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Boys Inspired to See That Someday They Can Grow Up to Be the Most Powerful Sexual Predator in America (reductress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Reasonable people also agree that unless they have ~done~ something, rather than just ~be~ something, they're fine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

But would you trust them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Assuming they've never done anything egregious in the past, yeah. Anything else is a thought crime and prejudiced, and not a system good for a government.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you knew they were one of those?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes. People cannot help what they are. They can help what they do. That's the difference. I don't care what someone thinks or believes, that's between them and themselves. Maybe God, if you're a believer.

What I care about is what people do. Every person has vile things they WANT to do, impulses they choose not to act on. None of us are purely innocent in our own heads. As long as it stays there, there's no reason to condemn someone.