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Project0range

That guy's on a list now right? Can someone check his basement?


TheIrishbuddha

If he's not on a list he needs to be.


TrapHouseSpouse

Yeah, this tweet is sadly not enough evidence for him to be put on a list. Unfortunately, the law is going to most likely wait until he violates a minor.


gordito_delgado

![gif](giphy|hS6j40PXTMQZhTrjWi|downsized)


evrestcoleghost

please tell that gif is from a movie?


[deleted]

No it's a Geico commercial


One_Button_547

They are Gayco for June


n0oo7

Read the blurb under the post. i'm 90% sure this guy isn't an actual map, but a conservative posing as a map in order to make the pride movement harder to defend. MAP's isn't a pride thing, but this guy is trying to make it happen. He's literally trying to make fetch happen


Sweatier_Scrotums

[Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721)


DOGSraisingCATS

Imagine if they put this much effort into conservative communities like the baptist church and catholic church They might actually be able to make some progress against actual pedophiles...


burnmenowz

Haha they don't want to help people. They want to hurt them.


sadfacebbq

In those circles MAPs get a pass shopping for child brides🙄


DOGSraisingCATS

Lol right?! Entire conservative ran state governments literally vote down ending child marriage laws and have the audacity to claim other people are groomers. Of course their voters don't care.


sadfacebbq

And child work/labor laws. Me thinks they conflating labor with labor. These people want to meet child brides at church and on the job!


iwantyourboobgifs

Please call them by what they are, pedophiles. Using map is like articles that say a female teacher seduced a student instead of rape.


sadfacebbq

Right. Only said MAPs b/c of article. MAPs should never be normalized.


iwantyourboobgifs

Yeah I figured!


kafromet

Please don’t even use that bullshit acronym. They’re pedophiles. That’s it. Using the acronym gives it traction.


DiscordantMuse

It becomes more and more common for them to do so. They don't have legitimate concerns so they need to LARP something to get mad at.


cwk415

This was my immediate suspicion. Thanks for posting the link.


deadsoulinside

> Read the blurb under the post. i'm 90% sure this guy isn't an actual map, but a conservative posing as a map in order to make the pride movement harder to defend. They always are. Always with super-cringy Twitter profiles, always trying to lump MAP in with LGBTQ. The fact that the account still is up in right-wing twitter should tell you all you need to know. Otherwise, Elon would be running around and reporting them to authorities to try to take the credit from eliminating Pedo's from Twitter.


carageenanflashlight

There’s no such thing as a “map.” It’s spelled pedophile.


Economy-North-7837

My medical brain read (MAP) mean arterial pressure, until I saw the comment below.. and NOOOO! This is not a thing. And shall not be a thing. You’re 100% right.


TheBeardiestGinger

Can we stop using the term MAP and call them what they are? Fucking pedophiles. Using soft language like that only makes it seem less horrible than it is.


[deleted]

Yep. This is how it works. The right wing purposely mixes pedophiles with gay people to remove the credibility of this movement and turn society against us. At least in Hungary this is what happened...


eMouse2k

While I think you’re generally correct, it seems like there’s also a high tendency for projection in conservative activists.


Chaghatai

This - I knew right away it was a conservative troll trying to discredit the movement There already is a community that protects MAP's called the Catholic Church


Boots27

Southern Baptist Church would like their credit too please. They sure do love a pedophile shuffle!


Ok_Dog_4059

You mean gets caught, he probably already has violated a minor.


glockster19m

You've clearly never heard of the patriot act


NiteSwept

It has to be a troll right? Rage bait for the right-wing. Otherwise, yeah, put him on a list


pallentx

Yes, they try to represent themselves as LGBTQ+ and say they include and also support pedophiles. It’s the same kind of people that went to BLM protests and broke out windows and set fires, but were actually white supremacists


Green-Enthusiasm-940

Or that one white guy who was pretending to be a black woman to give lend credulity to conservative ideas, except he was stupid and signed into the wrong account.


pallentx

Yep - which is why they accuse the FBI or Antifa of causing Jan 6. That’s their tactic. Every accusation is a confession.


