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Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text messages show
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Not a pedo, just a regular rapist. Talk about low bars.
Don't mistake my comment as a defense of him as a person. He's been accused of domestic violence, forced oral sex, and taking advantage of intoxicated women under the drinking age. Despite him getting off on the DV charge, where there's smoke, there's fire. He's obviously a pretty terrible human being.
I just don't like people throwing around 'pedo' unjustly, because it waters it down and takes away the impact when used against even worse monsters.
Even the "forced" oral sex seems really suspect.
But he should have been able to read the situation as well as anyone. If she seems to be setting a trap, maybe don't fall for it?
Either way, the dude seems to be tiptoeing around the borders laws that nobody should be near. Dude's sitting and watching the clock for when his prey turns 18. Even if he might comply with the letter of the law, he's clearly violating the spirit.
16 is not prepubescent which is what pedo is there is another term for teens but i forgot.
Ephebophilia I believe. He's also a groomer, how fun...
Libertarian?
The only people who care about this distinction are pedophiles / whatever that term is.
No, by grouping children in with postpubertal humans who engage in age appropriate sexual acts you downplay pedophilia. You're an idiot and you insist on being one.
Lmao a 16 year old being hit on by a 30 year old is not age appropriate sexual acts, it's about mental maturity
You're saying fucking a two year old is the same as fucking a 16 year old you sicko. I never mentioned 30 years anyway, you're also putting words into my mouth.
Nah, I'm just saying I don't feel uncomfortable calling someone who preys on children a pedophile, cause they're gross either way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child words don't seem to be your strong suit. You're also fine with calling a young woman a child, which is in line with bigoted religious and woman hating people. Nice company you're in.
Allow me to recite the third sentence of that Wikipedia article you linked since reading comprehension doesn't seem to be your strong suit:
"The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.[1] Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are classed as unable to make serious decisions." such as sex with a grown man
Yes, and let me cite the first sentence: "A child (PL: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty,[1][2] or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty."
Let me also cite "Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia. By using the non-standard legal definition of "child" you weaken the meaning of pedophilia and normalize it, and you perform mental gymnastics to justify normalizing pedophilia.
The fact that you think that young women of 16 years don't have the mental capability to make decisions is very revealing, and contradicts the law in many places in the US and the west in general.
I was using the legal (and very commonly used, btw) definition of child, since *acting on pedophilia is illegal. I'm not normalizing anything by comparing them to pedophiles, youre the one trying to normalize sexual relations with people under 18
Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder and not illegal, what's illegal is sexual abuse. You're just a bible-thumping misogynist bigot who thinks they pose as progressive.
Lol Im very against all of those things, thinking minors shouldn't be sexualized by adults has nothing to do with any of those terms you rattled off. Go fuck your underage waifu pillow
The term is "ephebophilia"
Now you've read my comment
Now you know what that term is
Now you're a pedophile
It's that easy! See you in Thailand!
I said people who care about the distinction, not people who know the term
lol whatever pedo