pedophile

I am *not saying I think the guy in the article is a pedophile or harms children.

It seems like the author is emotionally invested in this topic: > Given my circumstances, I have seen first-hand, the psychological damage a pedophile’s actions cause.

Another factor is that pedophile are OK to hate, and where hate is left unchecked it grows and becomes increasingly irrational.

Such as a theoretical case where someone wearing Go Pro comes across a pedophile actively abusing a child out in the wild.

Sure the guy offering pictures seems like a pedophile, but what about the others?

It is being suggested that, er, enthusiastic anti pedophile groups think that.

They found a young man who selfidenties as a pedophile, who was actually willing to go on camera and talk about his desires and urges.

Like how everyone who uses TOR is a pedophile or terrorist.

As long as you are a high profile pedophile, that is.

They also organized a massive twitter shaming campaign against Elliot, including having someone pose as a 13 year old and accuse him of being a pedophile.

I think the implication is its the devil because mostly Tor is used for pedophilic reasons - drugs, counterfeiting or political protest (I'd assume) are almost insignificant in comparison to pedophile traffic.

That's the thing about these people, they take on social issues for which they can't be criticized without the criticizer looking like a pedophile, racist, or a misogynist.

I blame the media for misusing the word "pedophile" to mean child molester.

That "pedophile hackers" will be able to reverse the hashes and get the images?

This kind of case is what happens when the "evil pedophile" mindset overwhelms people.

Even discussing pedophilia calmly and reasonably opens one to the charge of being a pedophile or a "pedophile apologist." Taboos can reveal a lot about a society but I'll leave that discussion for another time.