• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Also a pedophile, but one we mostly overlook because he made some great songs and was awesome in a muppet movie.

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      7 months ago

      I have looked into this, he is certainly not a serial pedophile or rapist by any stretch. The single account that seems credible does not feel that she herself is a victim. The only other person with an account that paints him as any sort of predator is basically regarded as not credible, from what I’ve read. Any accusation will make a celebrity problematic to a certain extent of course, but I don’t feel that bad about enjoying his music given the nature of the accusations. As contrasted by basically every time I hear a Michael Jackson song at this point.

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        7 months ago

        She may not feel like a victim but if she was underage then it shouldn’t make him less guilty. I’m unfamiliar with the case you’re referring to.

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      7 months ago

      Not to condone what he did, but there is a clear distinction between being attracted to a 13 year old girl, and being attracted to an actual prepubescent girl, you know, the latter being the kind actual pedophiles prey upon.

      I feel dirty typing the above, but what’s fair is fair.

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          Yes, of course that’s a crime, and it’s disgusting. But it’s not pedophilia.

          Think setting a house on fire vs setting a house in fire with a family inside. Different crimes.

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            7 months ago

            Yeah because clearly there’s a huge difference between 12 and 13, we all know girls reach puberty on their 13th birthday.

            Fucking pedo apologist.

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              7 months ago

              Good thing you’re not a lawyer or a judge. This kind of conversation has been done over and over and over again ad nauseum, so I won’t engage with you in this respect. Think whatever you want. I know what I’m talking about, and I know how to think with my brain while setting my feelings aside.