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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oops, I thought I corrected it, oh well.
Predators are scum, but it would be easy to target an innocent person and hard for an innocent person to clear his name once a rumor got started.
From before the time when people believed the life-lie that some "authority" would protect them and their families as promised.
#5 ...
Your Noob got his post Zotted...
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Who was It and what did it say?
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If it’s not disgusting.
Cool!!!
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My question exactly.
You Answered, Yes.
His comment led me to think he was upset at pedophiles being hunted. That’s why I questioned him in my post 7.
Anwhoo.... He’s been fed to the Viking Kitties.
https://freerepublic.com/~lovingliberty1965/
And lookie at all the recent posts that have been zotted? I’ve not been on this thread here at the end to know who posted them and what they said. They could have been by the zotted also.
I don’t know, but I do see the mods have been busy here.
Yuppers Amigo...
That account-ZOTTED.
I mean it doesn’t bother me really.
Dang! I completely missed this one. Trollery in spades!
And it looks like this one may have been defending pedos? (Eeewww.) I can’t really tell with all of the zotted posts. This one must have been a real doozy.
Good job!
I just love the smell of ozone in the morning
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