get away..... I dunno
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Entraptment is hipicritical. It is as bad as Dialetic behaviour. Worse than a ruse. Leaves a wake of incompetant waiste .
F the government.
Great story and needs to be heard and understood by "We the People." The root cause battle is centuries old. "We the People" vs. "We the POWERFUL." Figure it out - little people. Stop being a slave to the powerful.
"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants." ~ Albert Camus
They had all kinds or court judgements saying that what they were doing was legal. Under the rule of law, they were entitled to believe that if courts rule that their conduct is lawful, it is lawful. They were just doing the same classified ads that are in newspapers and putting them on line. They were helping the police catch criminals who used the site.
I watched this on CiVL. Watching it again here because it's very well done.
It was a wonderful site to browse all the independent ladies of the night. It gave them the ability to be independent.
@@eugeneb5979 yeah as an independent service provider, I absolutely loved back page. Potential clients find it easy to navigate and reach out to providers.
Love all the work that Elizabeth Nolan Brown does!
Craigslist dating had less scammers than other dating sites. Still friends with a lady i met that way
Lol for years I got all of my apartments, cars and boyfriends there 😅
@ckwind1971 me too but girlfriends
@ckwind1971 same except girlfriends in my case
@@TheSleepingonit it really worked!
@ckwind1971 definitely so
Remember when Facebook allowed the sales of women on its site in Saudi Arabia and UAE?
Who cares it's Saudia Arabia
It’s sad and these types of complexities are what make it difficult to truly understand how things truly work in the USA
Meanwhile we have an OPEN BORDER
I remember some murders happened in Detroit in connection to Backpage and I believe they wholeheartedly worked together to get the suspect of the murdered.
Reasonable reporting ... 🎉
The Government: How DARE you use your God given rights to do things I don't like!!!
I think they just didn’t like the free market competing with their post-Epstein re-start.
The publisher should not be punished, because law enforcement can use this to go after traffickers. The govt is so backward
ya, totally. enabling, promoting, publishing traffickers and laundering money from said traffickers is totally legit.
How about, we don't "go after" either one? The g'ment should mind its own business.
@@aaronkcmo Aaron, I see you commenting numerous times throughout the comments on this video. You seem to be pretty adamant about pushing the false trafficking narrative associated with that story. Are you simply having an unchecked emotional reaction absent of reason, or are you intentionally trying to spread disinformation?
@nebula0024 it's not disinformation to say he was convicted in a court of law. I'm commenting because I'm sick of the ill informed leftist slant of some at this "libertarian" publication
@@nebula0024 you do realize that he was convicted on a money laundering charge linked to promotion of prostitution and sentenced to 5 years in prison and a $3m fine. he's also facing 30 more counts of money laundering and promotion of prostitution. you know that, right?
This "human trafficking" hysteria is out of control.
"the govt is LETTING him live here for noW".....
I've seen signs for it on the bathroom door of my Dr office
@@TheSleepingonitfor back page?
@@Butlerwilliamp1986 no ,,human trafficking
Makes law enforcement a ton of money. A boogeyman to blow millions on
I don't know which is the sleazier--the platforms or the self-seeking politicians going after them.
Thank God Kamala isn’t running this country!!!
I just wish Trump wasn't the only alternative to Harris.... but it is what it is...
I hear you. We'll see how it goes, friend.
The government had to shut down Backpage, they don't like competition...
Exactly 💯
I have a conspiracy-oriented theory about what actually caused personal ad listing sites to get targeted.
Let's hear it.
The REAL QUESTION is how much did this circus cost? How many illegal aliens does this trial equal?
Big lenny was pissed when you took this out
🖤RIP 😢🖤
In my life I noticed a pattern. Those who are publicly the most cheerful are often the ones to off themselves. They spend their entire time wearing clowns mask and “keeping it light”, but they are never authentic and reveal their true selves and live in honesty, which makes their turmoil even more insufferable.
It wouldn't surprise me if Trump, spurred on by Musk, pardons him.
