are pedophiles good people?

https://lemmy.world/post/44850055

are pedophiles good people?

Well, depends.

Are they alive and breathing? Then, no.

Are they dead and not breathing? Then, no. But at least they are dead.

Does pedophiles imply sex offender?

Because there’s some of them seeking help knowing they have a problem

That does not make them good people.

You are conflating paedophilia with sexual offenders. Which makes the situation worse for all potential victims because it makes seeking help more difficult for those paedophiles that do not want to become a perpetrator. There are legit therapies available to deal with paraphilias.

Note that the majority of perpetrators is not paedophilic. Sexual assault is often about power and dominance. Children are simply easy targets.

No I’m not.

You are conflating people not being bad, being thus good.

They don’t automatically become good people, just because they are not bad.

There is a whole range between being a good human being, and being a bad human being. People “just not acting out” what they would like, and seeking help doesn’t make them GOOD people. It probably makes them “not bad people”, but only in this specific case.

Yes you are lol

Do you think people choose to be attracted to children? It’s a mental illness that should be treated