• captain_spork@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      This is like telling someone to "stop liking rock music" or "stop enjoying ice cream." People don't decide what their preferences are, they just have them. If we can give pedophiles a way to release those urges without harming children that should be a good thing. Well not good, but positive in the relative sense at least.

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      1 year ago

      That's like telling gay dudes to stop liking dick. It's brain chemistry and neural circuits, you can't exactly just snap your fingers and be rid of the problem. Humans are complex creatures.

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        1 year ago

        Pedophilia is not akin to being gay (and kindly fuck off with that tyvm). It's akin to rape, or sexual sadism (and I mean real, violent sadism, not roleplay). It is a predatory inclination and @nxsfi is right - trying to frame it as an "orientation" does sound like MAP acceptance rhetoric.

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          1 year ago

          Pedophilia can't be comparable to rape because rape is an act and pedophilia is not. Child rape is often incorrectly called pedophilia, but pedophilia itself is a mental state, and this is exactly the kind of conversation where conflating mental states with actions is entirely unacceptable.

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      1 year ago

      "Anyone who disagrees with me is a child rapist." That's the level of argumentation I expect from a child or a fascist.

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        1 year ago

        What's more disgusting, nonces or those who say that it's fascist to ban them?

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      1 year ago

      Stop veing gay, stop being trans, stop being attracted to fatties, stop being attracted to small people.