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Donald Ian Rankin

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8. Worth noting that it's only the context that makes the first two awful.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 04:07 PM

Jun 2016

If you were to present me with the first two statements in the abstract, without telling me that they were apropos of a specific teenager who was 13 rather than, say, 16 or 19, then while I wouldn't agree with them outright, I'd certainly view them as a legitimate position.

A blanket statement that "the age of the participants doesn't matter", however, is just straightforwardly evil.

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Michigan congressional candidate says sex with teenagers could be OK, if they're mature enough [View all] demmiblue Jun 2016 OP

Oh my goodness! redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #1

typical idiot libertarian spew; somehow this problem is due to govt overreach... KG Jun 2016 #2

OMG! PatrickforO Jun 2016 #3

Holyshit, so this guy does not understand statutory rape? Rex Jun 2016 #4

Someone needs to look into this guy rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #5

Yep. n/t demmiblue Jun 2016 #6

As a minor teenager I agreed with this. David__77 Jun 2016 #7

Worth noting that it's only the context that makes the first two awful. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #8

Is he on a registered sex offender list? If not he probably should be. Initech Jun 2016 #9

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