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>while catching pedos is a good thing Catching them? Pedophilia isn't illegal.
by athms 5y ago
>while catching pedos is a good thing
Catching them? Pedophilia isn't illegal.
- dragonwriter 5y agoA lot of people use “pedophilia” to mean “sexual abuse of children” and “pedophile” or “pedo” to mean “sexual abuser of children”. (E.g., RMS’s infamous defense of “consensual pedophilia” which, merits of the intended sentiment to the side, isn’t even a coherent thing to defend or oppose except under the misuse of “pedophilia” to refer to an act and not an inclination.)
- athms 5y ago>A lot of people use... I know and they are wrong. Words have meaning and it is difficult to communicate effectively if people use words incorrectly.