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This is one of those takes that's so controversial I'm afraid to post it, which is exactly why I have to.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

You continue to use "pedophile" as a synonym for "child molester," which is an ableist slur. It is akin to using "schizophrenic" as a synonym for "axe murderer." "Normal pedophiles" don't have to avoid sentencing because they have done nothing wrong, nothing to harm anyone. You protest a hard line difference. The hard line difference is, pedophiles are not typically child molesters, and, at the risk of being tautological, opportunists who molest children are child molesters. If you would stop stigmatizing a psychological term, you would not run into situations where you get into arguments on the internet with people who fundamentally agree with you.