In the United States, you legally cannot treat them the same, and there is reasoning why. So I chimed in.

lol
But you can? A pedophile who has not committed any crimes is treated the same as everyone. The law they break is not “pedophilia” is child sexual assault

If we're talking about pleasuring yourself to someone of the same sex, consent is somewhere between arguable and implied. If it is not given, then same sex or not doesn't matter.

This is not possible with a minor. You are free to get into the weeds of what you think should be true, I am just telling you the reality of what you will see at a state government level. You will find an extremely small number in the United States who are authorized to give a shit about whether or not someone is gay.
If I post a picture on instagram do I give consent to other people to jerk off to it? Clearly not. See, that was such an easy scenario to come up with. Plenty of straight and gay men do this lol

and that’s not even counting people who jerk off to fantasies about their friends. Did they consent too?

Idk why you even posted that paragraph, who tf argued that minors can consent?
 
But you can? A pedophile who has not committed any crimes is treated the same as everyone. The law they break is not “pedophilia” is child sexual assault
Don't get lost in "what if." You should think about who you're actually talking about to make a coherent point. Who is discussing their pedophilia outside of treatment and adjudication in your example?

Can someone just tell you that they're a pedophile without any legal penalty or judgment? Of course. Is this enough for reasonable suspicion? Yes. So... who or what are you trying to argue here?

If I post a picture on instagram do I give consent to other people to jerk off to it? Clearly not. See, that was such an easy scenario to come up with. Plenty of straight and gay men do this lol
Another "if." There's no law against jerking off to any adult in privacy, consenting or not. You are not violating a law by possessing a picture of an adult whether or not it is explicit and regardless of their sex in and of itself. This is not the case for minors. I don't know why you seem to be so desperate to have a point, because you are clearly arguing against things you already know.

and that’s not even counting people who jerk off to fantasies about their friends. Did they consent too?
It's hard to see how you're going wrong with the concept of consent, which is not a static thing for adults. It is a static thing for minors. An adult can tell you they consent today and change their mind. They can say that they have never given consent and this is something to argue. A child cannot give consent period.

Idk why you even posted that paragraph, who tf argued that minors can consent?
You have put yourself in the unfortunate position of trying to equate homosexuality with pedophilia.
 
its always maddening when these regime changes happen and I see people in diaspora of these countries happy to see their home countries bombed. They really wanted the the ayatollah gone.

my grandmother is the same.
 
You seem to think I'm for agression against civilians when it suits me?
The regime is effed up as well.
I'm pointing out Pahlavi's shameless hypocrisy. In the end he will be king of the ashes, congrats ig.
They more than fucked up and they continued to do so in their escalation.


there is no humanitarian regime change
there is no "humane" way to do it because people don't know how to cede power gracefully.
its how its been done
its how its always been done.
it was never happening any other way.
 
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