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Cool. So Epstein did nothing wrong. Got it!
The cognitive dissonance in this thread is astounding.
There is a very clear difference between sexual abuse of minors and the ability to communicate. One is bad regardless of how you frame it, the other is dependent on the respective medium and how it is moderated.
Giving a 15 y.o. a platform to discuss stuff with peers, even if there are people out there who might try to groom them, is a good thing. The groomers are the ones that have to be reigned in, not the teens.
I completely agree and think that the proposal in the article really misses the mark.
However, to claim the issue is moot because "15 year olds are not children" (as some have done in this thread) is patently ridiculous. Taking that argument to its logical conclusion exposes its flaws — which was the point of my previous comment.
"Not a child" doesn't mean "is an adult". We're talking about an intermediate stage where they need to be able to gradually take on more responsibility for themselves, but still need extra protection from things like sexual predators because their risk assessment abilities aren't yet fully developed.
Fuck off mate, stop trying to change the narrative.