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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Pedophiles...who are these people??"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I dont like jerry seinfeld at all but implying that he is a pedo is completely unsubstantiated. I think the scandals here are gross but everyone is clearly above the age of consent.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

True, I was being hyperbolic. 17 is the age of consent in New York, so he was skimming REEEEALLY close to the line.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not everything legal is ethical.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

And not everything illegal is unethical. (But dating a 17 year old when you're 38 definitely is.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

What is the deal with hyperbolically claiming that Jerry Seinfeld, who dated a high school girl, is a pedophile?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's still fucking gross. He was almost 40 and dating someone far less mature, rich, powerful, and famous than he was. A young person doesn't magically grow up the day they turn the age of consent in their home state.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

I completely agree, I just think that the term pedophile is "charged" enough that it should be carefully applied

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Honestly same, it's basically become code for "Person I don't like."

Especially as it keep getting applied to people like Leonardo DiCaprio who's "victims" are.... people literally over the age of consent.