Attack of the 50 Foot Fisto

self-shipped:

antishipping:

queenofthefaces:

thefloatingstone:

roach-works:

casual-sarcasm:

lornagonigall:

some post: THE FOLLOWING USER IS A PEDOPHILE

me: ah what undesirable™ ship is it today

THIS!!! THIS IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM!!!! THIS IS WHY THIS PETTY PEDOPHILIA POINTING GAME IS SUCH A FUCKING ISSUE AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TRENDS OUT THERE.

THERE ARE REAL ACTUAL PREDATORS ON THE INTERNET AND ON TUMBLR TOO IM SURE. BUT IS ANYONE GONNA TAKE A PEDOPHILE WARNING SERIOUSLY NOW??? ON TUMBLR.DOT.HELL WHERE ANY AND EVERYONE WHO YOU DISAGREE WITH IS “PROBABLY A PEDOPHILE!”
NO!! NO THEY ARE NOT.

HONESTLY ALL THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT ABOUT TRYING TO FIGHT PEDOPHILES AND KEEP KIDS SAFE IN FANDOM SPACES GOING TO
THE ABSURD LEVELS THAT IT HAS, PROBABLY HAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT.

YOU ARE GIVING ACTUAL PREDATORS A PLACE TO HIDE.
IN BETWEEN ALL THE ABSURDITY AND SHIP BULLSHIT.

YOU’RE GIVING PEDOPHILIA WARNINGS AN EYEROLL AND AN “ugh what is it now” RESPONSE.

IM MAD. IM MAD THAT PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP OTHERS SAFE WOULD THROW A WORD LIKE THAT AROUND SO CARELESSLY,TO THE EXTEND THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME DOWNRIGHT
DESENSITIEZED TO IT.

BEING ACUSED OF PEDOFILIA ON TUMBLR ISNT EVEN SERIOUS. YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE ON A HEADCANON AND YOU’RE PROBABLY A PEDOPHILE. YOU SHIP SOMEONES NOTP YOU’RE PROBABLY A PEDOPILE. YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMEONES OPINION AND YOU’RE PROBABLY A PEDOPHILE.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHO, THIS BENEFITS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE????
THAT NO ONE TAKES AN ACCUSATION LIKE THAT SERIOUSLY??????

ACTUAL FUCKING PEDOPHILES. ACTUAL FUCKING PEDOPHILES WHO NOW HAVE A MILLION AND ONE EXCUSES TO GIVE OTHERS IF THEY’RE CALLED OUT AND DISCOVERED.

THE WHOLE PEDOPHILIA RAGE ON THIS SITE IS INFURIATING AS IT IS. ITS A DISGUSTING THING TO BE CALLED WITHOUT ANY GROUNDS.  BUT WORST OF ALL ITS DOWN RIGHT FUCKING DANGEROUS.

IF YOU’VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN THIS PEDOPHILIA SMEAR CAMPAIN.
IF YOU’VE EVER ACCUSED SOMEONE OF PEDOPHILIA WITHOUT HAVING EVIDENCE OF THEM TRYING TO HURT A CHILD, OR ADVOCATING PEDOHILIC BEHAVIOR. IF YOU’VE EVER ACCUSED SOMEONE OF PEDOPHILIA OVER SOME PETTY FANDOM DISAGREEMENT BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD SURELY GIVE YOU THE UPPER HAND. IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED TURN “PEDOPHILIA” INTO A BUZZWORD.

YOU HAVENT MADE FANDOM A SAFE SPACE. YOU’VE MADE FANDOM INTO A SPACE WHERE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN OFF BASED ON
HOW POPULAR THE BLOG THAT MADE THE CLAIM WAS, AND HOW MANY NOTES THE CALLOUT POST GOT.

MEANWHILE YOU’VE GIVEN ACTUAL PREDATORS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT.

TL;D-FUCKING-R
DO NOT CALL PEOPLE FUCKING PEDOPHILES UNLESS YOU HAVE EVIDENCE WITH THEM TRYING TO HARM ACTUAL KIDS.
PLEASE.

