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*gently sits you down and clasps your shoulders*

If you go along with every whiff of anti-pedophile sentiment that blows your way, you& #39;re going to be part of every Satanic Panic blood libel nonsense that crops up.

You need. to have. discernment.
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Almost every single moral panic since Phyllis Schlafly has tacked on "and children will be targeted by Satanic pedophiles" without regard for the well-being of actual children.

Here& #39;s a hint: it& #39;s rarely the wealthy white kids who are targeted.
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Wayfair literally had contracts with ICE to supply furniture to their facilities, but the internet didn& #39;t explode until some yahoo in QAnon decided that they were ... shipping kids in their furniture, I guess.

You fools. You idiots.
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Even Epstein had recruiters who were friends of his victims bring said victims to him. He didn& #39;t just sweep in and collect them.

Trafficking, grooming, pedophilia, CSA -- the villains are rarely going to be who you want them to be.
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Children are rarely harmed by strangers. It& #39;s almost always someone close.

If you think adrenochrome is the real issue, and not a series of complicated power structures and relationships that enable violence and abuse, I can& #39;t help you. Go away.
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Someone pointed out that Polaris is anti sex work and I shouldn& #39;t have included them, so ok. Fine. Here& #39;s more easily-digestible resources on what trafficking is.

https://www.gaatw.org/about-us/faqs/158-frequently-asked-questions/faq/454-understanding-trafficking">https://www.gaatw.org/about-us/...
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Side note: I included Polaris& #39;s "myths about human trafficking" in this thread because while the organization is fairly garbage, that page specifically is good and is sometimes the only thing liberals will listen to.
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I need you all to understand that so much of this "save the children" stuff isn& #39;t about any actual children. It& #39;s about the myth of the (white, abled, middle class, cis) Child as our collective innocence.
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If they cared about violence against actual children, we& #39;d see more calls for ending private prisons, abolishing ICE, a better social safety net, single payer healthcare, etc etc

They just want a villain to target. Pedophiles fill that role nicely.
Anyway I am incredibly tired because I discovered that members of my family have started dipping their toes into the rancid fucking QAnon pool, which means that it& #39;s mainstream enough for my image-conscious Catholic Republican family to think it& #39;s ok

that& #39;s horseshit
I& #39;m tired as a survivor of both familial abuse (nonsexual) and sexual abuse from older male friends in high school.

But it wasn& #39;t GLAMOROUS enough for these Qfucks.

Former children like me are going to be forgotten, again, for the all-powerful Child.
I should point out that I fucked up in this thread by listing Polaris because of its well-formatted list of myths and not explaining exactly HOW SWERFy it is. I thought the mythbusting stood on its own.

I was wrong, and I will reference other orgs going forward.
Polaris& #39;s list of trafficking myths is no different from any other org& #39;s, so I should have been able to reference those instead, but I went the easy route and promoted a group that supports deportations.

Remember what I said about discernment?
It& #39;s really easy to get swept up in good formatting and easy reference. Qfucks know this. Most marketers know this.

Take my reference of Polaris as an object lesson.
I& #39;m sorry I used them as an authority, and I will not do so going forward.
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