WTF? I'm a 50 year old man and as far back as I can remember, including when I was in high school it was *obviously* wrong and fucked up for older men to be targeting high school girls.
People claiming it's somehow normal are trying to cover for predators. This isn't some new way of thinking.
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
Feb 5, 2026 22:59What has changed over time has been the ease of gathering evidence (you don't hear about UFOs so much, but you do find more photos of nasty old pedos). That leads to a clash between the culture of impunity that exists in places of power, vs now having proof of what's happening.
We really do need a wave, and continued culture of consequences. Digging out the moral depravity among the powerful, while desperately trying not to fall into the moral hazards of the persecution of groups...
