So, we have a really long article about violent pedophile hunters and the only times where they talk about the harm this causes are:
Law enforcement experts said those groups put bystanders in danger by attacking people in public places and jeopardize criminal cases.
and
They said the group was creating dangerous situations in public settings and that its actions could interfere with criminal prosecutions.
Nowhere they even hint at the biggest harm that these actions cause: To the pedophiles.
I’m supposed to have cognitive dissonance? The police and writers of these articles don’t even see us as human beings. But that is nothing new after all.
Why am I even writing this?
There was a big story about the police uncovering a far-right pedophile hunting group in Austria and the articles were filled with outrage and compassion for the victims. They were all gay though. They are humans after all…
I wish we had a civil rights movement for MAPs. We need a group of people who have the guts to stand up to this dehumanization.