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Mod [email protected] posted a really creepy and pro-pedophilia post at https://lemmy.cafe/post/11105990

Mod immediately bans the two people that call it out as trolls.

Update: post is locked after two more bans

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sexuality in general isn’t a good topic for public debate

The topic typically revolves around the idea of "public safety". But public safety in the American context appears to be fixated on state surveillance and the prosecution of religious taboos. The end result is a country where things that are taboo (namely publicly facing queer sexuality) get pursued aggressively while things that aren't taboo (older richer whiter men taking advantage of their younger and more vulnerable peers in cloistered settings) get swept under the rug. And the end game is the local news running mugshots of the poorest, saddest, ugliest fucks on the planet for soliciting publicly, while the owners of the parent media companies do Epstein tier shit in the executive lounge of a remote island high rise.

Sexuality and its criminality mirrors the expression of the social power dynamic. You didn't see Chris Hansen catching anyone in $10,000 business suit on his show.