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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Always has been.

And in case you didn’t notice, so is social media. Facebook is training AI to flirt with children. Twitter is using GenAI to undress women and children. Reddit is banning people for saying paedophiles should face stricter sentences because apparently they’re a protected class now.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's an older video, but I just ran across one liberal YTer who debates MAGA live, and when the caller asked him to explain why raping kids was a problem... he was just speechless. What do you say to that? And called him a pearl clutcher because of his reaction. Just wow.

[–] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 7 points 8 hours ago

one liberal YTer who debates MAGA live, and when the caller asked him to explain why raping kids was a problem

I think you're talking about Dean Withers.