• protist@mander.xyz
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    14 days ago

    Counterpoint:

    Your 14 year old daughter sneaking out of the house at night to have sex with a 67 year old man who is awaiting trial and on $50K bond for felony sexual assault against your daughter indicates a dramatic series of parenting missteps, and you shouldn’t be trusted to run a sheriff’s office.

    • rowdy@piefed.social
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      14 days ago

      What a momentously insensitive leap. I hope that if you have children, they are never groomed by the boyfriend of a family friend so you don’t have to eat your own words.

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        I have a child, and they’re not spending time alone with boyfriends of family friends.

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          14 days ago

          I’m pretty sure at 14 I was able to do many stupid things my parents didn’t know about or couldn’t stop.

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          And how old is that child? If they’re in their teens and you can guarantee you know everything they are up too, well, let’s just say your child will resent the hell out of you one day.

          My daughter’s 12, lives with her mom, and is just now starting to turn against her iron grip.

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      13 days ago

      I lost my virginity to a 14-yo who snuck over to my house. She had nice, reasonable, responsible, fairly rich parents. They had no clue.