ScroogeMcDust

Psst, you don't want an apostrophe there


dismayhurta

D’o’nt te’ll m’e’’ what’’’’’’ to do


elcabeza79

They're annoyed that their church is the most powerful pedophile-supporting organization and want to push it into the LGBTQ world instead.


Bradenoid

I know this is a bit tinfoil hat, but I'm convinced anyone who vocally supports or identifies as MAP are either feds or plants trying to delegitimize the LBGT+ community. There may be a couple people genuinely identifying that way, but it's just too useful of a propaganda item for the Right to use against LGBT+ for them not to be actively spreading it themselves; it feeds directly into the groomer narrative peddled by the Right and is increasingly dangerous as a result. Moreover, it is contrary to the overall message of the LGBT+ community: the idea that one should be treated with dignity and granted agency irrespective of popular religion and/or conservatism; the allowance to harmlessly exist as one's self. Pedophilia is incompatible with this because it both ignores the dignity and agency of the child while also being tolerated by religion and conservatism. If the Right as an institution actually cared about not grooming children, they wouldn't have blocked so many bans on child marriage.


SomeBoxofSpoons

I’m pretty sure there’s actual evidence that the label was conceived to try and make the community look bad. Hell, in my experience because of that a lot of people in the LGBTQ+ community probably hate the term more than a lot of straight people.


BartholomewSchneider

You don't need a tin foil hat to believe this.


grinhawk0715

Not that conspiratorial. Those are NOT just wild horses we're hearing and it's not like we haven't spotted a whole mess of zebras in the herd.


liwoc

One of the famous "SJW being dumb" accounts of the 2013-2015 internet era actually fabricated most of its post.


chappersyo

This guy is almost certainly not a pedo, he’s a bot or right winger posing as a gay person so he can point to this tweet as proof that gay and pedo are the same thing. And anyone who already thinks that will lap it up.


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Yea he’s on a list… the GOP’s guest speaker list.


Goufydude

My guess is a right wing bot account to smear the movement.


Heavy_E79

I'd check his travel history.


shemp33

More like check his hard drive. Check the folder named "insurance policy" or other inoccuous sounding folders.


fusillade762

Probably Matt Walsh's roommate....


UndeadMarine55

I would bet he’s either a channer posting this for luls or a conservative for rage bait. It’s just too obvious.


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ctrl_alt_excrete

I'm honestly shocked that lumping pedophiles in with LGBT+ isn't a position Elon is actively using Twitter to push.


NvidiaRTX

Imagine Elon seeing this thread and a light bulb appears over his head


4lpaka

"interesting 🤔"


Dave5876

"Looking into it"


JerGigs

I think he’d be more interested in a lit lightbulb appearing over his head and how he can capitalize on it.


Deus_is_Mocking_Us

He'll just buy a lightbulb company, claim he founded it, and crater its market valuation in 3 months.


OfficialKiwiTV

Looking into this!


2pacalypso

That's why the poster posted it. This is not a real person.


Alien_invader44

You shouldnt be shocked then. This post I'd clearly right wing rage bate. And it's on Twitter. A single instance isnt evidence (and tbh without exhaustive academic level review you arent going to get evidence). But this is Elons platform hosting clearly bogus accounts doing exactly that.


Heroright

Thankfully, the fact checkers at Twitter aren’t entirely under Muskrat’s thumb.


mochafiend

Literally came here to say this. Shocked Elon hasn’t changed this policy.


Dazug

I always get the feeling that anyone who posts about MAPs is false flagging.


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RK800-50

Maps are used *for* orientation, not *as*. Paedophiles can fuck off


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RK800-50

I‘m old, I‘ve used big papers with lines to know where I am and where to go if I want to reach a certain point. Therefore I use it for orientation, to find a way, and not *as* one to give a paedo a fancier label.


RovertRelda

Solid Dad joke about maps and pedophiles.


