Oh we’re *there* now. I thought it would take an entire week to get to the “well some teenagers are very mature” stage of things.
ThisOneGoesElven on
And here we go. The “it wasn’t that bad” phase
> “How young is 13, really?”
> – Like 90% of the conservative subs
Luckilygemini on
Still a pedo. Doesnt matter.
PlayaSlayaX on
>Megyn Kelly is coming under fire for comments she made Wednesday on her podcast where she attempted to downplay Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse.
>Kelly was interviewing conservative journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon when she made the dubious claim about the disgraced financier, which she attributed to “somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything. Not everything, but virtually everything.”
>Kelly said the unnamed source told her they didn’t think Epstein was a pedophile, just “into the barely legal type, like, he liked 15-year-old girls.”
>[…]
>Kelly said her source said Epstein “wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”
>She said that she believed Epstein was a real pedophile for years and admitted that “it wasn’t until we heard from Pam Bondi that they had tens of thousands of videos of alleged — forgive me, they used to call it kiddie porn, now they call it child sexual abuse material — on his computer that for the first time, I thought, ‘Oh, no, he was an actual pedophile.’”
>“I mean, only a pedophile gets off on young children abuse videos. She’s never clarified it, I don’t know whether it’s true,” she added. “I have to be honest, I don’t really trust Pam Bondi’s word on the Epstein matters anymore.”
Nah, that’s still pedophilia. He touched kids. He had no morals. Look at it this way, Megyn: If you were young enough and in the wrong place and time, Jeffrey could’ve touched you in the bad way too.
Ill-Locksmith-8281 on
Neither 8 year olds or 15 year olds can consent to sex with adults.
lee_bow on
Why did she pick 8 as a cut-off point? Did Trump rape 9 year olds???
RoxyFan2001 on
There is nothing worse than a pedophile than a person who defends them and tries to make excuses for them ’cause they are usually the people that allow them to get away with it for so long.
She sounds like an enabler.
coldsandwich32 on
“He was only into the barely legal ones like 15!”
um what?
Hot_Historian7387 on
She needs to have her nose rubbed in this shit of a statement every day for the rest of her miserable life.
CheerleaderOnDrugs on
It is really gross when people try to justify the sexual abuse and trafficking of children.
You can dress it up in academic language, or split hairs, or try to ascribe agency, and assign blame to the underaged persons, but it is abuse, no excuse. It is against the law, and it is morally reprehensible.
melmou90 on
Oh wow we’re already there
HellaTroi on
So why did he ask his good friend Thomas Barrak to send him a picture of himself “with the child”?
He didn’t specify “teen” or “girl”. He said child.
WHSRWizard on
You know, if you have to split hairs between pedophilia and hebephilia, you may be missing the point…
ucancallmevicky on
just when you think we’ve hit bottom they bring out the shovels
lundah on
Considering all the GOP led states that have failed to ban child marriage, this take shouldn’t surprise anyone.
ianrl337 on
There is a comedian that made a great joke about this. I don’t remember which one and I’m not going to start looking that up at work.
No if you are into 15 year old boys and girls you aren’t technically a pedophile, you are a hebephile. Now try to explain the difference to basically anyone. Like her father, the police, or a judge. “But officer, she said she was 16” just doesn’t cut it. Nope you touch little girls, you face justice.
edit: I think maybe Jimmy Carr. Well damn, this is going to drive me nuts all day trying to remember. It was really funny. Unlike the guy carrying the Romeo and Juliet laws in his wallet in Transformers.
barneyrubbble on
Women willing to split hairs on this subject are especially gross, IMO.
GatorNator83 on
“Barely legal”? 15 is *not* barely legal. The word you’re looking for is *illegal*. Jesus Christ has the planet gone mad?
Chardan0001 on
I mean the rape trafficking is a pretty big element too Megyn.
cyberkine on
So she would be fine if her 14 year old daughter Yardley hooked up with some middle-aged creep?
Morscerta9116 on
There’s a comedian with a good bit about this, cant remember his name. Theres different kinds, but explaining the difference makes you sound like a pedophile.
Edit: Gianmarco Soresi
rommi04 on
I think technically no, but this is a distinction that only matters to child molesters and their apologists
Earthpig_Johnson on
Eight year olds, Dude.
AdHocHillbilly on
This was my biggest, creeping fear all along and I wish I could be surprised, but I’m not.
As if it’s not enough to come to the defense of a pedophile, they are using Trump and Epstein’s actions as a way to try and normalize it. Between Ted Cruz insisting we “stop going after pedophiles” and now this, they keep trying to move the goalpost of what is and isn’t morally acceptable like they do with everything else. This is abhorrent.
Gabarne on
did she fail math? barely legal means over 18. 15 means 100% illegal.
Treestwigs on
She’s forecasting that we are about to see photos of Trump with teenagers.
TheOhrenberger on
They’re in the “moving goalposts” phase
The_DanceCommander on
Questioning the age is outrageous enough, but has everyone forgotten that these girls were also sex trafficking victims? Like I don’t care if Trump was only into the 28 year olds, these girls were taken to this island to be abused.
Quercus_ on
A pedophile is someone who’s attracted to children who are clearly prepubescent.
A hebophile Is someone who’s attracted to children in early adolescence, typically 11 to 14 or so.
