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Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral
NYSlime ^ | Aric Toler and Neil Bedi

Posted on 04/15/2025 11:33:58 AM PDT by mcenedo

A VIGILANTE PHENOMENON has been playing out on the open web for almost a decade: Content creators in the U.S. pose as minors on dating apps and websites, then target the people who message them. Many of these vigilantes, commonly known as pedophile hunters, were inspired by “To Catch a Predator,” a popular television series that ran until 2007. The “hunters” have copied the show’s format, exposing their targets on social media.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pedophile
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I understand why this is so concerning for the lying perverts at the Slime.

Self preservation is something they need to focus on.

1 posted on 04/15/2025 11:33:58 AM PDT by mcenedo
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Why would the Slimmes care about Predators? Is it because that is the primary driving force behind homosexuality.


2 posted on 04/15/2025 11:36:30 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: mcenedo

I can’t access the article because I’m not a subscriber. Did they mention a bag limit and do you have to buy tags?


3 posted on 04/15/2025 11:38:15 AM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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Well, a lot of these influencers are not very good at details. I seem them getting the wrong name or something and attacking the wrong person. I guess this is a reflection of our justice system not handling this issue well.


4 posted on 04/15/2025 11:38:16 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: mcenedo

Soon we’ll have new laws that make pedophiles “enumerated persons.”


6 posted on 04/15/2025 11:39:54 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I’m not sure what you mean by that comment, noobie.


7 posted on 04/15/2025 11:41:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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I’ve seen a few of these videos - they record themselves hitting the accused pedos in some cases. They’re setting themselves up for civil suits and possible jail time. Just call the cops - recording the arrest will get just as many views.


8 posted on 04/15/2025 11:42:06 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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"Is it because that is the primary driving force behind homosexuality."

You know it. They know that a kids early erotic experiences is what they generally stick with as far as future erotic experiences go. Homoerotic an adolescent male child and he is a homo forever.

9 posted on 04/15/2025 11:43:14 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: lovingliberty1965

lovingliberty1965
Since Jan 7, 2025

IBTZ


10 posted on 04/15/2025 11:43:32 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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I have no problem with this. Happy hunting!


11 posted on 04/15/2025 11:43:51 AM PDT by tballard56
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Yeah, all the bleeding hearts are worried about the welfare of the pedos but not their victims, as is typical of leftists.


12 posted on 04/15/2025 11:44:32 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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I’ve seen a few of these videos - they record themselves hitting the accused pedos in some cases. They’re setting themselves up for civil suits and possible jail time. Just call the cops - recording the arrest will get just as many views.

I'm pretty sure the cops would do nothing. Too much paperwork for too much potential liability and hatred from the homo community.

13 posted on 04/15/2025 11:44:44 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: metmom; Responsibility2nd

Every single person these leftist vigilantes beat up is a white male


14 posted on 04/15/2025 11:45:27 AM PDT by lovingliberty1965
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To: Responsibility2nd

I understood it - Essentially, what is to stop people from making up crap about some random person and crafting the “caught” video and violence around it?


15 posted on 04/15/2025 11:46:19 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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16 posted on 04/15/2025 11:48:07 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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Other ethnicities tend to police their own...


17 posted on 04/15/2025 11:48:59 AM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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They don’t just expose the pedos. They usually beat the crap out of them.


18 posted on 04/15/2025 11:50:21 AM PDT by circlecity
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My thoughts exactly.


19 posted on 04/15/2025 11:52:09 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: mcenedo

The NYT doesn’t complain when the Feds entrap people.


20 posted on 04/15/2025 11:57:07 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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