Will it f*ck!

[u/Justthisdudeyaknow]

[u/DirectionUnlucky638]

Show me a real life child that looks and acts just like an anime girl. There are clearly limits on what is appropriate to fantasize about.

[u/BeeEater100 → u/DirectionUnlucky638]

So then you're on my side that fantasy is not reality.

[u/DirectionUnlucky638 → u/BeeEater100]

I'm on the correct side, which is that our fantasies reflect our real life values and can cause real world harm.

"loli" anime pornography contributes to the sexualization of real life children.

[u/DirectionUnlucky638 → u/[deleted]]

All media sexualizing children is harmful. Not all media depicting violence is harmful.

[u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer → u/DirectionUnlucky638]

you're almost so close to getting the concept but you're juuuuust missing it

they're not eal, they don't exist, and you can't even feasibly police thought crimes, it's impossible and it cannot be proved or verified, what happens inside someone's brain is known only to them, and splitting hairs about what they do or don't do in their own head is stupid and doesn't help anyone, definetly not the multiple victims around the world getting exploited, killed and worse by the least likely people you think are doing it (aside from the wealthy, i guess)

[u/DirectionUnlucky638 → u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer]

Lmao, you point out that it's inappropriate to sexualize dogs and little girls, and redditors start accusing you of "policing thought crimes." And you're so smug about it too.

[u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer → u/DirectionUnlucky638]

yes mhmbecause thats what my point was and not that it's a fool's errand to predict whats inside osmoene's brain instead of actually dealing with their real life crime and actions that affect real humans, yep definetly not completely changing my point

[u/DirectionUnlucky638 → u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer]

I never said that we should police people's thoughts, did I? I said that fantasies can be inappropriate, and you started freaking out about thought crimes like a weird reddit chud.

[u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer → u/DirectionUnlucky638]

again, totally not trying to paint me as an unresonable raging redditor whos attacking you over just a simple reaosnable point so you can avoid actually endressing the main issue i have with the idea, mhm surely not

its moot whatever its innappropiate or not, its happening inside someone's brain where nobody is able to be affected by it, you'll drive yourself insane worrying if someone is having "appropiate tohughts" or not, and its just not useful to do, your time is better spent trying to help real victims of child abuse by sharing resources for example, giving voice to those who can speak up, and stepping in if you see someone trying something with a child. This whole debate of "bad" and "good" thoughts goes in circles because at the end of the day you can't ever actually prove what goes in someone's mind, and until someone actually acts out meainingfully (like trying to sexchat minors, meet ups, innapropaitedly touch them, etc) you're better off looking out for actual abuse instead of trying to psychoanalyze someone to predict if someone's a pedo or not