I agree entirely. I wanted to see if HN would say something nice about such people instead of being smug academics. You are proof there is at least one good and decent person here.
The groups that get Republicans in primaries tend to be heavily conservative/Christian, then they get voted in because they have an R next to their name. The voters may not even agree with most of the things said politician says, but it has turned into a performative act by that point.
And that's how you get porn users to ban porn.
Much like get got farmers to vote against their best interests.
same as gambling.
these things are like swings - go back & forth throughout history.
what's interesting me to me is how quickly the mood went from a very liberal approach to things to very conservative within 20 years