It's first time i am seeing these reports. I read through them. I don't have prior opinion about DeVault (don't know much about him) and i am not fighting for him. But the report seems to try to nail him for liking animated porn. I don't get much kick out of animated porn but the stuff i've seen has always been "enhanced" - everything is either too big, too small, too young, to old.
I am not sure how you can compare that to child pedophilia where just the creation of that material is an awful abuse.
Is it wierd to me? Sure i don't get how somebody can be excited about that. But people have wierd kinks and things like wierd real life extreme abuse porn seems to me to be worse and its legal.
Is there higher chance people that like animated porn like child pornography? For sure much higher. But it doesn't mean all of them are pedophiles. You know you become pedophile after you engage with that not just because of what your brain interprets as exciting.
I am all for canceling this guy after somebody has proof about him being pedophile but if that report was proof i think many people (especially extremely online people on hacker news) would be in exactly same water.
So, watching loli porn is what exactly? Why would someone be sexually a aroused by small children (but animated)?
I agree that it isn't as bad as actual child porn- no kids are usually harmed by loli porn getting created.
But it sure does tell me a lot about the sexual attractions someone might have. I don't think the allegations imply that he ever harmed or hurt children, just that there's just as much of case against him being into pedo stuff than Stallman. (Which btw, I'm not defending, and in fact I usually argue with Stallman fans defending him more than anything else)
Is it wierd to me? Sure i don't get how somebody can be excited about that. But people have wierd kinks and things like wierd real life extreme abuse porn seems to me to be worse and its legal. Is there higher chance people that like animated porn like child pornography? For sure much higher. But it doesn't mean all of them are pedophiles. You know you become pedophile after you engage with that not just because of what your brain interprets as exciting.
I am all for canceling this guy after somebody has proof about him being pedophile but if that report was proof i think many people (especially extremely online people on hacker news) would be in exactly same water.