Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘pedophile’ comments must stop
In our toxic and brain-optional political climate, certain pundits, politicos and random Twitter dingbats have decided to spend the early days of National Child Abuse Prevention Month shooting the label ‘pedophile’ around like a spitball.
It’s outrageous, several steps beyond offensive and utterly indefensible. Though we live in an age when many of the lines you don’t cross have been run over and worn away, this particular trend crosses a line the vast majority of us can still see clearly. And it has to stop.
Senators who plan to vote in favor of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson are being labeled ‘pro-pedophile,’ a malicious assertion grounded in nonsense. People who speak out against the Florida Parental Rights in Education law – called the ‘don’t say gay’ law by opponents – are swiftly declared, by some, to be pedophiles.
From politicians to TV hosts
These horrendous claims are leveled not just by online trolls but by members of Congress and the hosts of television shows viewed by millions.
On Tuesday night, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said: ‘The Democrats are the party of pedophiles.’
What we need to do is a sex offender protest in front of her house.
You are wrong. Dead Wrong. My husband is on there for swimsuit pictures considered too revealing and “possibly” adolescent. had to take a plea because we didn’t have the resources to keep fighting and take the risk of jail (leaving us without the income to keep our home). A lot of these cases are simply to increase conviction rates, get a detective a notch on his/her belt, and collect federal grant money. Why do you think someone who has visited disney once in their life is kept on the registry? Because the more people on it the more federal dollars granted.
Absolutely correct, JR. Pics of “possibly” adolescents CAN and do make for CP convictions despite what other people think or believe. Those folks need to be educated on this subject.
Marjorie Taylor Green is just showing her ignorance of the subject. I will add her to my Phase 3 Media Blitz mailing list. This project is a ‘peaceful’ way to achieve the justice we all desire.
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Unfortunately, it’s pretty well established that hate speech works for politicians. It’s the same reason why judges campaign as being “tough on crime,” even though that is not the real job of a judge. The politicians don’t care that the hatred that they spew invited violence against others. They just want votes. I believe that they will all face their own judgement one day, and it won’t be pretty.
I see things a bit differently. I think that the ‘spitballing’ of the term pedophile will tend to ultimately weaken it over time. Maybe soon, everyone will be calling everyone a pedophile and the term will lose its punitive power.