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In reply to the discussion: Think about this when you see someone here calling another a pedophile or rapist apologist or [View all]ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)121. Bullshit
I've attacked no one, aside from the ones who start with their usual snark right out of the gate.
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Think about this when you see someone here calling another a pedophile or rapist apologist or [View all]
upaloopa
Sep 2013
OP
he asked at what age he could be sexually attracted to a girl before being called a creep or
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#1
I've seen people called creeps for being say, 55 and dating a 25 year old.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#6
She is still talking about a post that was deleted two days ago, not the OP of this thread
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#24
And she brought in the word creep, not used in this OP but the other one
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#37
I know I'm such a "b*tch" being concerned about one who thinks or one who supports
boston bean
Sep 2013
#54
If he was married and divorced his wife of 25-30 years for a younger woman, I think its shitty.
boston bean
Sep 2013
#58
Yeah, totally. I know when I read the word "pedophile" I *ALWAYS* think of 20 year olds.
redqueen
Sep 2013
#94
At best, he asked an ambiguous question and phrased it in the most awkward possible way...
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#110
I can't know exactly what was in his head at the time. What I do know is I was more and more creeped
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#117
Everyone seems to want to go back to the sexual fetishes in this thread
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#160
Well, at least he didn't reply "if the post is alerted, I'm confident it will stay"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#57
Very sad and disgusting incident. How many boys are being castrated in India, do you know?
boston bean
Sep 2013
#105
My friends would realizeI wasn't defending castrating or for castrating boys.
boston bean
Sep 2013
#141
Ah.. Well, given your perpetual use of strawmen, I just assumed.. As for the other claim,
opiate69
Sep 2013
#78
Ah, yes.. because you and yours have ever always been the fucking picture of decorum and civility..
opiate69
Sep 2013
#95
I'm not usually civil when confronting sexist assholes. Is that the instance you speak of/reference?
boston bean
Sep 2013
#96
At my age, I would consider it inappropriate to act on an attraction to a 24 year old.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#111
See, I wouldn't have automatically assumed he was talking about underage girls at all.
polly7
Sep 2013
#142
how young can a girls be to find her SEXUALLY attractive before considered a creep or pedophile.
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#144
Ahhh, I've posted many, many articles and links for women's rights and equality.
polly7
Sep 2013
#200
Accusing me of supporting sex trafficking isn't an attack? It is, no matter how it's twisted...
Violet_Crumble
Sep 2013
#246
All I asked her was about creeps (the word she used) and age gap between consenting adults
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#130
SEXUALLY attractive. how YOUNG can a GIRL be to find her SEXUALLY attractive without
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#143
The revealing part was that he distinguished between attraction and acting on it
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#146
yes. instead of merely attractive, he made clear sexually attractive. used pedophile and not acting
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#148
the question wasn't about age differences- it was how young of a girl is "too young"
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#87
yep, several posters are attempting to rewrite the OP - so they obviously saw it was
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#191
Me Too, I'm 55 and couldn't imagine dating a 25 yr old, Lusting for one ?
orpupilofnature57
Sep 2013
#83
and then he deleted and he and several others tried to spin that it was about adults....
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#79
Oh boy, an armchair psychology thread. Those are always classy and educated here. (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#2
In another way: people hate most in others what they struggle with in themselves
bhikkhu
Sep 2013
#10
When she couches that objection using phrases like "LOL poor widdle menz!"
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#35
Ya know, my kids grew out of that whole "he did it first" thing by around 10 or so...
opiate69
Sep 2013
#48
Freud? Seriously? So you believe women want penises and want to fuck their fathers?
alphafemale
Sep 2013
#12
Someone posted a badly worded op, and every single person who responded talked about ADULTS
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#31
I agree it was creepy. Like I said, it creeped me out the more I thought about it.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#156
In retrospect, YES, of course it should've been locked. And I don't feel too good
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#166
Yeah, I'm certainly not confident enough of the guy's benign intentions, to defend him in any way.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#168
About half of the respondents answered the question "how old is too old?"
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#219
A rather none-too-clever way to petulantly trivialize the concerns of others.
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#229
half of the respondents ignored the question asked-which was how young is too young?
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#231
The responses in the thread made clear what the understood meaning was.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#217
instead of just saying people are lying, you might want to prove people are lying. what has been
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#225
I want to know why several people are pretending the words "age difference" was anywhere in that
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#227
He asked how young someone had to be before lusting after them would get you labeled a pedophile
redqueen
Sep 2013
#99
If I felt that it would be appreciated, I'd go into HoF and weigh in, but I suspect it wouldn't.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#165
That OP made DU suck, Warren. Not hard to trace the suckage back to it's source.
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#90
and it's free speech when you say something heinous, but not when you call it that. LOL.
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#124
And they can ask about how young someone is before lusting after them gets you labeled a "pedophile"
redqueen
Sep 2013
#135
Yeah, I don't know why some people persist with these strawmen. Smacks of insecurity to me. n/t
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#171
Reducing someone to a caricature means never having to say you're so sorry...
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#175
I have to say, some of the stuff in the Men's Group makes me shake my head as well.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#178
Agreed. Like I said, I have no reason whatsoever to stick up for the guy.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#180
How about we try this- if you have a problem with something I've ACTUALLY said, fine.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#163
I know, me too. I stopped reading replies to my own OP after the first 2 hours
Quantess
Sep 2013
#151
This world is filled with fucked-up, unpleasant people. So why wouldn't a few of them be on DU?
nomorenomore08
Sep 2013
#172
I'm also thinking that someone is trying far too hard to rationalize an untenable position
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#218
otherwise, according to some here- you are making DU suck. All posts should be left to stand without
bettyellen
Sep 2013
#228
Interestingly, you just told all of us that, in pointing out rape apologia and pedophilic
Squinch
Sep 2013
#234
since you called him calling you, does that make you a double rape apologist and pedophilic? nt
seabeyond
Sep 2013
#235