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Ohhhhh okay, yeah thats literally my post. I think the photo is funny. At least one person, maybe a few started talking about the pedophilia stuff. If you look at the thread, pretty much every comment on that end has a reply from me shit talking it and/or disagreeing. Idk I don't agree with what was said so I used my power to reply as a form of disagreement. I think thats more useful personally than just removing the comment and hiding from the evil its promoting. I also believe the photo itself is clowing on Steven Tyler not glorifying him. I'm cool with making fun of pedophiles.
Yeah the photo and post was funny!
The comment thread devolved into pedophilia excuses and justification.
I think it’s a fine line. Allowing these types of opinions like 14 year olds can consent to adults raping them is dangerous. Those comments were highly upvoted and clearly supported by the community at large.
Edit: just so I’m clear, the post itself I had no issue with, it’s funny and making fun of pedophiles is a-ok. It’s the comments justifying Steven Tyler taking a teenager on tour as a sex slave and forcing her to have abortions, but it’s ok because she consented even though she’s 14 that I think crossed the line.
Yeah the main sticking point seemed to be this. The commenter believes aggressively forcing a 14 year old to have sex is worse than having nonviolent "consensual"(not a thing) sex with them. They also toed the line of the latter being not that bad. I disagree with the premise from start to finish. But I understand why others might see the two concepts and view one as worse. Which is where I think a good chunk of the upvotes come into play. My posts get 200-1000 upvotes there regularly. The amount of people who agreed with that flawed logic is tiny (20ish) by comparison so I wouldn't condemn the whole community because a few shitheads exist there. You'll find shitheads just about anywhere. Plus the memes community is way too annoying for me to post there more consistently. We are in agreement on pretty much everything here I think. You and I have also had discussions a few times and I believe you're being genuine.
We do agree for the most part and I am being genuine. Thanks for recognizing that. And thank you for being a person that can have a conversation without hostility.
I like a laugh and I enjoy laughing at inappropriate topics here and there. I just can’t stomach this casual pedophilia that is ingrained into every corner of our society.
There’s ways to shitpost that don’t exclude everyone that isn’t cis male and white. You do a great job at that and I enjoy your posts.
I appreciate that Velma and I'm going to continue arguing against pedophiles whenever I see them talking lol. I hope you do the same!
Thanks Chippy :) I will lol