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Not fun to watch. Not only did Jacob not deserve to die for going out at night to rent a movie, but this asshole is one of the reasons that sex offender registries are as punitive as they are. The police messed up the investigation, but this piece of shit pulled the trigger and shot Jacob. And then lived his life as a free man for 27 years (though he cried after committing murder, so that means he's not a monster...) It's hard watching and seeing what feels like a kind of twisted reflection of your own desire. Just because he also found boys attractive. I have nothing in common with him yet society would put us in the same basket. And internalized stigma even has me question what I might be capable of for a cute boy. Even though I know- not that. Nor anything like it. What straight man would look at Ted Bundy and reflect on their own feelings with shame? What straight man would feel guilty for recognizing that a rape and murder victim was attractive? How comprehensively the antis control the narrative. Even though I've never considered my attraction to boys inherently bad, watching this made me feel a degree of shame. Because unlike some situational offenders, this guy was attracted to boys. Not all MAPs are offenders. Not all offenders are monsters. But this guy was a MAP, and offender AND a monster. Monsters come in all sexual orientations. The comments at the end about civil commitment also made me feel conflicted, too. I'm strongly against civil commitment, especially when it terms non-violent offenders as "sexually violent predators". But this asshole is a murderer only serving time for CP charges. He had his 27 years roaming free after his crime. He should die in prison. But no murder charge is the deal the prosecutor made in order to find Jacob's remains. As much as I want this piece of shit to rot, I can't support a system as unjust as civil commitment just to punish someone that I detest. |