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She should not be able to walk down the street without constant reminder of making this statement about victims of sex trafficking. Absolute monster of a person.
"There really is, one is annoying and one is hot". -Trump, probably
More like "I'll be dating her in 5 years, and her in 15."
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/12/13265670/trump-10-year-old-girl
More like "I've been dating her for 2 years, and her in another 8."
In his defense, teenagers are annoying as fuck.
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I'm so sorry
Relevant username?
Nah, that was funny.
I really only want to talk to people between the ages of 30 and 60.
respectively?
Megan Kelly has a 15 year old daughter, someone should call CPS and look into this poor kid if her mom thinks a grown man grooming her isnt a bad thing
I want every single, sheltered Lemmy progressive to use this opportunity to SPAM every message board, every subreddit, every facebook group, with this clip, this story, Megan Kelly's warp-distorted face rationalizing the abuse of children.
THIS is the shit we need to be doing and putting all our energy into instead of infighting about what words are problematic.
I mean, you will succeed in turning some people away from Megan Kelly but mostly only dying boomers are watching her anyway.
I'll take it.
I agree with the sentiment, but you lost me at using corporate social media. Eww.
Can we shove these clips in MAGA CHUDs' faces IRL instead, please?
If you can reach enough people, do what you will, but it's ridiculous to be performative about it, millions of conservatives use social media, they trust social media, social media is what got trump fucking elected to begin with.
Why? It's different both legally and clinically. Almost all states increase the severity of the crime for younger victims, usually choosing the delineating age around 12 or 13.