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A person might say “I'm attracted to children, but I am part of a group that believes sex between adults and children is wrong. I will never harm a child. I would just like to be respected as a human being.” But if someone within the group breaks these values, opponents will shine a light on that and everyone will think we are all just liars. Their view of all of us is forever scarred by these people. It's inevitable. But if you say (the standard line here, I believe) that one should obey the laws as they are today but want them changed, you are just as much sullied by a few people who don't. If you say it's OK to break the law today, you're not even trying to address the concerns of that audience. So how can future groups defend against this? Surely this has been done to all sorts of groups fighting for their rights, yet they have addressed it successfully in a way that we haven't. It is fought by more and more people coming out, so that at some point most people know some pedophile as a person. This was what gays needed to overcome the idea that they raped unwilling men/boys in bathrooms -- coming out and being known. Part of the VP idea is a gradual virtuous circle of a few more people coming out more broadly, more people knowing them as good people, and getting across the simple idea that lots of pedos don't have sex with kids, leading to more acceptance and more people coming out. |