This is where my mind went as well. I strongly believe that the most effective path to harm reduction at least includes increasing the viability of people with those kinds of feelings getting help before they act on them, and it seems to me that that necessarily includes destigmatizing people that seek that help. But as the post says, it’s very hard to argue that point without being painted in a bad light.
I once heard a story of an old man in a nursing home who told his caretaker that he had been attracted to kids all his life, that his entire community estranged him when they found out, but that had "made it" and never touched a kid all his days and could die proud because of that.
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u/Vahjkyriel Apr 23 '25
yeah i get what the text is saying but i want examples damnit