On one hand, I’m absolutely horrified and surprised that the rightwing propaganda machine decided to go with this talking point, i.e. “it wasn’t that bad because 15 year olds are almost 18 so basically adults anyway”. They are literally excusing and covering for pedophilia (or ephebophilia as they’ve made clear, aka raping a child).
On the other hand, given everything else they do, I’m not really surprised.
On one hand, I’m absolutely horrified and surprised that the rightwing propaganda machine decided to go with this talking point, i.e. “it wasn’t that bad because 15 year olds are almost 18 so basically adults anyway”. They are literally excusing and covering for pedophilia (or ephebophilia as they’ve made clear, aka raping a child).
On the other hand, given everything else they do, I’m not really surprised.