• such_lettuce7970@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Pedophilia is not akin to being gay (and kindly fuck off with that tyvm). It’s akin to rape, or sexual sadism (and I mean real, violent sadism, not roleplay). It is a predatory inclination and @nxsfi is right - trying to frame it as an “orientation” does sound like MAP acceptance rhetoric.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      9 months ago

      Pedophilia can’t be comparable to rape because rape is an act and pedophilia is not. Child rape is often incorrectly called pedophilia, but pedophilia itself is a mental state, and this is exactly the kind of conversation where conflating mental states with actions is entirely unacceptable.

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      9 months ago

      I like girls. Does that mean I rape them too? Spaceships too. Also rape?

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        9 months ago

        Children can never consent, so your analogy doesn’t work

        Spaceships can absolutely consent.

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          9 months ago

          Consent to what? Me liking them? Nobody really gets to decide what I like. I don’t even decide that. If I could do that, I’d pick something super accessible and non controversial like just breathing or viewing the color green.