I find it annoying how they are more focused on shutting down this site instead of being focused towards doing actual shit that would aid in their goal of "suicide prevention". It's like they think this site is a major factor in people committing suicide and that if they eliminate it then there would be some huge decrease in suicide rates across the globe.
I personally believe that everyone over the age of 18 should have the right to end their life if they so please. I do think there should be some exceptions, such as those who are raising children since that would traumatize them, but most adults should be allowed to do as they please with their lives and that includes ending it.
With that in mind, if I were to put myself in the shoes of a pro-lifer who wanted to prevent suicides, then I'd probably be more focused on fixing aspects of society in order to prevent suicides instead of coming after some random forum. You can takedown SaSu and it wouldn't make a difference. People go on to this forum because they are usually suicidal and, in a lot of cases, are looking to find effective methods to end it all. Getting rid of this forum isn't going to change this. All that will happen is that people will go elsewhere to seek out this info or they will just do whatever and hope they don't survive and become permenantly disabled.
They could easily focus all their attention on trying to find ways to make mental healthcare more accessible and improve it's quality, finding ways to provide more social services for those apart of vunerable demographics (the poor, disabled, poc, lgbtq+ people, the abused, etc), trying to promote changes in the way we view and treat children, etc. But then again, why do all of that when you can instead set up a bunch of shitty suicide prevention hotlines that don't have any evidence backing up their effectiveness and whine about an online forum that isn't even responsible for anyone deciding to take their own life and if anything provides suicidal people with a place to talk openly about their feelings.
At the end of the day, pro-lifers aren't actually pro-life. Just like people who are against abortions, all they care about is controlling others, not about the lives of others. They try to keep you from committing suicide and once that's all done they move on. They don't give a shit about what's going on in your life, they don't give a shit about your well-being, and they are rarely concerned about changing different aspects of our society and culture in order to make this world a better place for everyone to live. Why advocate for systematic and societal change when it's easier to use SaSu as a scapegoat?
It's about control for them. They don't actually give a shit. They just want want control over others, whether that be for religious reasons, to feed their own egos, etc.
