The woman at the center of the DOJ's probe of Matt Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that he had sex with her when she was 17 years old, sources say.
I mean you can also say someone is a murderer of they eat cabbage, but you’d be wrong.
Calling everyone you dislike a pedo is as lame as calling everyone you dislike a commie or Hitler.
Seriously… having sex with or raping a 17 year old doesn’t make you a pedophile. It makes you a statutory rapist. That’s bad enough without having to make dumb shit up as an insult.
I’m surprised and disappointed so many on lemmy are falling into that sort of weak bullshit but… here we are
Indeed they do. And since you seem to be under the impression that those definitions do not change, please define ‘silly’ for me as it was defined when it began to be used in late Middle English.
I feel you’re being silly regardless of the early or current definition of the word, but I’m betting you also don’t use the word that way.
Don’t be him. Language is fluid.
Words have definitions
based on how people use them, not ordained by the gods of language. people say pedophile to mean someone who rapes a minor.
I mean you can also say someone is a murderer of they eat cabbage, but you’d be wrong.
Calling everyone you dislike a pedo is as lame as calling everyone you dislike a commie or Hitler.
Seriously… having sex with or raping a 17 year old doesn’t make you a pedophile. It makes you a statutory rapist. That’s bad enough without having to make dumb shit up as an insult.
I’m surprised and disappointed so many on lemmy are falling into that sort of weak bullshit but… here we are
Indeed they do. And since you seem to be under the impression that those definitions do not change, please define ‘silly’ for me as it was defined when it began to be used in late Middle English.
I feel you’re being silly regardless of the early or current definition of the word, but I’m betting you also don’t use the word that way.
Define pedophilia for me
I believe I asked you for a definition first. I’m not sure why you expect me to do that when you won’t.
Because your request was rhetorical and his is not, having a concrete answer that is actually fucking relevant and essential to the discussion.
I’m glad you’ve determined that on my behalf, but I don’t remember hiring you as my spokesperson.