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by wsc981
1914 days ago
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I think this view of Stallman was quite widespread in the 70s, or at the very least much more widespread than it is today. I read in The Netherlands in the 70s child porn was quite readily available. See also “Chick arrest”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_th... In this period there were even politicians openly advocating for allowing sex with children on television: https://youtu.be/nSMpAhQRDB8 (Dutch spoken) It seems to me often the people advocating for allowing sex with children would be left-oriented. https://timeline.com/children-of-god-5245a45f6a2a However I believe most decent human beings these days realize sex with children can be very harmful to children. Perhaps this is a background Stallman grew up in. |
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And teenagers. My kid's progressive K-12 private school had a scandal recently when more than a dozen victims came forth with allegations that they had been sexually abused by male teachers in the 1970s. Much of the testimony recounts that sexual relationships between male teachers and high school students were an "open secret" around the school, teachers would invite students to parties at their houses, etc.
It was a very liberal school back then too--the fact that it did not generate a scandal at the time despite being an "open secret" tells you about how the boundaries were being pushed in various directions back then. Luckily that turned out to be an ideological dead end.