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17. There are different sorts of pathologies at play (ugh need a better word)

Reply to usedtobedemgurl (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:37 PM

14 hrs ago

It's complicated, and mental illness is involved.

Not that I'm excusing ANY OF IT, because if you ARE sick that way, there is no excuse for not getting help before you act.

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I do not understand an attraction to children. [View all] usedtobedemgurl 19 hrs ago OP

Most people don't understand it. It's just something maga like to call the people they hate. Walleye 19 hrs ago #1

MAGA is completely infected with people who self hate. They hate the kids they BComplex 18 hrs ago #7

It's an addiction to hate and anger. Which are easier than trying to understand things. Walleye 18 hrs ago #9

It's about power over someone, the weaker the better. Some feel it's their god-given right travelingthrulife 19 hrs ago #2

I used to think these older men were just sick in the head Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #3

It's like rape Abstractartist 19 hrs ago #4

I think also Diamond_Dog 16 hrs ago #14

True Abstractartist 8 hrs ago #18

They get to hurt young women with sex - think it makes them look /feel virile because they have only hate in them. lark 18 hrs ago #5

I'm a 78 year old male and I don't understand either. OLDMDDEM 18 hrs ago #6

I'm thinking it may be because children won't say "no" as often Wednesdays 18 hrs ago #8

Republicans, the wealthy and other nazis attack the weak and powerless. usonian 17 hrs ago #10

The physical pain for these young girls must be horrific. Most girls that young... 3catwoman3 17 hrs ago #11

The more forbidding the fruit, the better it tastes multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #12

Exactly. It's the taboo that is the attraction. tinrobot 7 hrs ago #19

Here: PCIntern 17 hrs ago #13

It's attraction....like a hunter to prey purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #15

Tons of boys and girls have been molested by family BigmanPigman 14 hrs ago #16

There are different sorts of pathologies at play (ugh need a better word) Coventina 14 hrs ago #17