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0 pointslarrywright6y ago0 comments

You wouldn’t find it odd that someone who had no children of his own was constantly surrounded by teenage girls? I sure would. Yes, that’s not the same as knowing that they’re being raped, but I’d sure want to distance myself from someone who was behaving like that.

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ebg136y ago· 2 in thread

Being odd is not a crime. What any one person would do is often not a strong indicator of what is right. A lot of people also like to distance themselves from black people. Them being black is not the same as knowing that they're violent criminals, but...

The kind of thought process that you're suggesting has very toxic tendrils.

larrywrightOP6y ago

Let me put it this way: a middle-aged man, with no children of his own, regularly hanging out with underaged girls is more than odd - it’s a warning sign. There really aren’t many (if any) non-sleazy explanations for that behavior. He didn’t even have a credible cover story, like working with disadvantaged young women.

Comparing this to avoiding black people based solely on the color of their skin (and not that there are warning signs) is not remotely the same.

ebg136y ago

> it’s a warning sign

Or it's not, because your preconceptions aren't universal? Is there a factual basis for this other than "I don't like it"?

> Comparing this to avoiding black people based solely on the color of their skin (and not that there are warning signs) is not remotely the same.

It looks exactly the same to me. Many people think that black skin is a warning sign. The difference is in what you believe, not in what is happening.

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