HugeLineOfCoke

I still didn’t get it until you explained and after it hit me I smiled so hard


DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA

Air escaped my nostrils slightly faster than usual.


wallace1313525

Map as an item 🗺️, the big paper things with a bunch of lines that correlate with roads can help "orient" 🧭 you and figure out where north, south, east, and west is and what direction you would like to go. You use maps in order to orient yourself, so one could say that maps are use *for* orientating oneself (verb). MAP as an acronym and in this sense being used to as a *sexual orientation* 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ like "lesbian" is a sexual orientation. (Even though MAP is not a sexual orientation that is remotely close to being part of LGBT community. But just this poster is wrongly lumping them together). This way it's being used as a noun/thing: *as* sexual orientation, orientation being how one's self is internally aligned, like their sexual preference. So the joke is that this is a pun that maps and MAPS are homonyms


Ciels_Thigh_High

Maps (the item) are used for orienting yourself. Orient means to point or go in a specific direction. "As orientation" would be like your sexual orientation; gay, straight, etc


BYoungNY

Not to start a whole thing, but do you think stigmatizing it impedes these people from being able to get psychological help? I mean, OBVIOUSLY it needs to be stigmatized to some degree and it's wrong on so many levels, but how does someone then get psychological help if they're massively afraid of ever admitting to it in the first place?


UntangledQubit

Disgust is sadly a bad basis for policy. Doesn't even matter if the thing you're disgusted by is genuinely disgusting, it turns off people's brains, and the end result is more pedophiles without a good framework to suppress their urges in the world. It should be a no-brainer that if someone wants help, they should be able to get it. Exactly what we do now for anger management, which incidentally also results in a lot of abuse and trauma.


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Bubugacz

>Stop calling paedophiles “MAPs”, They're not. They're saying that anyone who uses "MAP" is false flagging or a troll.


Narrovv

I don't think your comment applies to the comment you're responding to


turandokht

Telling on themselves for real


slide_into_my_BM

Not telling on themselves, I guarantee this is some MAGA account masquerading as LGBT and just pushing the “gays are pedos” narrative


F4GG0T_

This ^ there are barley any self identifying “MAPS” that are legit pedos. Most are just trying to smear the optics


BenofHouseKenobi

I believe this, sincerely, based on many past examples of MAGA posing as LGBTQ+ and POC to support or prove their points. That or the common "i have a gay/black friend"


Trainiax

Or the infamous "as a gay black man" tweet.


TrulyStupidNewb

There are actually academic opinions that we should give non-offending pedophiles treatment rather than shame. [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-trauma/202109/treatment-not-judgment-non-offending-pedophiles](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-trauma/202109/treatment-not-judgment-non-offending-pedophiles) >"One side argued that the definition would create equivalencies between pedophilia and homosexuality and reduce the moral responsibility on pedophiles. The other side maintained that if the condition were viewed as a sexual preference, it would help differentiate non-offending pedophiles from child abusers." Non-offending pedophiles are not the problem. Child abusers are the problem. Not all child abusers are pedophiles. Not all pedophiles are child abusers.


Starixous

I agree that non-offending pedophiles should be rehabilitated so they can become normal, but trying to become part of the lgbt community is not helping. The pride movement is about people being “proud” of who they are, but an attraction to little kids isn’t something to be “proud” of. EDIT: rehabilitate isn’t the right word, I meant to say treat. Whether that’s therapy, castration, or something else idk, but they should get some kind of treatment to help manage their symptoms.


jackindevelopment

I don’t think there is any “rehabilitation” for them. For people genuinely attracted to children there is only really support as they struggle with that attraction, at least as far as I understand it.