An ephebophile If someone who is attracted to children later adolescent, typically 14 to 18.
Typically we call them all pedophiles, because you can’t draw those kinds of distinctions without sounding like a goddamn pedophile.
Why are those fucks on the Republican right scoring so hard to find ways to distract from the fact that they’re defending a goddamn pedophile and child rapist.
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Oh we’re *there* now. I thought it would take an entire week to get to the “well some teenagers are very mature” stage of things.
And here we go. The “it wasn’t that bad” phase
> “How young is 13, really?”
> – Like 90% of the conservative subs
Still a pedo. Doesnt matter.
>Megyn Kelly is coming under fire for comments she made Wednesday on her podcast where she attempted to downplay Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse.
>Kelly was interviewing conservative journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon when she made the dubious claim about the disgraced financier, which she attributed to “somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything. Not everything, but virtually everything.”
>Kelly said the unnamed source told her they didn’t think Epstein was a pedophile, just “into the barely legal type, like, he liked 15-year-old girls.”
>[…]
>Kelly said her source said Epstein “wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”
>She said that she believed Epstein was a real pedophile for years and admitted that “it wasn’t until we heard from Pam Bondi that they had tens of thousands of videos of alleged — forgive me, they used to call it kiddie porn, now they call it child sexual abuse material — on his computer that for the first time, I thought, ‘Oh, no, he was an actual pedophile.’”
>“I mean, only a pedophile gets off on young children abuse videos. She’s never clarified it, I don’t know whether it’s true,” she added. “I have to be honest, I don’t really trust Pam Bondi’s word on the Epstein matters anymore.”
Nah, that’s still pedophilia. He touched kids. He had no morals. Look at it this way, Megyn: If you were young enough and in the wrong place and time, Jeffrey could’ve touched you in the bad way too.
Neither 8 year olds or 15 year olds can consent to sex with adults.
Why did she pick 8 as a cut-off point? Did Trump rape 9 year olds???
There is nothing worse than a pedophile than a person who defends them and tries to make excuses for them ’cause they are usually the people that allow them to get away with it for so long.
She sounds like an enabler.
“He was only into the barely legal ones like 15!”
um what?
She needs to have her nose rubbed in this shit of a statement every day for the rest of her miserable life.
It is really gross when people try to justify the sexual abuse and trafficking of children.
You can dress it up in academic language, or split hairs, or try to ascribe agency, and assign blame to the underaged persons, but it is abuse, no excuse. It is against the law, and it is morally reprehensible.
Oh wow we’re already there
So why did he ask his good friend Thomas Barrak to send him a picture of himself “with the child”?
He didn’t specify “teen” or “girl”. He said child.
You know, if you have to split hairs between pedophilia and hebephilia, you may be missing the point…
just when you think we’ve hit bottom they bring out the shovels
Considering all the GOP led states that have failed to ban child marriage, this take shouldn’t surprise anyone.
There is a comedian that made a great joke about this. I don’t remember which one and I’m not going to start looking that up at work.
No if you are into 15 year old boys and girls you aren’t technically a pedophile, you are a hebephile. Now try to explain the difference to basically anyone. Like her father, the police, or a judge. “But officer, she said she was 16” just doesn’t cut it. Nope you touch little girls, you face justice.
edit: I think maybe Jimmy Carr. Well damn, this is going to drive me nuts all day trying to remember. It was really funny. Unlike the guy carrying the Romeo and Juliet laws in his wallet in Transformers.
Women willing to split hairs on this subject are especially gross, IMO.
“Barely legal”? 15 is *not* barely legal. The word you’re looking for is *illegal*. Jesus Christ has the planet gone mad?
I mean the rape trafficking is a pretty big element too Megyn.
So she would be fine if her 14 year old daughter Yardley hooked up with some middle-aged creep?
There’s a comedian with a good bit about this, cant remember his name. Theres different kinds, but explaining the difference makes you sound like a pedophile.
Edit: Gianmarco Soresi
I think technically no, but this is a distinction that only matters to child molesters and their apologists
Eight year olds, Dude.
This was my biggest, creeping fear all along and I wish I could be surprised, but I’m not.
As if it’s not enough to come to the defense of a pedophile, they are using Trump and Epstein’s actions as a way to try and normalize it. Between Ted Cruz insisting we “stop going after pedophiles” and now this, they keep trying to move the goalpost of what is and isn’t morally acceptable like they do with everything else. This is abhorrent.
did she fail math? barely legal means over 18. 15 means 100% illegal.
She’s forecasting that we are about to see photos of Trump with teenagers.
They’re in the “moving goalposts” phase
Questioning the age is outrageous enough, but has everyone forgotten that these girls were also sex trafficking victims? Like I don’t care if Trump was only into the 28 year olds, these girls were taken to this island to be abused.
A pedophile is someone who’s attracted to children who are clearly prepubescent.
A hebophile Is someone who’s attracted to children in early adolescence, typically 11 to 14 or so.
An ephebophile If someone who is attracted to children later adolescent, typically 14 to 18.
Typically we call them all pedophiles, because you can’t draw those kinds of distinctions without sounding like a goddamn pedophile.
Why are those fucks on the Republican right scoring so hard to find ways to distract from the fact that they’re defending a goddamn pedophile and child rapist.