• infeeeee@lemm.ee
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    This is a symptom. If police won’t do it’s job there will be some guys who will take it into their own hands. The problem is they have even less oversight than police.

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      Pedophile hunting is among several vigilante movements in the United States. Groups in the South try to catch alleged drug smugglers at the border; others monitor local crime. The new wave of pedophile hunters stands out for adopting the social media influencer model, using real-life violence to build a following online.

      This is about clout chasing and being violent monsters

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        They can deflect doubt because they are hunting pedophiles.

        “You wouldn’t defend a pedophile now, would you?” - clout chasing violence monger

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          And if you haven’t found any pedophiles yet, well, I guess you’re not trying hard enough. Or maybe… you are one of them… 😠

          Can’t believe this needs an /s

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        And if anyone calls them out on it, they’re immediately branded as “pedophile sympathizers” if not actual pedophiles themselves. So, not only do they get to be violent monsters, saying that they shouldn’t commit horrible violence without any sort of legal oversight (or at all, really) makes YOU the bad guy!

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      Is that really the only problem you see with people taking justice into their own hands? Less oversight?

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        The problem is what if they mistake somebody for the wrong person? That’s enough to destroy an innocent persons life.

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          That’s not the only problem. They’re making content, so finding “the right person” will inevitably be less important than finding a person. Can’t fall out of the Almighty Algorithm’s favor, amirite?

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            So … What you’re saying, it’s that there would be less oversight when it comes to choosing their targets. Almost exactly like OP said. Almost like they were speaking in broad strokes and you failed to notice any nuance.

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                Honestly? I just don’t really like that reddit behaviour of regurgitating the previous person’s comment and passing it off as your own unique idea, that’s all.

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                  I took a general comment and said something very specific. What you saw as dual meaning, I saw as one. OP did not make their intended meaning clear.

                  Maybe we can be better than Reddit and be more charitable with each other here, yeah?

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                    be more charitable

                    Says the guy who said I shit on his birthday cake lmao. I’m not offended btw, I thought it was hilarious. But like, I think we’re more like brothers who pick on each other now. I’m sorry, but that’s just the rules. I don’t make the rules. I just think them up and write them down.

      • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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        Disproportionate punishment is another of course. They probably lump pedophiles (a person with a psychiatric disorder) and child molesters (a person that actually harms children) into the same group and you deserve to die for simply thinking the wrong things.

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          They lump far more people into the same group. They attack anyone whom they think they can, even if they know that their accusations are BS.

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      “less oversight than police.” A bar so low you need a shovel to get under it.