If the topic was different, the comments would be different. The burden is therefore on you to draw the parallels, not on the reader to imagine swapping one for the other while you point out how the conversation would be different.

There are no arguments around free speech that can actually be compressed into a one liner. They all have at least a paragraph of nuance and how edge cases need to be handled.

Nobody is talking about it because there is not much censorship on porn or sex work in the West. I agree I'd prefer there were no rules about it but I don't think it affect that many people on HN.

If you live in many Muslim countries or in a socialist regime like North Korea, China or Cuba, you'll have stronger limits to what you can do.