Found on Reddit: people generally not seeing anything wrong with pedophilia
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I agree with you.
This forum goes batshit over pediphilia, but it's all hate and little substance in this case I'm afraid.
First, we need to distinguish between blatant pedo and non-blatant. There's a HUGE difference between a 30 year old molesting a 6 year old, and an 18 year old dating a 16 year old.
There are countries where sex with 14 year olds is LEGAL. It isn't pedophilia in those countries, not legally anyway. In fact, we have a very long history of sex and pregnancy happening between 12-16. Anybody read the Bible...?
The way to address this isn't with knee jerk emotional responses like a bunch of leftards.
Look at the reality of the global situation. Look at the reality of human development. Identify a gold standard that we should strive for. Develop compelling arguments to support this standard.
Young people oftentimes want to be sexually active. I did. Many of my friends did. Having some adult come in and try tell me what to do with my body really just produced the opposite response from me.
We've got a lot of people with their heart in the right place but their heads stuck in this moral absolutism and anger.
How about we don't just bitch and threaten people on the internet for disagreeing with our moralization of a topic. That's weak...
I think there's a line most people can agree with as being disgusting. I don't think that was what the Redditor was taking about. I'm annoyed to see so many people flipping out and virtue signaling here.
Why do you and the poster above keep coming back to “other countries” and their differing ages of consent? We don’t give a fuck what backwards shit other countries do; this is a US-centric board, and in the US this shit is not kosher.
The “blatant vs. non-blatant” pedophilia argument is also a total strawman, and I think you’re actually disingenuously representing the MAGA argument here. We’re obviously talking about adult sexualization of young children — not the instances in which 16 year olds and 18 year olds are dating, which is common.
If the OP on Reddit had clarified, we might be able to have a productive conversation. But that’s his job; and his problem, not ours, that he didn’t qualify his argument well enough. It is not obvious to me at all what he apparently meant, so it’s no surprise most of us are reacting negatively to the post. When you title a post “What’s wrong with pedophilia?” full-stop without any qualifiers other than “as long as they’re not raping anyone and have consent,” and “what even is a child anyway,” we are going to side-eye it / rail against it — and I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Pedophilic actions are generally taken to mean “rape and without consent” (which is saying the same thing twice, btw) and if you’re talking about something else or trying to redefine the meaning of the word child or even the word pedophilia, it’s up to you to clarify. In fact, the redditor specifically mentions prepubescent boys near the end, so your entire defense is null and void.
I mean, for fuck’s sake. If we have to explain who is considered a child in the United States of America, you are not worthy of engaging on this subject. We do not need to identify a gold standard — it is obvious, it already exists, and any inherently moral person does not need this explained to them.
Christian moral absolutism is the foundation of this country, whether you like it or not. And it is the exact opposite of what makes us weak.
You're right. That title combined with the lack of context for the "adult's" age difference makes it seem predatory.
You are the reason why so many kids got abused when i was younger because people refused to talk about it. Yes you do have to explain it because when i grew up. Nothing was explained to me. Ever. Everyone around me in school were already adults. 13 yr olds slinging coke and weed in the bathroom. 16 yr olds fucking in the stair cases of the schools. Kids dont have guidance on this shit and the normal people who just go about their day dont have guidance either.
We know what a child is but the next person might not for example some parents actually let age gap relationships slip under the table because they "know" the guy well enough. Thats a problem and people like you stop good information from reaching people like that parent that allows it to happen.