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JHB

(38,213 posts)
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 06:05 PM Nov 2025

I'm enough of a pedant that I know what she's talking about, but no sensible person takes up that fight

In terms of very strict definition, "pedophilia" refers to sexual attraction to pre-pubescents. But the colloquial meaning has expanded to include all minors, and the only people who try to make that distinction these days are trying to excuse creeps who prey on teenagers.

And that's exactly what Megyn's doing.

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