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BaphometFlux
11/07/19 12:15:20 PM
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I know most people would say if you criticize groups like these, you must be a predator blah blah , but Im genuinely curious what people here will say . Im all in for calling out creeps like that and shaming them , but only as long as you have really good evidence of it.

Im making those topic mostly due to this:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gay-couple-paedophile-hunter-group-yorkshire-child-protectors-125542960.html

Group attacked two innocent gay men with homophobic slurs and such and it ended up they were innocent , and what do they get , oh we are sorry, I find that ridiculous , getting falsely accused of doing something like this has bad repercussions, it still ruins lives and an Im sorry is not good enough to make up for all the shot they put those men through.

Ill end with this, I agree that creeps like those deserve to be called out on it , but most of these predator groups dont seem genuine to me (its more like most of them do it to get recognition for themselves and their websites more than to really help people) and most of them are not professional about it when it comes to getting evidence (their capture/conviction rates are really bad).

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Guide
11/07/19 12:16:32 PM
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Yeah, the moment you falsely accuse someone for the sake of buzz, you're a bad guy.
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Wewillrocku
11/07/19 12:16:39 PM
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don't know anything about them. from the op it sounds like they're vigilantees.
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Tryhaptaward
11/07/19 12:18:25 PM
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Reading that, reminds me of a shocking similarity to a group of users on CE
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Gafemage
11/07/19 12:20:36 PM
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Internet vigilantism never ends well.
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Guide
11/07/19 12:21:38 PM
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Gafemage posted...
Internet vigilantism never ends well.


4chan has caught quite a few pedophiles.
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Wewillrocku
11/07/19 12:31:21 PM
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i do think the name pop squad is a little suspicious
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WesternMedia
11/08/19 7:25:12 PM
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Leave it to the authorities.
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Bad_Mojo
11/11/19 4:08:28 AM
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The reason, I think, those people get a lot of hate is that they can ruin the case to put these people behind bars. The laws in America have too many loopholes

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Rida_Go_To_Bed
11/13/19 5:02:26 AM
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I read of a news story where one of these pedo groups set up someone by saying they were 18, but then when they met the guy in person, they immediately changed it to "YOU WERE TRYING TO MEET UP WITH A 14 YEAR OLD?!?!?!"

Because of that news story, I'm definitely not for stuff like this. Let proper authorities handle things like this.

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RieTakahash
11/16/19 4:29:46 PM
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There's a group in Facebook I follow that did this, but they coordinate closely with law enforcement, and make sure they follow all guidelines as to not do something that would make the case be thrown out.

But yeah, if you're doing it for clout then it's wrong
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joe40001
11/16/19 4:54:58 PM
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I mean if they are getting people who want to break the law by having sex with minors and helping prevent that, even though as a general tactic I'm not down with shaming, I can't object to that.
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BaphometFlux
11/16/19 5:32:46 PM
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joe40001 posted...
I mean if they are getting people who want to break the law by having sex with minors and helping prevent that, even though as a general tactic I'm not down with shaming, I can't object to that.


I don't have any problem with them catching people.But most of them just act unprofessional, don't get enough evidence or go for guys who are really not predators (19 year old with a 16 year old is not being a pedophile).

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joe40001
11/16/19 6:03:43 PM
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BaphometFlux posted...
joe40001 posted...
I mean if they are getting people who want to break the law by having sex with minors and helping prevent that, even though as a general tactic I'm not down with shaming, I can't object to that.


I don't have any problem with them catching people.But most of them just act unprofessional, don't get enough evidence or go for guys who are really not predators (19 year old with a 16 year old is not being a pedophile).


Oh yeah, if they are going after people who aren't breaking the law that's messed up.

But we as a country have decided certain AoC things and anything outside of that we as a country has decided is wrong. And so I'm definitely going to be on the side of those who are stopping underage sex, even if their tactics are flawed because ultimately unless they hit innocent people, the tactics are not going to be worse than the crime they are preventing.

It's a little weird when you think about some of these things being like "horrible horrible crimes" here and legal and chill in France and Germany. But I think that goes more to those countries fucked up sex laws than anything.
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