You stood up for the vigilantes’ tactics? Or did you not? Clarify.
Of course. You, OTOH, stood up for a rapist who chose his next victim poorly. Waaah. Poor, poor, misunderstood rapist. Let's all have a pity-party for him.
He forgot the reality of the internet: The men are women, the women are men, the horny teenagers are investigators ... and nobody knows you're a dog.
Don't want to get exposed as a pedophile? Don't go trolling for underage sex (or buggery) on the internet.