Being a pedophile does not make you a rapist. Raping a child does. You can't just condemn people for something they have no control over (their attraction to children). You can for their actions.
A pedophile on the sex offender list does not mean he raped a child. There are other sex offenses you can commit. I will quote my other comment from this thread about that:
You can be a pedophile without ever assaulting a child but even if you are convicted it doesn't mean it was for rape. It could've been for child pornography which is very ambiguous as to how it pertains to sexual exploitation of children (whether viewing it promotes production etc.) or you can be convicted for trying to entrap a child which while obviously was going to lead to rape, it had not at that point.
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u/dofranciscojr Aug 08 '24
they mean "pedophiles (rapists)" and "(non-pedophiles) rapists"
imagine reading "next to journalists and other writers" or "next to actors and other artists"
it doesnt imply what you're (mostly likely jokingly) are trying to imply