All the other competitor sites will be hosted in Iran, Venezuela, Russia, etc. Great job government.
Content like this should be shown in schools
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This needs to be seen by more people.
And there are folks who want to make Kamala President today... smh...
What’s crazy is they worked so hard to take down a site off. But yet so many kids are missing every year and it seems they don’t want to actually work on taking down these real traffickers. It’s cuz they facilitate that shit and just push it on these apps.
Shout to Aaron from Kansas City, Missouri for being like 1/4 of the comments on this video even while he whinges about how free speech is bad.
Just another one of Kamala's 3rd world bot farm supporters
The same Kamala Harris it's running for president?
Sure hope everybody keeps that in mind.
every President has been a shit show after Kennedy was killed
It’s the age of “rules for thee but not for me “… I’m happy we didn’t end with Harri’s Ballz in our O’val.
Don’t worry, the new old guy will do what evangelicals voted him for. No pr0n, seggs ads anywhere anymore. They also want to hold social media accountable for their users’ content. So… same, same, different but the same.
Bad Kamala, bad.
Could this have been payback for their early career of exposing politicians and doing actual journalism? Just a thought.
If I was them, I probably would've taken down the adult ADs---too much drama.
F that, it’s a matter of principle. Also yes of course this was about making powerful enemies. You can’t bend like you’re talking about, it sets a precedent and ratchets up crackdowns on free speech
Ah backpage that brings back memories some fuzzier than others, good thing in Canada we still have Leolist at least, I mean I don’t get why so many guys pay for OF when you can find often literally the same models on these sites too, if I recall BP was still available in Pakistan and Saudi before it was fully shut down, yes America is more prudish than Saudi Arabia apparently
If I recall the cops here were upset at BP shutting down, because they actually had a system for reporting abuse & human trafficking, 90% of rescues come from the client informing the police, criminalizing clients only makes it way more dangerous
TBH I’ve come to believe women who oppose sex work don’t actually care about protecting vulnerable people, rather they care about competition and their 🐱undergoing deflation
It is shameful that we are not standing.up for true american heroes like these two...to allow them to be consumed by the federal government is yet another nail in the coffin of thw american way of life
This REALLY boils my blood. They are psychopaths
So what if 10 pimps bought 10 Hondas to transfer victims in. Should Honda get sued to ???
Kumala must not be prez........
I hope not literally anyone but her Trump ain't better either
So these guys were helping law enforcement but for some reason they turned on them?
Political opportunism.
Government officials like prosecutors seem not to go after the actual criminals
why was this not released sooner...
Calling a social platform maintainer, a publisher is crazy.
Free ross
Wow, I didn't know Backpage was all of this. I just remember in high school, the boys were posting girl's noods 👀 on there, so you did not want to end up on Backpage
the illusion of progress
Wait, didn't Kamala sell human beings too? She sold herself 😂
I miss posting my ads on backpage 😢 for real, sex work should be legal in every state!! That’s the only way to ensure everyone’s safety and stop trafficking.
Cant you like record part of the act on a video and say its for a film ? It is legal to produce adult films and charge people for it i think. Its should work like a legal work around.
Not seeing my initial comment when I sign out of my account. Is it caught in your comment filter, Reason, or has YT censored it?
It’s usually YT
@@fwuffymilk8369 Yeah, it's really bizarre. I didn't use any foul language or abusive commentary. Now I see two upvotes on my initial comment, but it still doesn't appear when I refresh the page while signed out, or through another browser. VERY sus.
@@fwuffymilk8369 Oh, I figured it out! I see what YT is doing!!! The comments default to "Top", which automatically censors things YT doesn't want you to see. It's also not necessarily the "Top" comments, it's the comments YT wants you to see the most. However, if you switch this to "Newest", then all comments will appear, even the ones that were hidden before. Very sneaky!
Censored for your safety and mine.
Code is speech.
Guess you have to prosecute all the wireless cell phone companies! The bad guys are not using carrier pigeons 🤯😡
Its interesting how words can become a need to respond with firearms.
