• TIMMAY@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      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.

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        6 months ago

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

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        6 months ago

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

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        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.

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

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        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.