all i have to say about internet pedophiles
July 29, 2025
i've sorta spoken at length about how i feel about this before and this is the last time i'm going to talk about this. i don't think there's any point in arguing with people about this, you can't change people's minds, some people are just fucked. i can curate my own space and control who i hang out with. i can't stop fucked up people from existing and i have to deal with that. i'm still going to express how i feel about it and be clear in that i will not associate with these kinds of people.
these days tumblr has a large "pro-para" community; that is, self-identified pedophiles, zoophiles, and / or necrophiles and the people who support them. it's a swelling, weeping boil on the back of the site that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. there's also a non-insignificant overlap between this community and many fandom spaces, which is frightening to me because many of these spaces are frequented by children. myself and many other people i know who were online as geeky kids have stories of getting groomed / exposed to fucked up shit by adults in fandom spaces
the older i get the more i straight up don't believe people when they say that jerking off to children / rape / incest / dogs / etc is a coping mechanism. i really don't think there's any validity in that at all, especially if you're an adult who's old enough to know better and take responsibility for your own actions. i understand that sexual abuse or even just low self-worth fucks up your brain and your view of sexuality, i have literally been there. because i've been there i also know that it's not incurable, it's an avenue of self-harm, and you will feel better once you stop doing that to yourself. sexuality also isn't always morally neutral, it can be used to harm people or yourself. telling yourself "i'm a worthless whore who deserves to be raped" isn't healthy regardless of the exact mechanism. in these cases it's a way of degrading yourself and subconsciously justifying your abuse (which you never did anything to deserve, and the person that did that to you is a worthless piece of shit, if you needed to hear that).
it's not right OR healthy to fantasize about sex with children, family members, animals or corpses. i don't think that's a controversial statement.
i hopefully don't need to explain how sexual abuse affects people (and animals, a lot of zoophiles will tell themselves theyre not harming animals which is well known to not be true) and how people who think children can consent shouldn't be allowed near children or even public spaces in general frankly
the only "safe space" for these people should be therapy. they should not be feeding into and justifying their attraction to children. also the idea that if you're a pedophile / zoophile / whatever you're just one forever is horseshit. it's a fetish, it doesn't work like that. people only think that because in their head they compare it to sexual orientation, which is wildly homophobic, by the way.
if it's cruel and uncharitable for me to feel this way then sorry i guess, but i have lived experience and i also have morals. i find some solace in that normal people who aren't addicted to the internet aren't aware of this and would never accept it
with every passing day i feel more and more like tumblr has run its course and i'm kinda just waiting for it to shut down. if the site was ever fun, it isn't anymore, and between being infested with pedophilia apologism, nazis, transphobes, the weird fucking school shooter and eating disorder bloggers, and the site's dismal moderation (or lack thereof), i really think it's a lost cause atp. it sucks because it's been my favorite social media site for years, i've used it since like 2016 or so, and platforms like it are few and far between these days. but i think it needs to die now tbh. it's ready, just pull the plug, it lived a full life
i really need to stop using tumblr! there's no point. it's done a lot of good for people, a lot of people use to crowdfund and spread awareness of issues, it's also one of the better sites for sharing art as of rn, but i can't be routinely using a site that's full of shitty people and drives me insane
kids are and will continue to be hurt by this community. that cannot be acceptable