It's funny when those who claim to be so ethical and lawful do nothing to ensure their organizations do what's right. In 2003 I was in family court for child support, the judge stated in a report conducted by Child Support Services that 4 out 5 women lied about who the father was, so if the government was so interested in stopping prostitution, they should do something about the biggest pimp in California. 4 out of 5 women, that means 80% of the money child support collects is for men having sex with their clients. In 2021 child support services collected 32.7 billion dollars, so 26.16 billion dollars was just for men having sex with their clients. Way to go Big Pimp Daddy Support Services!
TRUMPGOD will pardon him, free speech is a right not a privilege
Thanks Kamala
Only one candidate wants to do away with 3-letter agencies ...VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
Not he doesn’t. He just want to be able to use them for his own purposes. Please stop thinking either party has anything but contempt for us
@@joecalta3679 With relatively few exceptions, the Republican Party has contempt for Trump just as much as the Dem's, because he threatens the establishment. It was clear from the beginning, in 2015, that the people who hate us PLEBS, saw Trump as a threat to their absolute power. I don't view Trump as some god-like hero, but at least he is willing to spend his few remaining years on the planet trying to right things.
I don't understand why in a free country we're having this conversation. Prostitution should be legal, freedom of speech shouldn't be infringed. I don't have to agree with it. I'm concerned about protecting your rights that I don't agree with & you should give me the same respect.
To mention prostitution in the same sentence as the 1st Amendment is the ultimate example of mixing the profane with the sacred.
I wonder how many workers diddy/cassie got off backpage
At least I got my pay when I posted on the site. I was a renegade, though, so I was better and non sexual-esque.
The only way I can get behind backpage or similar sites on this issue is if they actively report those that advertise/post escort and similar services. Only if they make prostitution more difficult to get away with should anyone support them. Escorting services are basically always just prostitution and never survive a sting.
Why do you care what two consenting adults do?
@miramichi30 why do you think consent is the standard of moral/legal acceptability? If you know something about ethics, then you'd know there are plenty of cases where consent is not sufficient for more permissibility. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same legally. Do you have an argument/actual position or just a question trying to push the burden of proof around?
Welcome to communism
Another example of govt over reach from a ceo who showes full cooperation... Use this as an example
Shades of MLK here. Also Larry Flynt, Seberg,
WELCOME TO STASI POLICE STATE USA OF 2024
Come upins be upcoming.
why the republicans are not exploiting this story ?
it's old news. prosecutors had these guys cold because they openly defied the law, like 6 years ago. Republicans got the big win when they were able to implement the law that required age or identity verification for these prostitution sites. Republicans don't seek to exploit the woes of criminals, Republicans seek to protect innocent victims.
Bad optics. Much of the public doesn't grasp ideas beyond a sentence or two, and for many it's a sentence fragment. The Democrats will jump on them for 'promoting _ _ _ trafficking'. And, of course, Republicans were involved in pressuring the paper as well.
Because too many of them are part of the uniparty.
Because they like to crush sex work in the name of Jeeeeesus.
I accept your nomination she said. Lmfao. What nomination? It was a closed nomination
Take down Backpage,...(and telling truth about Israel and the banks)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I really appreciated backpage for supporting the second amendment as well, ifykyk.
Lol Kamala clip was funny. I bet she was on backpage lol
Nope. But she surely hated the competition!
important frontierspeople. god bless the vanguard of the light
I miss backpage tbh lol
Reason finally did a video on free speech instead of some ridiculous government policy that nobody cares about and that the two party system didn't pay them to avoid. Maybe we can get a video from reason about the libertarian presidential candidate? Like some actual journalism and some advertising for the man? no? same as always? okay. same as always.
Who are you talking about? I didn’t know there was a libertarian candidate
Annnnnddddd the prostitutes are all on alligator now…. Well that and skip the games. Wow they really did a number on the prostitution scene huh?
We all miss backpage
More ads!
It’s house with a front and back door…. How is that a maze… is this chick have a bit of the tism??? 😂