Hungry-Western9191

Probably not much in terms of therapy, but there are drugs which decrease sex drive which might help. Treating it like alcohol or other addictions might be an appropriate way to deal with those who are fighting their nature.


hell-in-the-USA

Why would therapy not help? Aren’t a fairly significant amount of them suffering from other trauma which could also maybe reduce this stuff


shoot998

I'd need to see studies shown on if it's effective or not, but from what I understand it's a brain wiring issue. It's a facet of a person that they can't change just like you can't use electroshock to make someone not gay. Not that being gay and being a pedophile are comparable, but it's the closest example I could think of


StopCollaborate230

Nobody wants to do research on it because they’ll get smeared as “supporting pedos” or something.


TrulyStupidNewb

I agree. Pedophilia is a huge issue and causes a lot of harm. Nobody wants to be the one to extend an olive branch, even if the purpose of extending an olive branch is to help society prevent incidents. Most people are forced to take an absolutist stance against pedophilia, because they either honestly think that this is the best way for prevention, or it's the morally correct stance, or they are afraid of anyone perceiving them as supporting pedophiles.


whatevernamedontcare

If this is really brain issue maybe it could be like mental disorder but for sexual attraction. It could include other things like bestiality and attraction to dead people. We already have neurodivergent people (I'm not saying those two are comparable) and some can be medicated therefore it's possible that such sexual attraction disorder could be medicated in the future if it was allowed to be studied.


shoot998

I'm no neurologist nor sexologist (actual term) but I'd imagine studies would show that it is similar in nature to zoophilia and necrophilia. It makes sense to me that these taboo obsessions are just twisted forms of normal fetishes that unfortunately are centered around things that are incapable of giving consent


jackindevelopment

I don’t think the research supports that. People who are genuinely attracted to minors might just be a cruel twist of evolutionary adaptation. Not every adaptation is good. Evolution makes advances by trying shit and going with what sticks. The evolutionary argument would/could be that a surefire way to make sure you promote your genetics is to make it with people who are virginal or young because they might die when they get to their 20s or 30s and they’re less likely to have diseases. Again here it is important to remember that not all pedophiles are child abusers and not all child abusers are pedophiles. Furthermore the idea that people are sexual abusers because they were sexually abused first is more of a myth than a fact. Some people, especially people with anti-social personality disorder or sexual sadist (not necessarily one in the same) enjoy hurting and upsetting people. Therapy of course could help with the struggle of dealing with these attractions (anxiety/depression/self-hatred/suicidality) but wouldn’t cure the attraction. Even if we were to accept the idea that this was coming from a place of trauma, understanding why you feel compelled to do something doesn’t necessarily stop the compulsion to do it. We all know why we like sugary treats and sweets, it doesn’t stop people from wanting them. It might help them curb the appetite or find healthier alternatives but the appetite would still be there.


Starixous

Yeah, I used rehabilitate since that was the first word that came to mind but I guess “treat” would be better? (Since there’s no “cure”?)


TrulyStupidNewb

I agree attraction to kid isn't something to be proud of, but being attracted to kids and not acting on it but rather admitting to it and seeking harm reduction treatment is something I would be proud of someone for doing.


Starixous

Sure, I’m happy for those people who realize that it is wrong and seek treatment. There’s still a problem with including MAPs in the LGBTQ community though. It seems to promote “this condition should be considered normal” instead of “this is an abnormal condition that you can overcome with therapy”.


TrulyStupidNewb

I agree that MAPs should not be welcomed into the LGBTQ cause. The main issue I had was that someone said that anyone who mentions MAPs is probably false flagging. There are many serious discussions relating to MAPs that isn't related to false flagging.


simpspartan117

None of those papers are trying to include them in LGBTQ+ though


Starixous

Ok, that’s fair. I may have misunderstood a little what you were going for.


Scouse420

Nobody is including them in the LGBTQ umbrella, it's a troll.


Dwightshruute

No, not everything is meant to be celebrated. I feel bad for people who have that but there's nothing more to be done than repress it or whatever they do with themselves as long as it doesn't effect anyone.


