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Yeah, that seems like a likely outcome.

I don't know if “accep myself” is the correct term for me, given that I live in fear of the social consequences of being exposed and the burden of having to keep my sexuality in secret, but I'm at peace with myself, yeah.

I've found myself relating to much of what John_Doe says, although my AoA is ...

The funniest comment to me is:

hese people live amongst us. These people are our teachers, dads, brothers, uncles , coaches, church goers, non church goers, the mailman, the repair man, the “friend”, politicians, the goddamn POTUS.

I have no hope for humanity. I do not trust anyone these days. It ...

Opinion is shifting at an alarming rate. I’m not sure I know of any other political issue where mainstream opinion has changed so quickly—and with such a strong effort to forget how people thought just over 10 years ago. Age gaps that were once socially accepted as perfectly normal have come to be ...

I would say this applies to all types of crime (where “crime” is understood to mean anything that violates current moral standards—of course, this includes both behaviors that harm others and harmless behaviors that people still consider criminal). It’s not just limited to MAPs. If you read news ...

I know of a few videos that are still available on YouTube, but I'm concerned that if they start getting more views, they'll be reported and censored... Anyway, the videos I'm thinking of have been re-uploaded to FSTube, so it's probably safer to watch there. Given the current situation, it’s ...

I'm also surprised that there aren't more relatives and loved ones willing to stand up.

It could be that I'm not a MAP at all, but if my son were imprisoned for several years for some telepathic crime like looking at pictures and videos, I would be very, very angry at a society that allows such ...

I know of a few videos that are still available on YouTube, but I'm concerned that if they start getting more views, they'll be reported and censored... Anyway, the videos I'm thinking of have been re-uploaded to FSTube, so it's probably safer to watch there. Given the current situation, it’s best ...

By the way, surprisingly (because, given the current political climate, this sort of thing doesn't usually happen), the main accuser in that article retracted his statement years later:

In 2016, the Democratic party activist and former music industry executive Ronald Savage alleged that Bambaataa ...

In cases of truly consensual and reasonable relationships between adults and teenagers I think if they are caught, based on "victim statement," presenting a positive light of the relationship, it should be a very light sentence like community service or something like that rather than jail, and ...