Because MAA and paedophile are not the same. There are those among us who are attracted to minors but not to children and who for that reason do not wish to be called paedophiles.
Others simply want to avoid the word paedophiles because of the way it is constantly abused by ignorant people like you.
What is a "legitimate pedophile"? Why should the FBI be looking for them? They may be looking for child porn traders, they may be looking child abusers - neither of these terms is synonymous with "pedophile". It is not illegal to be a pedophile, so the FBI has no business to be looking for pedophiles. The Slashdot community rightly insists on the difference between "hacker" and "cracker". I insist on the difference between "pedophile" and "child molester".
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Because MAA and paedophile are not the same. There are those among us who are attracted to minors but not to children and who for that reason do not wish to be called paedophiles.
Others simply want to avoid the word paedophiles because of the way it is constantly abused by ignorant people like you.
NFiH (webmaster of one of the sites affected)What is a "legitimate pedophile"? Why should the FBI be looking for them? They may be looking for child porn traders, they may be looking child abusers - neither of these terms is synonymous with "pedophile". It is not illegal to be a pedophile, so the FBI has no business to be looking for pedophiles. The Slashdot community rightly insists on the difference between "hacker" and "cracker". I insist on the difference between "pedophile" and "child molester".
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