• Janx@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    Stay classy, Texas. I believe in redemption. But I also believe a convicted sex offender can’t continue coaching kids and needs to find another line of work…

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      12 hours ago

      I mean,

      “Convicted sex offender” can mean anyone from a serial rapist to someone who peed outside. But the byline says:

      The former Houston Astros prospect holds previous charges of online solicitation of a minor and domestic violence.

      So he shouldn’t be in a school.

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        4 hours ago

        public urination isnt a sex offense, its likely misdeameanor for public indency. more than likely its FLASHING young girls with your penis, or whatever. there are some sites that allow you to see sex offendors in your area, and some of them to give you what they were caught with, alot of them tends toward showing your junk.

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          2 hours ago

          It depends on where you live. I was just pointing out the edge case and people seem to want to put words in my mouth.

      • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        Are there really a lot of people who peed outside in the ranks of sex offenders? Kinda find that hard to believe.

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          11 hours ago

          It really depends on how granular the laws get in certain areas.

          But for example indecent exposure may not be a mandatory register on the sex offenders registry, but within 200m of a school or playground is mandatory. (even if it was 2am on a sunday in the middle of the school holidays during the dead of winter.) Like the whole getting booked for drunk driving for being drunk and going to your car to get a jacket.

          There are people who are on the register who shouldnt be and people who absolutely should be who arent.

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          12 hours ago

          Probably happens a lot more to black people, at least in the U.S.

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            12 hours ago

            It just comes across as arguing, “but sex crimes are often overstated and not that serious, mostly minor things!” No pun intended.

            But when you look through the registries, the crimes are usually clearly spelled out and much worse than what you’re suggesting.

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              12 hours ago

              I was just double checking. Most convictions that carry a sex offender label are actually serious, but most is not all.

              DUI can also mean being completely sober and not driving a vheicle.

              And what am I “suggesting”??

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                10 hours ago

                I am always fascinated by people who put a lot of energy into pretending that sex crimes aren’t a big deal and that a lot of registered sex offenders really didn’t do anything.

                It is objectively untrue, and any amount of research will demonstrate that.

                So what is the deal? Why are doing it?

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          10 hours ago

          Its a thing that has happened like once or twice but every sex offender pretends it was them that it happened to and lots of people like to perpetuate the myth.

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            8 hours ago

            Just like the teens out on the list for taking naked selfies. It might not happen a lot but the fact that it does at all is stupid.

          • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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            10 hours ago

            Pretty much what it feels like. I was expecting at least one or two anecdotes. It’s like the “welfare queen” argument. Are there individuals abusing those systems? Probably. Duh. But it’s not so severe that it should prevent us from helping literally all the other people. Tangent, but same stupid argument structure.