Author Joel Williamson shared Elvis kept a group of three 14-year-old girls with him on the tour who were up "for pillow fights, tickling, kissing and cuddling when he was 22.

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    3 months ago

    I don’t like saying it because people get very emotional and unreasonable about this but:

    These things were normal a long time ago. It’s only been in recent years, especially starting from the 1960s, that moral panic took over and these things are looked at now as “a crime”.

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      3 months ago

      emotional and unreasonable

      moral panic took over and these things are looked at now as “a crime”.

      Ah yes, what a neutral and regulated way to phrase that.

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        3 months ago

        I think they meant people’s reaction to the idea that the past could’ve had a different view on it that we view as disgusting rather than implying it’s “emotional and unreasonable” to view criminalized pedophilia as a “moral panic”, but I’m not a telepath. That was just my reading of it.

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      3 months ago

      it was normal to allow your child to bang adults?

      First time I am hearing of this dear… Do you let adult people to fuck your kids?

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          3 months ago

          i guess depending on what is your position on child and adult here…

          but yeah, i don’t think anyone is permitting their jailbait to fuck anyone over 20 in good conscience.

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              3 months ago

              ok… it was common for parents to allow catholic clergy to fuck their kids and when kid complained they did nothing. what is your point?

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                3 months ago

                The distinction between past and present. And more abstractly, not confusing acknowledgement of past moral principles as agreement with them.

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                  3 months ago

                  saying it was common back then is tacitly approving of it IMHO

                  but people can make up their own minds.

                  note that many of these people who fucked jail bait are still alive and it is still happening in celebrating circles.

                  did not charlie cheen rape some kid? and there many stories all the disney jailbat being raped?

                  What excuse will society muster for this shit happening in 1990s?

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                    saying it was common back then is tacitly approving of it IMHO

                    That’s the mindset I take issue with.