@stripey@meow.social @report_press@mastodon.social "known sex pest"

Having some controversial political opinions and that one Betsy story from 45 years ago are pretty far from being a sex pest.

@SuperDicq @stripey @report_press

What controversial political opinions are you referring to?

@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange @stripey@meow.social @report_press@mastodon.social The same old quotes about things that are generally considered socially unacceptable to merely disagree on with the rest of society like age of consent and pornography.

@SuperDicq @stripey @report_press

I see, so you think that the question of whether grownups should be able to have sex with children is just something that we might respectfully "merely disagree" on?

@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange @stripey@meow.social @report_press@mastodon.social No, that's not what I'm saying at all.

A lot of people (including you apparently) are literally incapable of having a civil political discussion around the laws that govern sex without immediately painting the other side of the argument as disgusting pedophiles or something. There is a huge taboo around even discussing these things!

Like for example what should be proper age of consent? Should it be 16, 17, 18, or maybe even 21? If your answer differs only slightly from the norm in your region of the world you will be called a pedophile guaranteed.

Same when it comes to the banning of pornography that includes animals for example. We should be able to have a civil discussion if the criminalization of possession of these types of pornography can be considered censorship while keeping subjective morals of doing so in the first place about this out of the discussion.