Certainly there are no lack of people who want to criminalize speech and abolish the 1st amendment. Indeed, they are even getting their editorials published in the New York Times. Their proposed criminalization of speech extends to anything you might say online. This means that not only would "virtual rape" become illegal, but suggesting, encouraging, or even talking about "virtual rape" could in itself become a crime.

What makes all of this push for the criminalization of frowned upon speech and thoughts even worse are the (almost universally ignored) inevitable repercussions. How would these laws be enforced? Would we have divisions of thought police that monitored all of our conversation? Would laws be passed mandating us to record all of our thought, speech, and activities in case of potential "speech audits", to ensure that no laws were being violated (much like we are forced to do to comply with tax laws)?

At the end of the day, you either support free speech, free thought, and free expression, along with all of its dangers and shortfalls, or you don't.