The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by elphenor

exactly which part

Let me put it another way. The medical student who spoke at Ted Talk and advocated for pedophilla to be treated as an unchangeable, acceptable orientation instead of mental illness was far closer to your political persuasion than mine.

[The Batlord]

Uh yeah I'd say it's way more a byproduct of traditional human mating practices and all that that encompasses, which predates liberalism by quite a few million years.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Uh yeah I'd say it's way more a byproduct of traditional human mating practices and all that that encompasses, which predates liberalism by quite a few million years.

So, Jeffrey Epstein?

[Frownland]

Ant hitting us with that brain smoothery.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Anteater

So, Jeffrey Epstein?

I'd say the modern moral cluster **** of adults ****ing teenagers would say that the issue is in no way black and white or settled. But I would definitely say that a rich predator who uses his vast resources to cover up abusing people who make it clear that they were not hip to his jive falls into the "bad" category.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Ant hitting us with that brain smoothery.

I was told at university nearly a decade ago that orientation was a vast spectrum where all forms of behavior and expression were acceptable, and to say otherwise made you a bigot. Were my professors lying or simply misguided? I guess I'll never know.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'd say the modern moral cluster **** of adults ****ing teenagers would say that the issue is in no way black and white or settled. But I would definitely say that a rich predator who uses his vast resources to cover up abusing people who make it clear that they were not hip to his jive falls into the "bad" category.

But by your definition he'd be some kind of apex predator if those tendencies really do go back millions of years. So the question is: are those tendencies an orientation or is it something like an illness or condition that could have been treated via counseling? I read his bio: he was an English teacher or something long before he became rich.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Anteater

I was told at university nearly a decade ago that orientation was a vast spectrum where all forms of behavior and expression were acceptable, and to say otherwise made you a bigot. Were my professors lying or simply misguided? I guess I'll never know.

I imagine that "rapist", whether it ever ends up being recognized as an orientation or not, will never be snowflaked into legality.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Anteater

But by your definition he'd be some kind of apex predator if those tendencies really do go back millions of years.

And? Instincts hold on but modern morality changes.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by elphenor

more like are you being willfully obtuse

or do you not understand that the issue is about consent

What do you think the minimum age should be where someone can be legally allowed to give consent?

[Lucem Ferre]

His point might be a ****ty logical phallacy but I'm fairly sure Nambla calls themselves liberal.