It’s interesting how I’m not hearing this anywhere in the news at all. I’ve had one user tell me that their instance is actually blocking a post of this article in another instance.
It’s interesting how I’m not hearing this anywhere in the news at all. I’ve had one user tell me that their instance is actually blocking a post of this article in another instance.
Why do Ohioans accept this?
Do you want the real answer or a pithy quip that’s suitable for a retweet?
The zone has been so entirely flooded that I can’t find Ohioans that know about this.
Also, Ohio’s age verification law was tucked into House Bill 96, the state’s two-year operating budget bill that was over 3,000 pages long (specifically 3,156 pages). The provision appears in Section 1349.10 of the budget bill, which was signed by Governor DeWine on June 30, 2025.
Unlike other states that passed age verification as standalone legislation, Ohio specifically “nestled” the age verification requirements into the state’s operating budget rather than making it a bill in its own right.
So it’s not a matter of it being “accepted”. Those shitheels just slid it in under the radar.
Also, like that other person said, there are legitimately education challenges in Ohio.
In the late 90s, the way Ohio funds schools was found to be unconstitutional, that is according to the state constitution not the US Constitution, and that has yet to be fully rectified but that’s a whole other fucking can of worms.
A level of gerrymandering that more or less makes you give up. Like, multiple constitutional amendments to stop gerrymandering but the legislature learned they could just run out the clock. This resulted in brain drain as progressive, liberal, and educated people left while conservatives flocked to a state with a purple economy and deepening red laws.
Lack of education