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Ah, the classic LGBTQ groomer allegations. A tale as old as the gay panic, a tale that has never been true.
Go take your culture war bullshit off lemmy
It's been true countless times.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-lgbt-advocate-sentenced-for-child-porn-possession/
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/23/former-new-hampshire-state-rep-charged-with-child-pornography/
How many priests and conservative politicians have been convicted for child porn?
Whataboutism. Not the point.
You said it didn't happen which is clearly false.
I'm not who you initially responded to, and I don't think that anybody has claimed that zero LGBTQ people are groomers, just that's it's not a higher percentage than any other group, that's what I was trying to point out
They did that literally in this thread. And the mod removed a post for 'reasons'.
https://capitalresearch.org/article/nea-counsels-school-districts-to-hide-gender-transitions-from-parents/
I am not saying that there is not any LGBTQ child predators, I am saying that the tale spun to demonize LGBTQ people as a whole as groomers is just that, a tale with no basis in reality.
For a quick overview on the origins of this myth, this wapo article goes into it, and this study by the NLM shows that there is no increased risk of sexual abuse due to being LGB.
Simply put, the groomer myth is an attempt to demonize LGBTQ people, and it's rhetoric is widely used by people on the right and far right as a way to create some bullshit culture war. It demonizes their opponents, and to creates a moral basis for their otherwise disgusting authoritarian policies while rallying support and making a divide that is impossible to sympathize across.