NOT JUST BECAUSE ITS A SHITTY FUCKING THING TO DO, BUT BECAUSE ITS FUCKING DANGEROUS.

fun fact: me and all my friends who were themselves victims of CSA screamed our heads off about this exact thing when it started happening in 2015 

other fun fact: we were called pedophiles for it 

Pedophiles aren’t bad because they’re “icky”—they’re bad when a REAL CHILD can be HURT and put in DANGER. The focus on “stopping a bad guy” has reframed the issue into centering a “bad guy” and “getting revenge” INSTEAD OF PROTECTING PEOPLE. Victims are left IN THE DUST.

This framing, and the insistence that it’s “ok” to directly interact with someone you think is a predator—spamming their comments, sending them a DM, making posts name dropping them—puts. Kids. In DANGER.

There are TEENAGERS running “pedo hunter” accounts, and making “catching pedos” a fun meme and game for clout, that they laugh about in their discord servers and blogs with their friends. These kids go INTO NSFW AND ADULT SPACES, even going as far as to make fake accounts, lie about their ages, and infiltrate private servers, and they not only SAVE AND SHARE this content to their OTHER MINOR FOLLOWERS, they become DESENSITIZED TO SEEING IT

There are adults ENCOURAGING THIS BEHAVIOR, and blurring the lines of what these real terms mean. No, just SEEING a piece of porn ISNT GROOMING. GROOMING is an INTENTIONAL ACTION made BY AN ABUSER TO A VICTIM.

Grooming isn’t “I saw something that upset me”

Grooming is “this Safe Adult is sharing porn to Warn Me”

All of this? All of the above? This is why there have been MULTIPLE instances of ACTUAL. REAL LIFE. CSEM. Shared in these circles—to accounts with THOUSANDS of followers sharing it.

Because the obsession with catching the bad guy, the desensitization to pornographic material, the idea that people “need proof” and “receipts,” and that individuals and teens need “lead the way” and he active and involved in “taking down a pedo,”

It directly led to literal multiple occasions of real CSEM material being shared. Because there’s a whole community of people—with lots of kids in it—who don’t understand or don’t care that 1) sharing and saving that material is a felony and 2) every time that image is shared and seen is ANOTHER INSTANCE OF ABUSE TO THE VICTIM

(Bc w both of these things they think “intention” is important, that bc they’re not personally attracted to something or interacting w it sexually thst it’s ok. It’s why an adult can share porn to “warn” them because it’s a “safe” intention. It’s why these kids can sexually harass people “as a meme” or a “copypasta” or a “joke,” bc they think if there isn’t a sexual attempt, it’s somehow not harmful.)

Adults should NEVER show porn to minors, for any reason

Minors should stay OUT of 18+ spaces and NOT PUBLICLY INTERACT WITH THEM

And the CORRECT way to report CSEM is to PRIVATELY REPORT IT. Because sharing it will spread that material, which is bad in and of itself, but it can ALSO spread that material to ACTUAL PREDATORS who will save it before it’s deleted

AND FINALLY:

ONLY REPORT SOMETHING IF THERE IS PROOF A REAL CHILD WAS INVOLVED AND HURT. The authorities can’t do anything about someone’s loli anime porn—they are ONLY looking to PROTECT REAL CHILDREN. Reporting anything else is a WASTE OF RESOURCES.

Bringing this up again and reblogging this version because this is extremely important.

Please… just stop. Stop creating a safe space for predators in fandom. Stop submitting false reports to the authorities and distracting experts from real children in danger. Stop acting like this is about protecting minors and survivors when all you’re doing is throwing these extremely dangerous accusions around over the most irrelevant things. Stop treating pedophilia exposure like it’s a “fun little trend 😝” for kids to take part in. Please. I’m begging y'all.

[id: a tweet from the iwf hotline reading “In 2019, our analysts assessed more reports than ever before. But only half contained imagery we could action. False reports waste charity resources and can distress our analysts.” /end id]

(via noritaro)