Ohio Senate overrides Governor’s veto of child sex change ban
(thepostmillennial.com)
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If I'm honest, I also feel sorry for them as well. Definitely repulsed and disgusted, but nearly all of them also faced sexual abuse growing up. There's a clear connection, and it follows the same pattern as all other forms of abuse, that those who abuse others were most often also abused themselves. It's why it's called a cycle. And troon grooming is no different.
It doesn't excuse their abuse, just like it doesn't excuse any other abuse. I just wish they had gotten the proper help they needed instead of falling into the lap of being pharma pigs that are sapped of their money and made into mutated freaks that are obsessed with sexual gratification. Because then maybe, and maybe it's naive on my part, they could have not turned out like they did and not ended up abusing others as well.
I don't feel sorry for them. That's wasted sympathy that you could be spending on all their victims.
Well that's the thing: They too were once the victims. And the victims at the moment are, most likely, going to end up doing the same things as these people right now.
Again, it doesn't excuse them. I still think they need to face repercussions for their actions. But it needs to be clear at just how insidious the whole situation really is, at just how self-perpetuating it becomes.
So? Are they or are they not grown ass adults, responsible for their own choices?
I'm well aware that it's a social contagion, spread via molestation. That is more reason to crack down hard on the participants, not less.
And where do you think I've said they should be cracked down on less? Being a victim doesn't excuse, exonerate, or deduct from the abuse they commit. It's not a tally against one another. It's a point about the vile nature of the situation. A reminder that to not help the victims now is to allow the abuse to manifest for the next generation.
The abusers exist as a reminder as to what happens when victims are not helped. Because as much as I would love to see abusers punished, I would much rather see victims saved before they too become abusers. Because sadly, that's how it works.