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The ONLY political slant is that nobody is doing anything concrete about it....at least nothing that is visible to the public in a manner that we can see anyway.
Highlights of the conference:
Pedophiles are “unfairly stigmatized and demonized” by society.
There was concern about “vice-laden diagnostic criteria” and “cultural baggage of wrongfulness.”
“We are not required to interfere with or inhibit our child’s sexuality.”
“Children are not inherently unable to consent” to sex with an adult.
“In Western culture sex is taken too seriously.”
“Anglo-American standard on age of consent is new [and ‘Puritanical’]. In Europe it was always set at 10 or 12. Ages of consent beyond that are relatively new and very strange, especially for boys. They’ve always been able to have sex at any age.”
An adult’s desire to have sex with children is “normative.”
Our society should “maximize individual liberty. … We have a highly moralistic society that is not consistent with liberty.”
“Assuming children are unable to consent lends itself to criminalization and stigmatization.”
“These things are not black and white; there are various shades of gray.”
A consensus belief by both speakers and pedophiles in attendance was that, because it vilifies MAPs, pedophilia should be removed as a mental disorder from the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), in the same manner homosexuality was removed in 1973.
Dr. Fred Berlin acknowledged that it was political activism, similar to that witnessed at the conference, rather than scientific considerations that successfully led to the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder: The reason “homosexuality was taken out of DSM is that people didn’t want the government in the bedroom,” he said.
Dr. Berlin appeared to endorse the politically maligned clinical practice of “reparative therapy” for homosexuals and pedophiles alike, saying, “If someone, for their own reasons, doesn’t want to live a homosexual lifestyle, I tell them that it’s hard but I’ll try to help them.”
The DSM ignores that pedophiles “have feelings of love and romance for children” in the same way adult heterosexuals and homosexuals have romantic feelings for one another.
“The majority of pedophiles are gentle and rational.”
The DSM should “focus on the needs” of the pedophile, and should have “a minimal focus on social control,” rather than obsessing about the “need to protect children.”
Self-descried “gay activist” and speaker Jacob Breslow said that children can properly be “the object of our attraction.” He further objectified children, suggesting that pedophiles needn’t gain consent from a child to have sex with “it” any more than we need consent from a shoe to wear it. He then used graphic, slang language to favorably describe the act of climaxing (ejaculating) “on or with” a child. No one in attendance objected to this explicit depiction of child sexual assault.
originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
I despise the PC Brigade and its offspring Generation Snowflake but that guy is an odious piece of #.
He wouldn't last five seconds where I live.
I can't believe he's allowed to run for public office.
The worrying thing is some people will actually vote for him.
I do not see how this behavior can ever be normalized. Quad
originally posted by: lakenheath24
a reply to: Quadrivium
Are you freaking kidding me????? Who the hell would host such an event?
That is truly shocking and I wish that was fake news..
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Quadrivium
I do not see how this behavior can ever be normalized. Quad
Unfortunately, I have seen a lot of things normalized over the last 50 plus years that I never thought possible.
I am sure there will be a lot more before I close these eyes for the last time.
originally posted by: lakenheath24
In the US, we put tags on them and in Florida, they have to have "I'm an f'in PEDO" in their yards. It's an incurable disease and they should be thrown out of an airplane.
There is a website you can see where they live, so if you buy a house you can be aware. It's a good tool for Halloween,
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: Quadrivium
Not wishing to go off-topic, but what things do you mean?
The only thing that I would argue against is paedo's and sex criminals, most other changes in society have been good in my life. Can't rape your wife legally anymore, it's not legal to treat someone like # for their sexuality or gender, race, disability etc.
I think society is so much better than say the late 70's and early 80's. Paedo's are a different breed though, of course their behaviour and lusts must always be scorned and fought against.