• becausechemistry@lemy.lol
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    31
    ·
    26 天前

    I’d say the evangelical base won’t appreciate sex with teens but… given their track record they’ll probably say well actually sex with teens is just a-ok with us now

    • gramie@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      26 天前

      I’d have said the Evangelical base wouldn’t appreciate him having sex with porn stars either, but here we are

    • unphazed@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      26 天前

      They’re already influencing the idea with Megan Kelly. It’s amazing to me how they’ve moved the goalposts so far that the general populace are now becoming apologists for so many things they once vehemently condemned. I’m not talking politicians who are projecting. I’m talking regular folks that are allowing outside influence to convince them that abuse is ok. I was raised by bigots. I was taught inequality and mistrust as a child. Thankfully it was never outright hatred, but it could have easily gone there. But pedophilia, that was the vilest of vile, the atrocity that could not stand. Now those same family members would be of the group to most likely defend this, were they alive today.

    • Enkrod@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      26 天前

      They’ve started to distinguish between pedophiles and ephebophiles, just so they can continue to say that Trump isn’t a pedo.

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      25 天前

      They’re already priming this pump with Megyn Kelly questioning “well if the kids had started puberty, was it really pedophilia”. There’s a shocking amount that are also being led either to “well what if the child consents” and the more common “children shouldn’t have any rights at all so it’s effectively a property crime”.