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I'm in the US and grew up here. My dad is a piece of shit pedophile who exploited me for several websites. None on darkweb but at the time, they didn't really need to be.
Word got out and cops came to interrogate ME the person who was the victim in this situation. They also blamed me for what was going on (how? I don't know, I was a teen who was being exploited underage but cops gonna cop) and they basically intimidated me into dropping out of school and taking the blame for my dad because the other option was that I be sent to a home as an orphan.
My dad got away with a slap on the wrist basically because cops in the US don't do their job. They even cover for people. I ended up literally running away from home.
I think the issue is that people see this topic as all outrage - I mean, look at the comments here. Everyone is so mad they can't even think straight. And I'm personally noticing that some of the outrage doesn't even seem to be directed at the right people. Like everyone is super willing to shit on pedos left and right but I wonder if they would be willing to listen to someone who has been knee deep in this shit before and were innocent because they were being exploited by a pedophile.
Like a lot of comments say "disgusting" but then don't say anything about how the person that it happened to must feel. Everyone's upset they saw something but they don't seem to be upset about who they saw it happening to.
Like I wonder who they think hurts more in this situation. The person who was made into a victim or the people who just saw it happen.
First, thank you for your comment and I'm glad you posted it.
Second, I want to take a moment to clarify what people mean when they say "disgusting" - at least for me - it's not a matter of "oh my god I saw something awful, my day is ruined, that's disgusting", it's instead "oh my god I can't believe that happened, that's disgusting". The nuance is that the "disgust" is against the people who allowed it to happen - The perpetrators, the cops who did nothing, the people who shared it, and the world that allowed it to happen.
Again, thank you for sharing your story, it's a great reminder of what the actual issue at hand is. Much love!
Exactly, that was my point. People are upset with the perpetrators - and no one really seems to be empathizing with the victims.
I'm sorry for your experience and I hope you're doing better now. It's very important to note that the major victims in this "attack" are absolutely the abused children. That's exactly what makes this the most disgusting attack on Lemmy to date.