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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Fox "News" simping for pedos, what else is new?

[–] varjen@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

If you use the definition of hebephilia or ephebophilia as an argument about anything I'm going to think of you as a pedophile.

[–] Ibex@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

The damage control has started. The bad thing is I can see some people being ok with her statements.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 1 points 26 minutes ago

sure, but that doesn't mean it wasn't child sexual exploitation and abuse

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh, they're going the "explaining the difference between a pedophile, a hebephile, and a ephebophile" route. Let's see if it works out for them.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

It's still trafficking and rape.

[–] wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 hours ago

Megyn Kelly is a pedophile and her teen daughter ain't safe with her

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

The age puberty starts has been dropping and it now occurs earlier than ever in recorded history

But I imagine this fact actually appeals to conservatives and republicans

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

So the Republicans have gone from defending Trump to defending statutory r*pe in general. The law is really clear on what that is.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The Narcissists Prayer

That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad. <----- We are here
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

progress at last

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Weeeeelllllll technically, that would make them ephebophiles. (Kelly is grabbing on to what ever she can to deflect). Medically, people sexually attracted to early to later teens. As far as what we know right now, there are no pedophiles, (pre-pubescent attraction) on the list. Though there might be a possibility. We just don't know yet.

In any case, rape most foul it most certainly was. And all of them need to be prosecuted and jailed for it. While being sued for every penny they have in civil court.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There's a comedian bit about how pointing out that technically ephebophiles are different from pedophiles actually makes you look like a pedo.

It's crazy this woman is literally acting out a bit:

https://youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

This one came to my mind instantly as well...

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago

Raping teens instead of kids is just as heinous.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Ignore her. She’s reaching for attention. Her career is collapsing.

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Holy shit, I knew the clip from ages ago, but I've only recently gotten to know Gianmarco. Good to know my taste in comedy hasn't changed. 😂

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 19 points 8 hours ago

The "um it's ackchually ephebophilia" is spreading to the auth-right!

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 34 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Here it begins. Republicans will want to normalize pedophilia.

These people are sick. Saying this is public should earn a person an automatic 48 hour mental welfare hold.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

They're just deflecting from the trafficking and rape part. Call them out on it.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

In the next episode she will argue that domestic volence against women is a love language

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

"Is it really a crime if you're damaging your own property?"

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

"...and therefore marital rape cannot exist." Didn't Trump's lawyers try to use that argument in his divorce case with Ivanka?

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 11 points 10 hours ago

Hebephilia vs. pedophilia? That's a defense I've seen before. Didn't work for creepy Internet boyz. Let's see if it works for the Republican party.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 32 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

"This is this person's view, who was there for a lot of this, but that he was into the barely legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls," she continued. "I'm just giving you facts that he wasn't into, like, 8-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby."

"And that is what I believed and that is what I reliably was told for many years."

Kelly admitted that she began to change her opinion after Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Epstein had thousands of videos with child sexual abuse material.

"For the first time, I thought, oh, no, he was an actual pedophile," the conservative host recalled.

Megan "I was fine with him fucking teenagers" Kelly, everyone.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby."

How does this make any sense at all? How does one "pass as even younger" but still somehow "look legal to passersby"? Those are directly conflicting concepts.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

It's called desperation

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 hours ago

Megan Kelly should now be referred to as the pedophile enabler.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 hours ago

~~Kill ALL Pedophiles!~~ ~~Kill MOST Pedophiles!~~ ~~Pedophiles are People TOO!~~ If the Field has grass PLAY BALL!

-LITERALLY 100% of Republicans!

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Did she get raped or molested as a child

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

nah, but she's pro raping children

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 64 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

Im sorry, is this a conversation about the degree to which he is a pedophile?

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 21 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

He's a hebephile not a pedophile isn't much of a defence. So he goes after 11+yo children instead of children less than 11yo? Also most people don't know, or rightly care, about the age distinction - both are child abusers.

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago

REPUBLICANS LOVE CHILD RAPE

simple as that.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"Raping 12 year olds is OK"

[–] Cruel@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 36 minutes ago

It's a translation

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 117 points 18 hours ago (22 children)

Holy shit they're actually doing the hebophile bit

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