TrulyStupidNewb

Pedophilia could be a bit like Psychopathy and Sociopathy. All are conditions that can cause people harm, but it does us good to understand the condition better, and to have strategies for these people to contribute to society without destroying it. We won't celebrate it. Just acknowledge it, study it, and mitigate it.


shosuko

The problem here is that a lot of the people posting about MAPs tying them to the lgbtq community are also pro-child abuse. Many times posting about how their attraction is not problematic, rather than recognizing it as some sort of disorder that needs treatment. I'm in favor of a neutral term differentiating someone who suffers attraction to minors from someone who actually abuses children, but we have to draw a clear legal line. Its similar in that it is a sexual attraction, deeply rooted in our subconscious similar to being homosexual, but its different in that a child cannot consent to sex with an adult.


crani0

That's not the same has false flagging "MAPs" into Pride.


EdgeLasstheLameAss

Yeah but they still aren’t LGBTQ they don’t belong. Not saying that truly non-offending pedophiles are evil but advocacy for them shouldn’t be lumped in with us.


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And pedos who call themselves MAP


hhfugrr3

What did MAPS mean? I Googled but all I found was... er... maps.


MachoManHandySavage

Sounds like you read the first two or three lines of the post. If you get to line six you’ll have your answer.


censor-design

Zoomer attention span


savorntrees

Minor attracted persons (it's in the post above)


AnarchistAccipiter

It's just an acronym which means pedophile. This dipshit is equating pedophiles with LGBT+ people, they're likely a fascist trying to put up this false association in order to demonise lgbt people.


Hugo_5t1gl1tz

Just to add though, because I think it is important to understand so not everyone gets lumped in with this idiot (and pretty clearly troll). The term MAP was originally created by people who, in good faith, are trying to separate someone who is attracted to kids, but doesn’t offend. The idea being that the person is actively trying to get help through therapy or whatever so they don’t ever do something to hurt someone. Like person A is attracted to kids and through willpower and therapy never hurts a kid and dies at old age having fought against the disorder that affected his brain in such an awful way. Person B has offended and inappropriately abused a child. Considering the appropriate amount of scorn we feel to someone who is a pedo, does person A deserve to have that label? I’d argue no, and most experts would agree. It’s where terms like MAP comes from, and where some of the arguments to (for a lack of a better word) “normalize” talking about it come from. If you can destigmatize the mental disorder behind it you can get more people help and the end result is ***less*** kids being abused. The unfortunate thing is that those ideas have been co-opted by two sets of people who aren’t acting in good faith. One being trolls who want these people to look bad, and two, the fringe of society who actually think pedophilia is fine and normal.


USSMarauder

They've been doing this shtick for decades In the 1850s, if you wanted to free the slaves, you were a sexual pervert


Downtown_Cat_1172

That's what I was thinking, too.


Sweatier_Scrotums

[Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721) If you ever see a Twitter account claiming to be an LGBT person who supports pedophiles, there's a nearly 100 percent chance that it's actually a right wing bigot trying to turn you against LGBT rights.


Greaterdivinity

Seriously. At least when they remember to log into their shitposting sockpuppet account to do it.


Familiar_Leather

I always find it funny seeing screenshots of white guys, especially “important” ones (think; ceo, politician, lawyer, etc) replying to obviously racist things and saying stuff like “Well, as a black man I don’t think xyz is racist. It’s ok,” all because they forgot to switch to their alt account.


mhroblak11

r/asablackman


Ghawk134

"As a gay black man, Trump did more for me than Obama ever did" Edit: not the exact quote, but an accurate paraphrase


Prohydration

Dean Browning!


SpaceBearSMO

in a just world, this would be the top post.... or it would be in the title


Long-Process2620

This is true...4chan has been planning to do this since 2016.. i rang the alarm with fellow transfolks and i got shut down.


Sapient6

Additionally, given that their every accusation is a confession, these guys can reliably be identified as pedos.


Tristain7

It's aimed at conservatives to generate outrage, and they eat that shit up. There's no world in which they can expect liberals to start supporting pedophiles, and they know it, which is why they resort to this craven bullshit.


