I'm doing my part💪

[outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

That is the law though. Law is hierarchy, hierarchy is law.

You take the hierarchy and out; it becomes unrecognizable, it becomes something else.

[33550336@lemmy.world]

Well, I understand your emotions but there are more civilized ways to deal with this problem.

[piemanding@sh.itjust.works]

Beating the shit out of pedophilephiles?

[coolthingaboutme@aussie.zone]

Sorry but what the actual fuck are these comments???

Lemmy: yeh punch a nazi haha that's awesome and deserved and cool

Also Lemmy: nooo don't be mean to pedophiles they're just misunderstood waaahhh it's all QAnon propaganda

Fuck anyone who thinks abusing children is fine and normal. Fuck you all so hard to hell. Get the absolute fuck away from my kids.

I'm pretty damn left, but I have zero empathy at all for anyone who is thinking sexual shit about children. I'm livid. Holy shit.

[kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works]

Morality is a human construct but sometimes people confuse their morals with the factual information they know which isn't exactly bad even tho it may sound bad

I still wouldn't change my opinion tho

[sobchak@programming.dev]

As I understand it, pedophilia is just attraction; not taking action. And many people who were abused as children themselves end up developing the condition. I think it is treatable, but probably not "curable" (maybe, IDK).

[budgetbandit@sh.itjust.works]

The abuser has to pay lifelong alimony to the abused. If the accusation turns out to be false, however, the "abused" has to pay.

[33550336@lemmy.world]

This is right, but we have the law to not do it ourselves based on subjective judgement.

[budgetbandit@sh.itjust.works]

Well… while an objective law is important… Don’t get me wrong - if anyone would do anything to my girl I’d personally rip their reproductive organs out and force feed that to them

[squaresinger@lemmy.world]

Depends. Are we talking paedophile in the sense of Epstein or in the sense of LGBTQ person?

Because right-wingers tend to call people who are not paedophiles paedophiles (very often just LGBTQ people), while protecting actual paedophiles like the republicans who are fighting to keep child marriage legal in the USA.

[33550336@lemmy.world]

This is understandable, probably I could do the same if my kids were harmed, however I hold the position that (objectively speaking) the law should deal with this kind of crime.

[splendoruranium@infosec.pub]

Fuck anyone who thinks abusing children is fine and normal. Fuck you all so hard to hell. Get the absolute fuck away from my kids.

I’m pretty damn left, but I have zero empathy at all for anyone who is thinking sexual shit about children. I’m livid. Holy shit.

Abuse is a choice. Sexual attraction isn't. You're worked up about abuse, not about pedophilia.

[coolthingaboutme@aussie.zone]

I wouldn't describe the feeling I'm having as my morals. My morals are conscious and deliberate.

Maybe you need to be a parent to understand... It is a visceral, deep in the gut feeling of fury and repulsion and rage.

[coolthingaboutme@aussie.zone]

You're incorrect. I am disgusted by actual abuse, but I am also legitimately disgusted by the idea of anyone having sexualised thoughts about children. If you can tell me that these people have no control over that then you must be able to comprehend that as a parent I have no control over my protective instincts.

The idea of people who are sexually attracted to my children, or any children, being anywhere in the vaguest vicinity of them triggers very deep instinctual reactions. Whether those people intend to act or not.

[kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works]

Isn't that exactly what i meant in my post?

[lowleekun@ani.social]

Everyone needs a Boogeyman to hate. Yours are pedophiles, no need to apologize about that one. It still is only a feeling that your brain craves.

[splendoruranium@infosec.pub]

You’re incorrect. I am disgusted by actual abuse, but I am also legitimately disgusted by the idea of anyone having sexualised thoughts about children. If you can tell me that these people have no control over that then you must be able to comprehend that as a parent I have no control over my protective instincts.

The idea of people who are sexually attracted to my children, or any children, being anywhere in the vaguest vicinity of them triggers very deep instinctual reactions. Whether those people intend to act or not.

Well, if you're worried about thoughts, what do you suppose will create a safer environment for your offspring? De-stigmatization of problematic urges, allowing the afflicted to openly participate in society and receive assistance, or active and violent ostracization and persecution, forcing each and every afflicted person into immediate, life-long and hopeless secrecy?

Just like anyone else you have the ability to act against your immediate instincts, because sometimes, as exemplified by the premise of this whole thread, instincts are just shit.

[katana314@lemmy.world]

Sadly, sarcasm doesn’t translate well in text - and Trump voters have been guilty of saying the most unhinged shit out loud.

[coolthingaboutme@aussie.zone]

Yep sorry. Your post is good, and your comment is good.

The other comments just shocked me and I have been reactionary. I should never have strayed into "All" probably.

[lowleekun@ani.social]

ANYWHERE with several thousand users will statistically have more pedos than that. It is something that afflicts around 1-5 percent of the population. Just imagine the person most closest to you being a non offending pedo. They might be, no way to find out.

We managed to call it CSAM, why not call the people Childabusers if thats what we call out? After all there are enough people abusing children sexually without having pedophilia.

Thanks for coming to my Tedtalk.