Rep. Katie Porter Says The Term ‘Pedophile’ Brands Someone A Criminal Because Of Their Sexual Orientation

Daily Caller ^ | BRIANNA LYMAN NEWS AND COMMENTARY WRITER - December 14, 2022 3:23 PM ET

[Red Badger]

Democratic California Rep. Katie Porter said Wednesday during a Congressional hearing on anti-LGBTQ violence that the term “pedophile” brands people as criminals because of their “sexual orientation.”

Survivors of the Club Q shooting, activists and others testified Wednesday about anti-LGBTQ violence before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

Porter said the phrase “groomer” is a “lie” used to position members of the LGBTQ community as a “threat.”

“It denies them access to public spaces,” Porter said, before asking one witness whether Twitter allows posts calling people “groomers.”

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) president Kelley Robinson said Twitter does not allow users to call people “groomers” but claimed Twitter doesn’t enforce the ban. Robinson then said phrases like “groomers and pedophiles” are used “to describe people … that are mothers and fathers … It is dangerous.”

Robinson then argued the phrases are meant to “dehumanize.”

“You know, this allegation of ‘groomer’ and ‘pedophile,’ it is alleging that a person is criminal somehow and engaged in criminal acts merely because of their gender identity, their sexual orientation, their gender identity.”

Porter then said that Twitter allowed the terms to circulate online, reaching “72 million users.”

“This is not just about what happens online. What happens online translates into real harms in people’s lives,” Porter said.

[Red Badger]

THESE PEOPLE ARE INSANE!................

[EEGator]

Yes, that’s correct you crazy bitch.

[Da Coyote]

This woman could be out thought by a slime mold.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

How is calling someone a groomer functionally any different from calling someone a racist? Both are terms of approbation that can lead to problems for the person accused, yet the left not only calls people racists, but labels as racists entire categories of people regardless of their behavior as individual people.

So screw the groomers and pedophiles, and those who defend them. If they want to name-call, both can play that game.

[Joe Brower]

"Porter said the phrase “groomer” is a “lie” used to position members of the LGBTQ community as a “threat.”

[lump in the melting pot]

Luckily, there is a cure:

[TexasFreeper2009]

undocumented child attracted?

LMAO

it’s unbelievable.

[Travis McGee]

The deep ocean earthquake, (socially/culturally speaking), has already happened. The social/cultural tidal waves are on their way, and at this point, IMHO, are unstoppable.

It's time to move to (relatively) safer ground.

Or, just stand there slack-jawed on the beach, (metaphorically speaking), wondering what the hell is going on.

[EEGator]

LOL, Pepe and groomer in one post.
:)

[unixfox]

Robinson then argued the phrases are meant to “dehumanize.”

That's the point.

[Vision]

And Katie Porter should be flagged as a possible accessory to pedophilia.

[OpusatFR]

She might be living as a secret pedophile, imho.

It would seem that those who protect predators of innocent children might have the same inclination, or not.

[Yo-Yo]

Rep. Katie Porter Says The Term ‘Pedophile’ Brands Someone A Criminal Because Of Their Sexual Orientation

Yup.

[rlmorel]

That didn’t take long.

[Travis McGee]

Check #6.

[eyeamok]

Groomers, Deviants, Perverts...YOU ARE INSANE!!!

[LeonardFMason]

Katie Porter known PEDOPHILE supporter.

We need to label scumbag liberals this way.

Never utter their name without the qualifier.

[NorthMountain]

THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL

Also, as predicted, raping babies is the next perversion to be deified by the demonic left.

[V_TWIN]

Forget it Jake.......it’s crazyfornia.

[Tell It Right]

If a pedophile shouldn’t be blamed for his actions, but Trump should be blamed for the white supremacy of an uninvited guest ... you might be a Democrat.