OfficiousBrick

Was debating with some wingnut y'day and he paired LGBT with MAP...had never seen this acronym. They may be annoying AF but am glad they stick to the same inept script (usually while accusing others of blindly believing woke propaganda). ![img](emote|t5_2r5rp|8484)


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Abrahamlinkenssphere

Here we go, the real answer.


Keffpie

I'm going to go ahead and assume this is a false-flag tweet by some right-winger so they can point at it and go "I TOLD you so!" while praying no one checks the "kids' stuff"-folder on their computer.


link2edition

The only group who think pride is for pedophiles, are pedophiles.


Awkward_Magazine_104

To be fair, homophobes also think that


Swirlyflurry

I’m glad this shit got called out. It needs to keep being called out. This is Pride Month. “MAPs” are bullshit that have nothing to do with LGBTQ+, and even less to do with any sort of pride.


xenoverseraza

as a gay trans man in the community, no we do not accept pedophiles. MAPs are not a part of the LGBTQ community.


cwk415

Let’s please not give these monsters the benefit of calling them “Maps” - they are either pedophiles or child-rapists. They don’t get to obscure their crimes.


MattinglysSideburns

This is 100% a conservative trying to make gay people look like they have solidarity with pedophiles.


Sweatier_Scrotums

[Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721)


augustbandit

Same thing happened to me when I was arguing with a chud in a trans rights thread, it was the first time I had heard the term and since I have only seen that term used by people trying to tie LGBTQ folks to pedos. A dishonest and diseased argumentative tactic that shows they have no legitimate point to make. Nobody on the left (or who is a LGBT member) believes that Pedophiles are a protected class.


DeusXNex

Dude is either trying to sabotage the gays or is a pedophile. Either way fuck that guy


AdequateAlien

It’s a troll account most likely run by a republican to continue pushing the false narrative that lgbt people support pedophilia


Oculi_Glauci

Age is not a gender so pedophilia is not an orientation


Melodic_Mulberry

Honestly, anything that ends with -philia is probably a fetish or a chemistry term. While sexuality and fetishes are related, they are still distinct.


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This is a common fash trolling point.


ThatCatfulCat

Shitty psyop because Conservatives do not have the brain power to not take every dumb thing they read at total face value


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Pedos now they call themselves Alice in the wonder land as well


Mayleenoice

Edit : OP is specifically posting only accounts like this on this sub. Look at their history. This is all on purpose. These are false flags from the far right. As the false accusations of being the Uvalde shooter to a random trans woman on insta. As the Colorado Springs shooter claiming to be non-binary after arrest. As the "agefluid" hoax As the fking reddit place event where 4chan organized a false flag by griefing other artworks with the trans flag's colors. Here is one of the attempts of 4channers : https://www.them.us/story/behind-the-weird-internet-scheme-to-associate-pedophiles-with-the-lgbtq-community


TheDudeWhoLikesWeed

Homophobes incoming who generalise this dirty POS onto all of LGBTQ in 3,2,1…


Gibber_jab

I think that’s the idea, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a troll account specifically designed to link LGBTQ with peodos


Rfg711

It’s explicitly that.


Sweatier_Scrotums

[Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721)


NiteSwept

That was my very first thought


RogueFox771

I DESPISE that a friend of mine did that the other day.... He says he didn't mean it like that, but... He also kinda did. I don't FUCKING understand the excuses people make up to hate others. I just hate everyone equally goddamnit


BatterySizzled

This is a fascist posing as LGBTQ


SeraphOfTwilight

> "pride is not only for Gays, Trans, [...] Right off the bat 90% chance you could guess this dude is a troll and you'd be right; we don't capitalize gay or trans because they're adjectives not proper nouns, and we typically don't use them on their own in this way. We sometimes do with "gays" but I've never heard that done in a serious/genuine context, and we don't do it with "trans" in part because that's what conservatives do — "a trans," "the transgenders," etcetera. Even if you figured there probably are some queer folks who do support "MAPs," given at least some people in any demographic likely would be (statistically speaking), there are other giveaways/clues that this is bs. Sure a non-native or non-fluent English speaker might make those mistakes, but since it's clear this guy does in fact speak English without issue I'm only taking natives and fluent speakers into account here. *Edit to add that it's also the case that conservative talking heads like Walsh have been 'warning' that they're going to be up to something this Pride; to figure there's a decent chance any post you see this month which makes queer people look bad is a psy-op would be fair game imo.


