There is a lot of misconception about the rule. All the mods discussed it. Flacaltenn essentially announced it months ago when this whole thing started and groomer became the new pedo word.
There are multiple people here who have been victims of childhood sexual abuse. Some are open about it, many are not. It is still to shameful. Most of us are older and of a generation where you didn’t talk about it. Bones pointed out that children today are encouraged to. They are taught from a young age that they have valid boundaries, they have the right to say no and are taught what is appropriate and inappropriate. That NEVER happened in my generation. The idea that I child could say “no” to an adult simply wasn’t allowed.
Today, the sexual abuse of children is THE MOST horrible crime a person can commit in our society. Worse than rape, worse than murder because it scars a child forever and the shame and feeling that you are somehow responsible for the act never leaves.
False accusations of pedo also have a devastating effect on a person and their family. I know of someone who was falsely accused and exonerated, but the damage was done. He committed suicide.
We have no way of knowing who is and isn’t a pedo here. This is an anonymous messageboard. We have members who think anyone who is a democrat is a pedo, anyone who is a teacher is a groomer, anyone who has differences in what is and isn’t age appropriate literature is a pedo or groomer. We can’t even talk about it anymore because some invariably gets accused.
You aren’t exposing pedos with this, you are ending discussion with a lynch mob because you THINK someone is a pedo/groomer and most of time, it is political.
Not being able to call a member that doesn’t stop you from attacking their ideas and arguments one bit, and that is all we are asking for here. Attack the content, not the member.
You also have an out, if really think someone is pedo. Make your case to a Sr Mod, if they agree, they will contact the appropriate authorities and let you go after the member. Flac and other mods have stated this multiple times and no one has yet to contact them as far as I know. That leads me to think the accusations leveled at members is more likely advanced weaponry in our political warfare.