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The Twitter-bot @TrumpsAlerts posted that the son of the president liked a tweet from Mike Cernovich, who linked to a 2014 New York Times article by Rutgers School of Law assistant professor Margo Kaplan.
The op-ed makes the case that pedophilia is a mental illness that law enforcement should work to curb abuse through prevention rather than focusing on punishment. She cited research that revealed about half of all child molesters are not sexually attracted to their victims. Kaplan is obviously correct, pedophilia is the disorder while child molestation is the crime.
The conversation comes just after the Alabama special election in which Republican Roy Moore was accused of molesting multiple women when they were teens. Stories surfaced of Moore being banned from a mall for preying on teens.
Its unclear why Trump Jr. liked the news story during a national conversation about child molestation. The like is just one of 7,852 that Trump Jr. has done since Twitter rolled out the favorite feature in 2009.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/donald-trump-jr-likes-mike-cernovich-tweet-claiming-isnt-a-crime/#.WjSjgTQd2Cc.twitter
Initech
(100,079 posts)That Hillary Clinton and John Podesta were running a pedophile ring under the basement of a DC pizza parlor? WTF is wrong with these assholes?
unblock
(52,243 posts)doesn't much matter what you call it.
we don't want our senators trolling trying to date middle school kids.
what's the point of the distinction in this case? ok, he molested children, but maybe he wasn't really all that into them?
so then it's ok somehow?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)McConnell would have seated him and then immediately sought psychiatric help for the poor, misunderstood senator (that is "immediately" after he voted for the tax scam).
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)At least give the father of the child 10 free punches
steve2470
(37,457 posts)AFAIK, with enough treatment it can be held in check if the patient is willing. Note the word "willing". Many of them only come to treatment by being court-ordered after being arrested.
The DSM-5 diagnosis may not be a crime but the acting out of it is. This is just splitting hairs. OT but there is an entire community of sex offenders down near Pahokee, FL who are self-sustaining. No kids, no teens, only adults who know what's up and the pedophiles/sex offenders themselves. Short of them staying in prison forever, this is the best possible solution as long as they stay in that community.
eta: another article https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2017/12/07/inside-the-off-the-grid-sanctuary-for-sex-offenders-000760?slide=0
RandySF
(58,884 posts)I remember a child molester admitting that he still had the urge, even with the "treatment".
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Like father, like son, perhaps?