@caPnAhab Including this post; observe the pinned comment.

@RageAgainstTheMachine mmyeah. That's not a stance I'd ever play devil's advocate with

@RisingMorningStar7 Probably going to be accused of a bunch of things because I did the last time this came up but whatever. Based on my read of your post you do raise some valid points. Consent laws should be based on actual ability to give meaningful consent. Not an arbitrary number. Age of consent is arbitrary and vastly different in many countries. Here in Canada and I am only in my early 40s age of consent went from 13 to 16 (17 if the older person is in a position of power). And it has had zero meaningful impact on anything.


None of these numbers are based on actual mental development and ability to understand situations based on brain development. If it was age of consent would be closer to the drinking age in the US in people's 20s.

And nobody can convince me that a 16 year old will magically be able to sus out a manipulator in 12 months.

Age of consent also does nothing to protect people with developmental disabilities who have the mental capacity of a child.

The whole thing is a mess.


Oh and fun fact. A former Canadian Minister of Public safety was in violation of the age of consent law they raised and nothing happened. The whole thing was a mess. and proves it doesn't actually mean anything meaningful will be done.

@Jenny1234
True, but it's much more common on the Right because Conservatives see children as property, and they think the strong have the moral right to do whatever they want to the weak. This is also why the Right supports child marriages and is against public schooling.

@Jenny1234 I remember not long ago, the Right was talking about how the trans community was trying to indoctrinate those under 18. Trying to make trans look like pred4tors.

But now, the leaders on the Right, specifically the orange blob, is trying to circumvent the Epstein situation.

@HoeBag That was always projection. They also said they were against "men in women's locker rooms" but Trump infamously said he goes into the locker rooms of his beauty pageants so he can watch the women undress. Anyone can see the irony there.
Now it's a few years later and Trump is a civilly liable rapist who refuses to release the Epstein Files because he's in them.

Simply a reminder.

@Jenny1234 Hey, this has been a right wing obsession for a decade. Just following his own flawed logic here.

@kodiac Enjoy the pinned comment?

@HoeBag why do joe not release them you didn't care then.

@dale74 The orange blob, as part of his campaign, said he would release those records.

I thought even you conservatives wanted to see them released?