[buran77]

The excuse has to be something nobody can appear to be supporting (pedophilia, terrorism, nazis, etc.). It's not only an appeal to emotion, it's also a false dichotomy, a loaded question, guilt by association.

Others look at this recipe and can't help but notice its effectiveness. Eventually nobody is beneath pulling this kind of logic, even if they were the ones crucifying it just a few short years ago. The weaker the leader, the more likely that that they forget where they wrote down those principles of theirs and resort to this crap.

[autoexec]

> The excuse has to be something nobody can appear to be supporting (pedophilia, terrorism, nazis, etc.).

If only being associated with pedophilia and nazis was still something that had to be avoided because it would be career ending otherwise.

[galangalalgol]

Right? I was just thinking that Maine looks to be electing someone who had nazi tattoos, and it would seem pedophilia is one of the few things both parties approve of at least in deed.

[smcin]

(Graham Platner had the tattoo covered up 10/2025)

[AnthonyMouse]

> The excuse has to be something nobody can appear to be supporting (pedophilia, terrorism, nazis, etc.).

If this actually works then it should work in both directions, right?

Example: Many websites are malicious or adversarial, therefore anything enabling a service to discern whether the user is a vulnerable child is a boon to website-operating pedos and needs to be eliminated. The law should inhibit predatory services from being able to discern the user's age, to protect the children.

[miohtama]

The FATF guidance actually state that if your purchase a VPN license (shows up on credit card bill) you should suspect of being pedophile by your bank staff:

https://x.com/moo9000/status/1901906097323012466?s=20