I reviewed the entire transcript. Milo sai MANY times that 13-year olds could give consent, that many were “aware” enough to give consent, “especially in the gay community,” (not sure why), and that sex with a 13-year old did not constitute pedophilia. He said pedophilia can only apply to someone over the age of puberty.
I find that silly and repulsive. Milo is on the extremely wrong side of this.
LS, the transcript includes comments from “another man” in the interview, see below:
“Another man says: “The whole consent thing for me. It’s not this black and white thing that people try to paint it. Are there some 13-year-olds out there capable of giving informed consent to have Another man says: “The whole consent thing for me. It’s not this black and white thing that people try to paint it. Are there some 13-year-olds out there capable of giving informed consent to have sex with an adult, probably…”
Milo is rationalizing abuse because he was abused. It is one way to deal with those memories. He may feel differently at 40 than he does now. I’m sure the whole gay community does this with those memories. If the molester was kindly, they can get away with this rationalization.
Milo admits 18 is probably the right age of consent. Which means he does deep down know that the 13 year old giving consent isn’t truly able to cope with an abusive molestation situation.
This has been going on, gay and straight, pretty much forever. But now we know life is better when we respect our young teens and don’t get sexual gratification from people who don’t have enough wisdom to really give it.