It's about raising awareness by generating headlines just like this one. Porn is a taboo-ish topic, so the news loves to cover it. More coverage of and negative pressure on these reprehensible laws is only a good thing.
The people introducing this bill aren't going to be the type to be sad that porn is being blocked in their state. If anything they'll see it as a win/win.
I'm willing to bet there are pro-porn people that also want to enforce the status quo on public bathrooms.
Maybe. There have been more incidents with "family values" lawmakers in public bathrooms than transgendered folks. Also "family values" states like Utah are often the biggest consumers of porn. Things are not always what they seem.
It seems to be aimed more at pushing constituents into action than law makers.
Are xHamster users going to be contacting their reps to complain that they can no longer access it? That's another situation that seems unlikely to me.
Maybe not but the lawmakers will notice it.
If anyone is using xhamster it's lawmakers
No, they're going to contact their reps to complain about the anti-lgbt law that they're suddenly aware of.
You're still missing the point. Users who know little to nothing about the law NC passed will be made aware of the issue. Some of those people will take action against the lawmakers and/or people that support the law. Overall awareness of the issue will rise and hopefully cause a real discussion.
No. They'll switch to YouPorn and the others that will be happy to have xHamster's clicks. And if they all follow xHamster's lead, they'll learn how to use VPNs.
Then the whole thing will burn itself out from outrage fatigue and be dropped.