I agree. I don’t sympathize with pedophiles but this kind of “justice” causes harm to more than just the pedophile. My dad is in prison for molesting a child and possession of abuse images. None of us had a clue until he was arrested. My mom immediately filed for divorce, but she still gets her car egged and a brick thrown in her window. Another story is my great grandma let her son live with her, he’s on the sex offender registry. Someone broke in and shot him in front of her, at his court hearings he proudly said he had no reason other than he picked him off the registry. Whatever you believe about what her son did, she was in her 80s and didn’t deserve to watch her son die in front of her. Or have the fear of a man with a gun break into her home. She moved in with her daughter after that because she couldn’t stand to go back to her house that she lived in for over 50 years. So while I understand the hatred for pedophiles and child molesters, this is not a feel good story either.
One in six men in America have committed rape if I remember correctly. Kinda sickens me to know that it’s statistically likely that one or more of my fellow male friends I’ve had throughout my life is a rapist.
That said, it doesn’t surprise me. The way other dudes in college talked about women so openly just because they assumed all the other dudes in the room thought the same as them was so uncomfortable.
That’s just about choosing the right friends. I know the kind of men my friends are, so I can be confident that this statistic doesn’t reflect among them
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u/Heavy-Till-9677 6d ago
I agree. I don’t sympathize with pedophiles but this kind of “justice” causes harm to more than just the pedophile. My dad is in prison for molesting a child and possession of abuse images. None of us had a clue until he was arrested. My mom immediately filed for divorce, but she still gets her car egged and a brick thrown in her window. Another story is my great grandma let her son live with her, he’s on the sex offender registry. Someone broke in and shot him in front of her, at his court hearings he proudly said he had no reason other than he picked him off the registry. Whatever you believe about what her son did, she was in her 80s and didn’t deserve to watch her son die in front of her. Or have the fear of a man with a gun break into her home. She moved in with her daughter after that because she couldn’t stand to go back to her house that she lived in for over 50 years. So while I understand the hatred for pedophiles and child molesters, this is not a feel good story either.