a lot of states and nations have "romeo and juliet" carveouts, so young people near the offical age of consent can have their awkward rolls in the hay without it being a crime, so long as the older party is effectively near peer. like a 19 year old with a 17 year old, etc.

for some reason, he seems to be completely ignoring that and attempting to champion a significant relaxation of the rules to allow 15 year olds to be groomed by a wealthy, elderly procurers/panderers under the guise of looking out for "the kids".

epstein

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

allow 15 year olds to be groomed by a wealthy, elderly ~~procurers/panderers~~ lawyer

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah that's the funniest thing. I will say - there is a REAL PROBLEM when states don't have those and some parent can basically turn an 18 year old into a sex offender because they don't like them dating their 16 or 17 year old child (most likely reason: racist bastards or some other CHUD shit). Statutoryremoved is important to have (against grooming, etc.) but it shouldn't be leveraged against people who are within a year or two of each other. A pair of underage kids with a small age gap shouldn't be made to suddenly stop having sex or being intimate (or have that criminalized and the consequences of becoming a sex offender) when the 17 year old turns 18 while the other is still 16. Any reasonable person understands this.

So like, I don't want to give Dersh any credit, but the fact is people can, actually, be harmed by age of consent when there's not those carveouts. And if that were all he were advocating for (universal carveouts that apply the age/2 + 7 formula until 21 or something) then maybe he wouldn't be a demon. But he's a maniac.

[–] Skye@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Edit: removed for using the word phylactery in an attempt to call Dershowitz a horrible creature without knowing its origins

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He's gonna call you antisemitic for that, given that phylacteries are an actual jewish thing.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

TIL, but Phylactery has other meanings too and I think the "D&D Lich soul container" one refers back to the reliquary meaning.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Given that it refers to something that contains a bit of a person, sure. But do you expect the dersh to be honest in his antisemitic accusations?

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Even between relinquery and soup cage phylactery has been used/is still used to refer to amulets, protective charms. Admittedly the D&D phylactery is protecting what it contains rather than providing protection to what it's attached to, but it's a much clearer connection than the tefillin.

[–] Skye@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, thanks for letting me know about that, I had no idea distress

I edited the comment clarifying why it's gone now. Sorry about that negative

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think you're actually antisemitic, it's just a fun coincidence

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

TIL.

It's lib coded but horcruxes are totally ripped from the D&D phylactery. Then again that demon is probably actually anti semitic.