• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    1 month ago

    Uh no. It has a very known meaning, and the claims of Gaetz are not simply attacks on an innocent man for being on the opposing side, it’s because he has literally been fucking children.

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      1 month ago

      To explain, I understand that the definition of the word is ‘the attraction to prepubescent children’. And that it makes Gaetz a sex offender because he done it.

      But the intention was to highlight how the term is often misused with political sides and other situations.

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        1 month ago

        When has the non-Republican side misused it?

        Feels more like the intention was to muddy the waters.

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          1 month ago

          No point muddying the waters of the water is already muddy. Sometimes it’s best to look around than straight at the enemy side.

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            1 month ago

            so do you have a concrete list of names? would be nice to know instead of just being vague all the time

            edit: nevermind, i guess your point is just that the water is being muddied by evil democrats

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              Ackshually, being a pedophile and calling out pedophiles is the same thing, because in both cases you’re using the word “pedophile”, Checkmate, liberals!

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            1 month ago

            Bro pull up the receipts. If dem or progressive politicians are pedos, they deserve condemnation and expulsion (and fucking prison) the same as anyone else.

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      1 month ago

      So a 17-yo is a child? If you had called 17-yo me and my 17-yo gf children back in the day, we would have laughed our asses off at you and continued fucking each other’s brains out. Also, we were already a year past the age of consent for our state.

      So we can’t even call Gaetz a statutory rapist unless he was dumb enough to have fucked her in Florida. (He probably was too dumb to move the party 50-miles north of his district and be free and clear.)

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 month ago

        He probably was too dumb to move the party 50-miles north of his district and be free and clear

        Never heard of sex trafficking have you? That’s illegal, too

      • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Yikes, it’s the meme.

        The anecdote about you and your gf doesn’t apply, because you were both 17.