Context: He’s in the files

  • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s a little ableist to suggest that his being wheelchair-bound would necessarily prevent him from being a pedophile.

    • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      wheelchair-bound

      Dude was fully paralyzed. Come one. Are you really that desperate to attack someone? Guy is asking a valid question.

      • BanMe@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Then how did he have an affair?

        Is power itself not enough to coerce someone, you’re saying it has to be physical coercion? That would undo a lot of what we know about sexual assault.

        I’m certainly not saying he did it, but “he’s paralyzed” is not a good enough defense.

        • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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          2 months ago

          Its not a defense its a line of inquiry. Why do you think people asking what he’s accused of are defending him? That doesn’t make sense.

          • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Stephen Hawking reportedly loved strippers. His being paralyzed doesn’t/didn’t preclude sexual interests, nor untoward sexual pursuits, particularly given his status and presence in the fucking Epstein files.

            • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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              2 months ago

              Doesn’t justify you walking around calling people ableist for not knowing that bub. Grow the fuck up.

      • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        ALS does not interfere with the ability to have erections or orgasms. If he became aroused he could get an erection, he’d just need to be on the recieving end due to his condition.

        Even full on paraplegics have sex, they just use a special injection of Alprostadil beforehand.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      little ablist

      Oh FFS, cut it out already with the “ablist!!” screeching

      The guy literally can only move his eyes, he literally can barely do anything without a support staff. He can breathe on his own, he can think on his own, that’s about it

      He cannot be a pedophile is not being ablisi, it’s being realistic.

      He was there for a scientific conference that was organized there.

      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        He absolutely could have been a pedophile, it just would have been impossible to act on the urges without enablers.

      • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Lol, way to demonstrate your ignorance.

        He cheated on his wife with his nurse, that’s why they separated.

        Needing support for it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to hurt people.