A long time ago I was talking to a social worker friend. She said that there's a movement to have pedophilia recognised as a sex*ual orientation. I was horrified as I thought it would normalise it but upon reflection I think it is important to differentiate paedophiles from others. If that's your persuasion, that's it, you shouldn't be allowed to muddy the waters by saying you're gay and have this caveat. This is half the reason that for a long time people assumed all gay men were paedophiles, because of the grooming and abuse of young boys by older, often powerful and respectable, men.
I *think* the legal age of consent comes into play with this label too. This is why in the USA a certain someone gets a lot of stick as the age of consent there is generally 18 yet here in the UK it is 16.
It's also important to note that a s*x offender is different to a paedophile. They are not one and the same.
There is (maybe no longer in action) a lobby group in the US called NAMBLA (North America Man-Boy Love Association) that advocate for pedophilia being recognized as a sexual orientation like homosexuality, the end goal being decriminalization of sexual activity with minors. It is no coincidence that these groups attached themselves to other advocacy organizations, we are seeing this with trans groups attaching themselves to the LGB groups, so any criticism of the special interest group is seen as an attack on a legitimate section of society that is just minding it's own business and wants consensual relationships with willing adults.
So if someone questions if it morally, legally or medically right to give minors puberty blockers and extensive surgery the reaction is how dare you attack the LGBT community, if you query the actions of NAMBLA again how dare you attack these marginalized people who just want relationships with people they love ( legal minors ie: children)
A document was put together many years ago called The Denton Document (Denton's is one of the largest law firms in the world) and it's advice was for trans ideology is attach itself to more popular ideology, so here in Ireland when we were voting for gay marriage an act was passed at the same time (without public vote) for gender self I.D, where all you have to do is sign a form stating you want to live as your preferred gender and hey-presto you are now the opposite sex, no hormones, no surgery, no therapy, just a form and I think 20 quid for the registry fees. So we now have three male bodied people in the women's prison in Limerick (all are in for attacks on women or children) the word "woman" was removed from our health authority guidance on cervical cancer and women's spaces are no longer single sex, this includes everything from sports clubs, changing facilities in shops and domestic violence facilities.
So back on topic: I don't think we will get a big reveal about Philth and MM, about the ages when they first met, about getting him removed from the show when he aged out as it will be seen as attacking a person for being gay, he had the big overwrought coming out in telly for a reason, self protection. I think media will continue to hint but I don't think any will want the risk of being accused of homophobia.
A great deal of the transgender debate is unexplained. One of the most mystifying aspects is the speed and success of a small number of small organisations in achieving major influence over public bodies, politicians and officials. How has a certain idea taken hold in so many places so swiftly...
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