I'm here because I have opinions the left doesn't like.

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[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

So eugenics? A problem is that pedophilia is not a trait like blonde hair. Anyone, especially those with similar life experiences, could become a pedophile.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I said I support eugenics, yes. Some people become pedophiles for genetic reasons, but many don't. If there is proof of a pedophile gene, then I would support eugenics measures. I support the death penalty anyways, though, so it ideally wouldn't ever need to be applied.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I didn't read all of your comments, so I am sorry I missed where you said you support it.

I don't believe such a gene exists. We are talking about human decisions--not genes. Similarly, there is no "gay"-gene. I could be gay for a day then never do it again. There is some dubious pseudoscience out there that says gay people have different brain scans. That's not real proof though.

Maybe there is a gene that carries a tendency to become a pedophile, a homosexual, a conservative, etc.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(Maybe the same gene that makes one tend to have a certain malevolent behavior also carries a tendency to create geniuses or immunity to some diseases.)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. I'll just focus on proven genetic diseases until then.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Do you support the death penalty for non offending pedophiles? Isn't that punishing thought crime?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

You actually have to commit a crime to be punished for it. That should be obvious.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's not because a lot of people support finding and killing pedos, a la witch hunts.

If you support sterilization based on pedo genes, that may not be death, but it's still punishing thought crime. Steralizing convicted pedos is not really considered eugenics, it's more like corporal punishment. And it's usually castration that is advocated for.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It is important not to confuse protecting the citizenry with punishing the outliers. We have borders not because we wish to punish those on the outside, but because we wish to protect those outside, for example.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What does that mean? Are you saying that you support killing pedos as long as it is framed as "protecting the children" rather than "punishing the pedo"?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I support the death penalty for pedophilia.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you allow your opinions to be shaped by how an action is framed then you allow yourself to be easily manipulated. This is a fundamental cause for people becoming the useful idiots used by groups like BLM and Antifa. They believe they are the good guys because the propaganda frames the evil actions of the group in ways that justifies it for the useful idiots.

This:

You actually have to commit a crime to be punished for it. That should be obvious.

Is a direct contradiction of this:

I support the death penalty for pedophilia.