Comment on [de] Chatting with right-wing extremist “paedophile hunters”: Group hunts down suspected pedophiles. Their fantasies also target gays, Jews, and leftists. Reporter has been reading their Signal chat

mcbenavides85@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’re pedophile hunters in the same way Saul Goodman is a criminal lawyer.

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• otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is there truth to this? I get projection, but I haven’t heard anything about this before

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I haven’t seen any evidence for it.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Normal people without the expertise don’t go around playing vigilante.

      I get it if their close relative or friend was abused/murdered and then they go on to enact their vengence against criminals, but normal people aren’t gonna have the motivation to do it, especislly not hanging out in online chatrooms with creepy unsettling vibes, like how the f would you even sleep at night, I got creeped out reading at SCP, the only people I can think of that would voluntarily “hunt pedofiles” are those that are comfortable with being around pedophiles (like hanging out in those chatrooms), and I suspect many of these are probably pedophiles themselves.

      My point is: unless you are law enforcement, a trained private investigator, know someone close that was abused/murdered, or otherwise authorized by an authority to do such investigations; everyone else doing “pedophile hunting” is likely a pedophila themselves.

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Anecdotal evidence based on past witch hunts by the right like gay panic, adultery/porn problems - panic based mobs are haunted by the people they hunt.

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