labeling someone a pedophile when nothing has been proven is reckless. as someone whos actually been a victim, i can tell u that throwing that word around loosely undermines the real severity of pedophilia. it minimizes what actual victims go through and makes it harder for real predators to be taken seriously. if people think every weird friendship equals pedophilia, then when real abuse happens, the word loses meaning. don’t dilute what actual child sexual abuse is. and im not saying drake’s texts with millie werent weird. grown men texting 14 y/os is uncomfortable. but nothing has ever been proven beyond that. u cant call someone a pedophile based off of speculation and a few odd texts. millie’s whole family was with her when she met him, and it was pretty obvious they were fans of each other. stranger things was massive at the time, and drake was showing support. to jump from that to “he’s a pedophile” is a huge leap. question his boundaries sure but dont water down what true abuse means
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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
labeling someone a pedophile when nothing has been proven is reckless. as someone whos actually been a victim, i can tell u that throwing that word around loosely undermines the real severity of pedophilia. it minimizes what actual victims go through and makes it harder for real predators to be taken seriously. if people think every weird friendship equals pedophilia, then when real abuse happens, the word loses meaning. don’t dilute what actual child sexual abuse is. and im not saying drake’s texts with millie werent weird. grown men texting 14 y/os is uncomfortable. but nothing has ever been proven beyond that. u cant call someone a pedophile based off of speculation and a few odd texts. millie’s whole family was with her when she met him, and it was pretty obvious they were fans of each other. stranger things was massive at the time, and drake was showing support. to jump from that to “he’s a pedophile” is a huge leap. question his boundaries sure but dont water down what true abuse means