• 520@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That pedos shouldn’t be subject to extra-legal punishments. Think being lynched and shit. I also don’t think they should be getting their own special cases in the law beyond those with a clear purpose of preventing reoffending.

    Don’t get me wrong, I think they are pure scum.

    But things we allow on the basis of the accused being a pedo or terrorist have a habit of spilling over and affecting the general population. A lot of bad laws have made it onto books by blaming these two groups, for example.

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      A lot of bad laws have made it onto books by blaming these two groups, for example.

      You can’t even classify or discuss pedophilia as a sexual disorder and not an intentional decision without sounding like a pedophile.

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        I think the worst thing we do is basically shut down non-harmful outs.

        We attack therapists who don’t outright vilify non-offending pedos, without considering the fact that said pedos come to them because they don’t want to offend, don’t want to hurt.

        If these people don’t have harmless outs, they will instead turn to harmful outs and covering up their crimes.

        • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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          If these people don’t have harmless outs, they will instead turn to harmful outs and covering up their crimes.

          Wasn’t it that studies show that in most child abuse cases the abuser is not a pedophile?

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      1 year ago

      It’s possible to think both “these people deserve to have their fingernails removed” and “a just society cannot inflict cruel punishment”