The thing that gets me is that "paedophile" is an easy bogey man to let us point fingers because literally everyone (no offense ace folk) has at one time been a

The thing that gets me is that "paedophile" is an easy bogey man to let us point fingers because literally everyone (no offense ace folk) has at one time been attracted to minors. And we are embedded in a Patriarchal society that puts an emphasis on youthful femininity as a commodity. So pushing the "paedo" button is the same thing that cults do: leverage shame to gain authority.