Joel expresses himself on child abuse

Joel  10:37:39
euphony that show blew me away, i remember the first one was at a house in northern virginia (near me) and a guy from my area in maryland who was a freakin rabbi tried to get with what he thought was a young teen boy.. he was convicted for it eventually
innit  10:38:08
Worrying about an alleged sexual predator online is typically a sign of hysteria, in my observations.
Joel  10:38:26
innit they aren't the norm, but it only takes one to do some serious harm
euphony  10:38:30
Yah I saw the rabbi on there :( guy would have had the opportunity to assault quite a few children.
innit  10:38:40
It acts as gossip, is often slanderous, and helps united and otherwise disparate group of humans as they avoid real problems, like climate change or the GOP.
euphony  10:38:50
Yawns heavily
goomba  10:38:59
innit, it could also alleviate guilt
Joel  10:39:11
innit wtf, how is child abuse not a "real problem"?
innit  10:39:16
goomba, yes, that also seems to be a partial motive.
Joel  10:39:31
i know it's him but even so
innit  10:40:04
Joel: There are levels of problems. We can measure accurately this phenomenon, like all phenomena, with the methods of science coupled with a value system. The problem I highlighted is a trivial nothing problem compared to climate change and the GOP.
You changed this to "child abuse".
That was a strawman fallacy.
But, yes, all child abuse on Earth is nothing compared to climate change.
Joel  10:40:37
uh
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Joel  10:41:02
sexual preying on children is child abuse, dude
innit  10:41:04
Joel: If you use your emotions from evolution, you'll have a different set of reactions than if you use scientific methodology.
Emotions are inferior in this regard.
Joel: You're having weird responses.
CharmlessMan  10:41:47
you really know how to build rapport with people innit :)
innit  10:41:48
You appear to be signaling that you can't understand the nuance of scoping a given problem and comparing it to other problems without classifying things in binary fashion.
Joel  10:41:48
yeah *i'm* having weird responses, sure
no, that's *your* strawman
*  10:42:11
Ignoring Joel
CharmlessMan  10:42:19
if you worked on your social skills maybe people would be more interested in what you have to say?
innit  10:42:46
Joel, I wish you luck with your encounters with people who are your peers.
It won't be productive for us to continue to engage on this topic due to an excessive cognitive gap.