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//Hi. In light of things that have been happening in the Smash community, I'm here to say under no uncertainty that I will not tolerate people being creepy towards minors.
//We've had this conversation in the past but I'm bringing it up now.
I'm not tolerating creeps in this community. Yes, that means making NSFW jokes around/towards minors.
Be better.
I'm not tolerating creeps in this community. Yes, that means making NSFW jokes around/towards minors.
Be better.
//It's well and good to call out predators when things reach a boil, but we need to prevent them from happening in the first place.
Don't give these people an environment where these things can happen.
Don't give these people an environment where these things can happen.
//I feel fucking sick.
The internet is a terrible place full of terrible people.
Do your part and help stop them from thriving.
The internet is a terrible place full of terrible people.
Do your part and help stop them from thriving.
//Whether you believe it or not, if you are an adult in this community, you have a moral obligation to protect the minors in this community.
It's not enough to not support pedophilia, you need to be STAUNCHLY anti-pedophilia.
It's not enough to not support pedophilia, you need to be STAUNCHLY anti-pedophilia.
//And, yes, sometimes that means you have to confront minors, too.
If minors are saying things they shouldn't, you need to tell them to stop.
I don't think people realize how big of a problem this is.
If minors are saying things they shouldn't, you need to tell them to stop.
I don't think people realize how big of a problem this is.
//Time to make myself really unpopular.
If you want to see how deeply rooted this problem goes, check Bad PTRP Tweets.
It's an account run by a 16-year-old. 90% of the tweets on there are sex jokes.
If you want to see how deeply rooted this problem goes, check Bad PTRP Tweets.
It's an account run by a 16-year-old. 90% of the tweets on there are sex jokes.
//Here's the full conversation I had with them on Sunday.
They were posting NSFW content a few hours later.
They were posting NSFW content a few hours later.
//They didn't take the post in question down, either.
This is not a game. I am not being a puritan.
You, as a minor, are ACTIVELY PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER when you do these things.
This is not a game. I am not being a puritan.
You, as a minor, are ACTIVELY PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER when you do these things.
//The internet is a terrible place filled with disgusting people and this community is absolutely rife with people who will take advantage of you. We've seen this time and time again.
//132 of the people I follow on this account are currently following Bad PTRP Tweets.
I'm not going to single anyone out or shame them, but I want you to stop and think about if you've been complicit in exposing minors to NSFW material.
I know I have, and the thought disgusts me.
I'm not going to single anyone out or shame them, but I want you to stop and think about if you've been complicit in exposing minors to NSFW material.
I know I have, and the thought disgusts me.
