• douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I mean, technically correct?

    People use the term wrong, but people who are ruled by emotion and not facts hate to think things through rationally. Which is the majority of everyone.

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      13 hours ago

      Technically correct, but media never uses it that way. People generally do not differentiate the two

      The fact she is making this distinction, which she has never made before for anyone, tells me she’s priming her audience to be okay with rich and powerful men raping underage women

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        12 hours ago

        Ding ding ding And this may or may not be her own opinion as well, but right now she’s -as per usual- parroting exactly what she’s been told, what’s she’s been paid to say

        She’s ex fox news, lying for money is her only real skill

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      13 hours ago

      I’d add that pedophilia could be the genera and ephebophile the species.

      Or whatever the corresponding trinomial nomenclature is.

      A teenager is still a kid. Legally, ethically, morally.

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      19 hours ago

      Technically Pedarest. Sure. It’s still 10 times to Monday illegal and disgusting.

      Watch them keep moving the goal post. Next “10 year olds are practically teens!”

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      18 hours ago

      I disagree. Look in the dictionary, or a few dictionaries, and you will see that there are multiple definitions, one of which matches common usage.

      This happens all the time with language. Sorry, but you gotta keep an eye on how words evolve!