…But that’s correct? All the science agrees; being sexually attracted to children isn’t something a person has control over, any more than a person can choose to be straight.
OTOH, pedophilia is not the same thing as being a child molester; sexually assaulting children is a choice. Minors can’t legally consent, nor can they ethically or morally consent, so even if libertarians managed to eliminate age of consent laws, it would still be evil.
You can’t control feelings; you can control actions.
All the science agrees; being sexually attracted to children isn’t something a person has control over, any more than a person can choose to be straight.
Are you trying to say that you made a choice to be straight? Can you pinpoint the exact time in your life when you said to yourself, yeah, I think that I’d prefer to be sexually attracted to people of the opposite gender? I certainly can’t; I knew well before I even hit puberty that I was sexually interested in people of the opposite gender. It was never even a question for me.
What’s wrong with you? If someone is doing everything they can to address an issue, attraction to children, and they are not molesting children, why are you making them out as a villain?
They are seeking help with a problem. Give them the help they are asking for.
Wanting to kill people isn’t a crime. Killing people is. Yeah, absolutely, I’ve got no problems shooting an active shooter if that’s what it takes to stop the violence. I’ve got no problems sending child molesters to jail either.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 8 months ago
…But that’s correct? All the science agrees; being sexually attracted to children isn’t something a person has control over, any more than a person can choose to be straight.
OTOH, pedophilia is not the same thing as being a child molester; sexually assaulting children is a choice. Minors can’t legally consent, nor can they ethically or morally consent, so even if libertarians managed to eliminate age of consent laws, it would still be evil.
You can’t control feelings; you can control actions.
Lookin4GoodArgs@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Okay, does it really say this? Where?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Um, maybe take some psychology classes?
Are you trying to say that you made a choice to be straight? Can you pinpoint the exact time in your life when you said to yourself, yeah, I think that I’d prefer to be sexually attracted to people of the opposite gender? I certainly can’t; I knew well before I even hit puberty that I was sexually interested in people of the opposite gender. It was never even a question for me.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Wtf is wrong with you?
toasteecup@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What’s wrong with you? If someone is doing everything they can to address an issue, attraction to children, and they are not molesting children, why are you making them out as a villain?
They are seeking help with a problem. Give them the help they are asking for.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Might as well “cure” all of the active shooters by killing them too.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Wanting to kill people isn’t a crime. Killing people is. Yeah, absolutely, I’ve got no problems shooting an active shooter if that’s what it takes to stop the violence. I’ve got no problems sending child molesters to jail either.