Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Farmers For Trump & Pedophiles Seek Help: VICE News Tonight Full Episode" video.

  1. Prevention is always the best route when it comes to uncontrollable impulses. Thinking logically about people who feel uncontrollable urges that would lead them to commit any crimes, be it child abuse, violence against others, road rage, stealing stuff like kleptos, even problems like hoarding, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders and whatnot - if it's detected early and there is a line of medical/scientific method of prevention of ultimate criminal consequences, that should be the way to go, always. It doesn't go only about pedophiles. How about people thinking of commiting mass murder? Rapists in general? People with mindsets of serial killers? Even if you are completely disgusted by people like that and would want nothing to do with it, not reason about it, not try to understand how the mind of these people work, if there are professionals willing to go there and prevent things from escalating, seems logical that it should be done. If for nothing else, just for people to have some line of support and keep in control in their darkest hours. Sexual crimes of all sorts, and then specially against minors, got stigmatized to a level that it has become problematic even for prevention efforts. Because there is no rational analysis of it anymore. Just explosive reactions that produce nothing after the fact. Unsubstantial indignation. If people are honestly against such crimes, I don't see why you'd condemn that line of approach. The world is big, and people are many. The more you understand the diversity that there truly is around you, and I mean not only of origin, skin color or sexuality, but in a broader sense of how the thought processes and mind works, the more you get that there is an urgent need for sets of people to be listened to, understood, and treated when necessary to live honest, fullfilling lives that are compatible with their societies and environment. And I'm glad that there are doctors like that guy. If his work manages to avoid a single case of child abuse at all, he's already done much more than most demagogues out there. It largely seems to be that pedophilia has become a hot button topic that has been largely used as political platform of sorts to enact all sorts of immeasured and ineffective policies that never managed to actually curb child abuse crimes, when not used as a weapon to be fired against perceived enemies or political opposition. It's often going after the wrong people, with distorted reasoning, and shortcut-like ideas for lack of understanding what is really happening out there. It's an ugly world that everyone tries to avoid looking too much into, and that's exactly why misconceptions come up. No one wants to hear that the vast majority of sexual abuse crimes comes from direct relatives, families, and/or people who the family trusted all their lives like priests, teachers and coaches. People who were thoroughly trusted with the child's safety. And this way, the problem is never really solved. Children continue being victimized, the crime is never solved, and there is no proper reflection on what the process is that leads to it. Incredibly enough, there's also a huge reality distortion field surrounding the subject. I've seen multiple times people accusing other countries, hobbies, cultures or groups of people of being "filled with pedophiles" and whatnot, not knowing that their own country, their own group of people, their own culture having record cases of child abuse. Like, people really don't know what's behind all this, because they cannot look into the situation properly. People standing in false moral high grounds lobbying accusations against others not even knowing how bad things are in their own backyard. It's time to stop with this shit and focus on real solutions instead.
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