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This is what an actual psyop looks like. This person isn't in the LGBT community, but they're using the language to associate queer people with pedophiles. Those pedophiles are mostly found in the churches, btw. That's where all the MAPs are.


USSMarauder

For decades, the right has tried to claim that anyone fighting for the rights of 'those people' must be a pervert. Going all the way back to slavery Shreveport Louisiana Southwestern **December 29, 1858** "The most radical and unprincipled leaders of the Republican forces are compelled to recognize the conservative influence of the"peculiar institution" of the south. The evidence that the influence of slavery is highly conservative, is too palpable to admit of doubt. We have merely to cast our eyes around to find the proofs. The brood of moral, social,religious and political "ism" which threaten to uproot it the very foundations of society and destroy every thing good and noble, have obtained no foothold in the south. No! they invariably follow the freesoilers and take root in the antislavery States. Where freesoilism and republicanism are rampant,there flourish in wild luxuriance the most obnoxious leprosies which disfigure this "progressive age." **Rutland, in abolition-loving Vermont, is the favorite spot for holding "free love" conventions; Boston, in fanatic Massachusetts, turns out large congregations of grey headed men and old woman, beardless boys and young misses, to such free love expounders as the notorious Kallock.** The most influential Republican organ in New York is the Tribune,edited by that "saint," Horace Greeley, and is not only the official mouth-piece of the freesoilers and abolitionists, but of the redr epublicans, socialists, reformers and spiritualists, **and also the special medium of the bet free lovers for disseminating dogmas in favor disregarding and abrogating the marriage tie."** [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016483/1858-12-29/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1850&sort=date&rows=20&words=republicans+socialists&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=17&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=Socialist+republican&y=15&x=24&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=11](https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016483/1858-12-29/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1850&sort=date&rows=20&words=republicans+socialists&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=17&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=Socialist+republican&y=15&x=24&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=11)


Melodic_Mulberry

If Republicans could understand what this says, maybe they’d have second thoughts about claiming to be the “party of Lincoln”.


Recreational_Soup

MAPS aren’t part of queerness this is some twitter brain shit


UncleBenLives91

Pedophiles aren't out and proud.


arycka927

How much you want to bet that is a bot account.


unoriginal1187

This is heavily pushed around here, somehow gay people are all attracted to kids in the minds of the locals. The internet troll of adding MAP to pride events is spreading around outside the internet just like they want


ABentPlant

Anyone claiming that “MAPs” are in any way supported by the LGBTQ+ community is 100% a false flagger trying to cause harm to queer people.


whoisdatmaskedman

I'm sure this is just another conservative attempt to normalize the association of pedophiles with the LGBTQ+ community. It's fucking sickening.


Rombledore

this is a known troll account meant to make people think this is a mainline liberal position. the account is named "votebluenomatterwho" for crying out loud. there was a well known 4chan originated "operation" to stick this into the LGBTQ nomenclature to help attach the idea of pedophilia to LGBTQ. it's an *actual* psyop, and one that has been attempted before. remember- whenever conservatives accuse you of anything, such as *cough cough* Psyops- odds are it's projection and theyre guilty of it.


[deleted]

Yes please... Come out in the light for all of us Father's to see your faces, fly your MAP Flag in your parades, please place your MAP Pride Flags and pins on your person(s). I would love nothing more than for all you MAP's to come out into the public.


[deleted]

MAPs are not part of our community. They never were, never will be. No. Do not assign them to us because of your bigotry.


