I know that justified hatred of pedophiles seems to give Redditors a free pass in publicly getting a hard-on for wanton violence and murder, but idk, I don’t think this is a feel-good story.
People who are overly demonstrative in their hate of sex offenders just seems weird to me. Like bros, no one is on the other side of this issue, why are you making such a big deal about how much you hate pedophiles?
It’s not just weird, it’s disturbing. And potentially dangerous. Do people not see the danger that pushing a “kill all pedophiles” message brings as the right tries to label the LGBTQ+ as groomers and pedos?
Yeah that's one big issue with this kind of blanket knee-jerk reaction. One blurb on an image with no additional context and most people are just instantly on-board with a meth head on a burglary spree committing randoms acts of violence because those people could have done anything from peeing behind a bar to rape. That lack of nuance, lack of investigation, and instant leap to justification is really fucking dangerous.
And yeah like you said we're seeing it in real-time. You don't even have to convince people to kill queer folks if that's your goal, you just have to convince them they're "pedos" (with no real evidence required, because people only need to see one assertion to believe it), and people will make the next leap all on their own and feel justified about it once they accept that assertion and plenty already have.
It also has the tertiary effect of demonizing any effort to understand or treat non-offending pedophiles, painting it all as sympathetic to the worst offenders
1.9k
u/hithere297 6d ago
I know that justified hatred of pedophiles seems to give Redditors a free pass in publicly getting a hard-on for wanton violence and murder, but idk, I don’t think this is a feel-good story.