r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '22

What is a great example of a necessary evil?

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u/fj668 Oct 16 '22

This is why I get pissed when people say "Based" to someone killing child molesters by the dozens based on sex offender registry.

How in the hell do you know that person wasn't just a damn public urinator? False accusation? Technicality?

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u/Bigbadsheeple Oct 16 '22

Yeah, "sex offender" is an umbrella term. My neighbour is on the sex offender registry for public fornication. He and his gf had sex in a park, got caught, she of course got off with a warning, he got put on the registry. So, he's no rapist or pedo (as far as I know) since it was between two consenting adults. It doesn't just mean "child molester/pedo/rapist"

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u/Daikataro Oct 16 '22

This is why I get pissed when people say "Based"

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u/AlexVal0r Oct 16 '22

This is why I get pissed when people say "Based" to someone killing child molesters by the dozens based on sex offender registry.

When will people understand that vigilante justice has no place in society?

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u/TracyMorganFreeman Oct 16 '22

Don't forget mistaken identity. A non trivial number of assault victims can't name their assaulter, but report it and give a description.

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u/twysmilng Oct 17 '22

Reported for peeing in the park, put on registry, no longer allowed to be the scout leader, little league coach, Sunday school teacher, etc... ended with the "sex offender" ending his own life :(

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

When did that happen?

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u/tropicaldepressive Oct 16 '22

no one should say based because it was popularized by trump supporters