Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhy are Republicans so obsessed with finding Pedos when they can just look at their own party?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down110
arrow-up1407arrow-down1imageWhy are Republicans so obsessed with finding Pedos when they can just look at their own party?lemmy.worldPotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down29·6 months agoYes, because 17 year olds are children. /s. They may be legal minors, and you may even consider them not fully adults, but they’re definitely not the same as an 8 year old.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoIf we made it 16, you’d say the same about 15. And so on. There is a reason society implemented the age of consent.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down15·6 months agoAnd in the UK, the age of consent is 16. As it should be.
minus-squareVaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoIn other countries it’s set at 13 so fucking irrelevant what other countries do.
minus-squarelone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months ago As it should be Way to tell on yourself
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·6 months agoAs someone who supports the right of mature people to make their own decisions? Yes, but I don’t know why you’re saying it like it’s a bad thing.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoThey are still in a state of transition (esp. brain and hormonal), so…
Yes, because 17 year olds are children. /s. They may be legal minors, and you may even consider them not fully adults, but they’re definitely not the same as an 8 year old.
If we made it 16, you’d say the same about 15. And so on. There is a reason society implemented the age of consent.
And in the UK, the age of consent is 16. As it should be.
In other countries it’s set at 13 so fucking irrelevant what other countries do.
Way to tell on yourself
As someone who supports the right of mature people to make their own decisions? Yes, but I don’t know why you’re saying it like it’s a bad thing.
They are still in a state of transition (esp. brain and hormonal), so…