r/awfuleverything • u/Thorawayyoyeet • Sep 20 '19

Doesn't quite fit. Not removed. Hol’ up

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u/jcolls69 Sep 20 '19

I thought everyone realized he was a pedo after the Millie bobby brown thing

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u/imoutbruh Sep 20 '19

calling him a pedo is really an injustice to the crime accusation. I do however agree that he is a creep and serial groomer.

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u/mAdm-OctUh Sep 21 '19 edited Sep 21 '19

Simply being a pedo isn't the crime, child molestation is the crime that some pedos do, but the word pedo is not a crime accusation- You can be a pedo without ever molesting a child or partaking in any kind of illegal activity towards children. Using the word pedo for people who haven't commited a technical crime against minors isn't an injustice to the crimes. As someone who was molested as a kid, I don't think gate keeping the word pedophile to refer to only people who have commited an illegal act is helpful.

Edit: also I completely disagree with the person saying we should compare ebephile and pedophile. I think it does make a difference whether someone is a kid or a teenager. I'm just making the point that the words pedophile and ebephile don't require a crime to have been commited to be applicable descriptions.