You’re getting super close to “well, akshully, it’s epehbophilia not pedophilia” territory.
I give 0 fucks why someone rapes a kid. And I have 0 sympathy for anyone getting beaten to a pulp for raping a kid.
Sure, but shows of this kind imply that all pedophiles are child abusers and all child abusers are pedophiles, neither of which is true - and such equations are harmful.
ubergeek@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Nope, I’m not getting there. Sure, ephebophilia is a thing, and so is hebephilia, but in a given context there’s no point in this distinction.
I’m only saying that many cases of child abuse do not involve pedophiles/hebephiles/ephebophiles/whatever. Children are the easiest to take advantage of, and this is what drives quite a few hypersexual non-pedophiles to become child abusers despite not being predominantly attracted to children/minors to begin with.
Regardless of reasons, whoever abuses children deserves punishment - although I would much prefer for the police, not vigilantes, to be involved in it.
ubergeek@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Why would you expect rapists to punish rapists?
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Alright bud, you went too far into angry trolling territory.
Gosh, what .today has become these days…
jj4211@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In practice, I don’t see how I would even know someone is a pedophile if they didn’t act on their inclinations. I guess they could publicly declare it but that seems unwise.
I would be concerned if the Internet vigilantes ran with unsubstantiated rumors, like if say Elon musk just called someone a pedophile or of the blue.
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
This is one of the most problematic parts about vigilante justice and why it should be gone for good, regardless of what they are trying to achieve.