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Somfin posted:A few drat good words. As Somefin says, dehumanization is utterly counterproductive to not just post-hoc rehabilitation, but prevention as well. It's a topic I loving hate to bring up because even making arguments against the immediate dehumanization of persons with pedophilic inclinations is so taboo, but that very knee-jerk reaction greatly exacerbates the danger they pose. While it is entirely understandable that the visceral reaction to potential child-abusers is so violent, all it does is push individuals struggling with their hosed up impulses into the margins—which, in our interconnected age, inevitably leads them to similarly-minded online communities that normalize their inclination and increase their potential for actual abuse. The obvious answer is to offer help coping with and reducing their urges before they reach that point. If you've ever seen the double-take inducing billboards that advertise: "Having sexual thoughts about children? Call 555-555-5555.", that's an attempt at doing just that. An attempt that is severely hampered by our society's incapability to differentiate between the illness and the crime itself. There's no better way to create a real monster than by repeatedly telling someone they are one, and our children suffer for it. But everyone seems to be going for Argle Bargle's gimmick in this thread. Oh well.
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