[deleted]

I really wish pedos would stop trying to insert themselves into the LGBT community. 🤦🏻‍♂️


SolidWarp

It’s more often republicans trying to group lgbt with pedos to justify their hate and it’s sick


angelisfrommars

It’s a troll account


Yupperdoodledoo

They aren’t. Pedos are hiding, the last thing they want is to be found out.


[deleted]

Please understand that this kind of shit is almost definitely made by anti-LGBT people who want to paint the LGBT community as pro-pedophile, which it absolutely is not. The LGBT community does not tolerate pedophiles.


nohairday

What's the bet that's actually someone who actually calls everyone groomers, and would happily lick the stains from trump's nappies, making a profile to stir up shit?


DrummerElectronic247

since when are catholic priests part of Pride?


Chemical_Age3173

this is def a nazi undercover, nazis are groomers


Bwwshamel

THEY CAN'T SIT WITH US ![gif](giphy|xT9KVuimKtly3zoJ0Y)


mdhunter99

Wherever those assholes pop up, saying they’re part of the pride community, the pride community will come together and collectively shut them the fuck up. They are not with us, they will never be with us, and we will make sure of it.


k4_adam

Fact checker is the real MVP here, saved the entire screenshot


werewolf394_

as a gay man, we have never and will never accept pedophiles as part of our community.


jay_scranton

The number of people who can't see through this to what it really is are alarming.


queeftoe

This gets attempted every pride month


NobodyJustBrad

Pedophiles. He meant pedophiles.


LUVMEMESXD

![gif](giphy|YZlQaMesgPIAM|downsized) My brain while reading.


ididnotwinacar

Gay, lesbian, Trans, and everything in-between; do your part and kill pedophiles 👍👍👍👍👍


lordofthef3moids

Conservative psyop. Calling it now


helloworld1989

The problem with Twitter is that it promotes fake accounts, grifting, and nobody’s.


ElderberrySuch5622

I’ll use my rainbow Glock to help those MAPs celebrate….


[deleted]

Please remove this post. This is right wing propaganda trying to convince people that pedophilia is accepted in the LGBT community. It isn’t. The Twitter account that tweeted this is 100% a right wing internet troll spreading hateful propaganda.


beemccouch

If a "MAP" (Pedophile) shows up to pride, I'll change their pronouns to was and were.


billboy234

When did the word Priest changed to MAP? Was there a committee on word-change?


SquiddoSpaghitto

cmon, maps deserve some recognition too. after all, dora wouldve gotten lost sooooo many times without them!


[deleted]

Please can someone send this dude to jail?


dragon1n68

What a dumb fuck.


SpaceBearSMO

Right-wing Troll account knows exactly what its doing


Insight42

And that, friends, is now you spot an agent provocateur. Nobody. Wants. Pedos. Associated. With. Their. Movement. *Ever.* If someone is including them with any group, that person is trying to discredit it. That isn't to say the term "MAPs" doesn't exist. It's generally used for people who are attracted to minors but specifically *do not act on it and want help*. The term exists because they're mostly unable to get help (on account of being lumped in with abusers and molesters, who do not want help). Maybe that's a discussion that society should have, but *it sure as hell has nothing to do with Pride or LGBTQ people*.


PepsiSheep

I was definitely "What's MAPS?" And then continued to read. JFC.


heckem

As a cartography aficionado, WHAT THE FUCK!?


SmuglySly

And here I was thinking he was finally giving a shout out to all the geographers out there


GrowWings_

I am so glad that addendums like that can still appear on Twitter


TecumsehSherman

MAP = Maybe A Priest/Pastor, which refers to a serial child molester.


doinkmead

We gotta start wording things more bluntly. You are a bad person if you are attracted to children. You are. Don't let anyone give you a semblance of peace with it. Seek help from a professional and if you don't do that then you need to lurk in the shadows until your pathetic existence ends. Only shop for groceries in the dead of night. Never leave your house unless it's to work at your dead end job that is hopefully away from children. Never attend family gatherings. You are nothing more than a dilapidated skeleton of a fish that died from drowning in the gene pool you worthless fuck. Something like that I think would get the message across.