Some wacky leftists want Democrats to become even weirder and smuttier

Liberal commentators are pushing to make the Democratic Party the pro-pornography party, citing free speech and the party’s liberal sexual history.

Elie Mystal published an article in The Nation Wednesday titled “Democrats Should Become the Pro-Porn Party,” claiming the tactic could help his party regain the younger male electorate and asserts his belief that porn is not, and should not be, taboo. Trump overwhelmingly won the support of men under 50 in 2024, prompting Democrats to launch a massive campaign to regain their vote that’s been far from convincing.

“Now, to be clear, pornography is viewed and enjoyed by all sorts of people, male and female, gay and straight, trans and cis,” Mystal wrote. “Indeed, one of the highest, best uses of porn (I can’t believe I just wrote that) is that it helps young people figure out what they’re actually into. Sex-positive porn enjoyers are not a political demographic the Democrats generally have a problem with.”

Porn, especially digital porn, has made its way on to the screens of young children, with the average age of exposure now dropping to 8 years old, according to the Daily Caller.

Journalist Taylor Lorenz, known for revealing the identity of the conservative Twitter account Libs of TikTok and allegedly doxxing other users before Elon Musk bought Twitter, applauded Mystal’s stance in an X post on Wednesday.

YES PLEASE!!!!!!! I’m screaming to the void about this. So grateful for your piece

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 2, 2025

Mystal argued that pornography is a First Amendment issue, and an issue Republicans push to restrict.

“That’s because pornography is an actual free speech issue,” Mystal wrote. “So is smut. So is obscenity. These are forms of free speech that conservatives and Republicans in the government are constantly trying to regulate… Liberals are the people who are supposed to be at the vanguard of free expression when it comes to sexy time.”

Mystal has appeared on shows such as “The View,” “Breakfast Club” and “Morning Joe.” His views span from “eliminating” all voter registration laws to claiming the United States was an “apartheid country” before the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed.

Democrats are working overtime to regain the ground they’ve lost with young men, even going as far as paying $20 million to conduct a study to understand their plummeting popularity among the demographic. They also enlisted the help of liberal female Gen Z influencers, including a “plus size, queer Mexican woman,” to save young men from voting for Republicans.

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