Context: He’s in the files

  • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s a little ableist to suggest that his being wheelchair-bound would necessarily prevent him from being a pedophile.

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      1 day ago

      wheelchair-bound

      Dude was fully paralyzed. Come one. Are you really that desperate to attack someone? Guy is asking a valid question.

      • BanMe@lemmy.world
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        Then how did he have an affair?

        Is power itself not enough to coerce someone, you’re saying it has to be physical coercion? That would undo a lot of what we know about sexual assault.

        I’m certainly not saying he did it, but “he’s paralyzed” is not a good enough defense.

        • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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          Its not a defense its a line of inquiry. Why do you think people asking what he’s accused of are defending him? That doesn’t make sense.

          • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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            1 day ago

            Stephen Hawking reportedly loved strippers. His being paralyzed doesn’t/didn’t preclude sexual interests, nor untoward sexual pursuits, particularly given his status and presence in the fucking Epstein files.

            • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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              Doesn’t justify you walking around calling people ableist for not knowing that bub. Grow the fuck up.

      • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
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        23 hours ago

        ALS does not interfere with the ability to have erections or orgasms. If he became aroused he could get an erection, he’d just need to be on the recieving end due to his condition.

        Even full on paraplegics have sex, they just use a special injection of Alprostadil beforehand.

        • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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          17 hours ago

          I need you to understand something important. An erection and orgasm is absolutely not the same thing as raping a goddamn child.

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              15 hours ago

              I have no heroes. I’m an adult. Stop flinging weird accusations and deal with the post with an actual response.

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                5 hours ago

                Let’s take a look at thr comment chain

                What we have here is you misunderstanding ALS and using that misunderstanding to defend a notorious philanderer who is all over the Epstein files.

                Then I come in to correct you about the nature of Hawking’s disease, and your overall ignorant view on disabled people’s sexual abilities. I don’t even say ‘this means Hawking raped kids’, I’m just correcting your ignorance here.

                You then move the goal post while insulting me, hoping your hostility gets me to back away from the uncomfortable fact that you idolized a deeply flawed human being and are now providing free labour defending him in internet comments.

                You may be an adult, but you clearly haven’t grown up.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      little ablist

      Oh FFS, cut it out already with the “ablist!!” screeching

      The guy literally can only move his eyes, he literally can barely do anything without a support staff. He can breathe on his own, he can think on his own, that’s about it

      He cannot be a pedophile is not being ablisi, it’s being realistic.

      He was there for a scientific conference that was organized there.

      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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        He absolutely could have been a pedophile, it just would have been impossible to act on the urges without enablers.

        • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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          17 hours ago

          As amusing as this slap fight is to watch, there’s an important point I think needs to be made.

          The use of the word “pedophile” has multiple interpretations. (Yes I’m going to be that guy but follow me for a minute. I promise this is going somewhere.) For sake of argument, let’s look at the two most common uses: “is sexually attracted to children” and “fucks children”. I’m using fucks because that’s what that interpretation calls for. Consent is irrelevant, whether you think a child can give it or not. In the latter case we are discussing the physical act.

          In the case of sexual attraction, I would imagine there are far more people in that crowd than most people realize. Don’t give me the studies and stats. I already have enough reasons to want to kill myself in 2026. I don’t want to know. Just acknowledge there is a number, we don’t have to like it. However, that’s not actionable by itself. It’s awful but it’s not relevant to anything. In the case of “Stephen hawking can be a pedophile without the ability to move his hips” this is correct. It is also entirely irrelevant because you know goddamn well what we are actually talking about.

          Which brings me to the second interpretation, fucks children. In this use, the pedophile does a thing to a child. Not just fantasizes about it but actually does the thing. It’s cut and dry. THIS is what we are pissed about. When you see public outcry about pedophile stuff, it’s not about the pedantic argument of “well technically that’s not pedophilia.” Language is contextual. You know goddamn well that while most of us aren’t exactly thrilled about someone feeling arousal toward children, the thought itself is irrelevant. The action is.

          A thought doesn’t harm children. It’s creeps us out and can serve as a warning sign of “you know, let’s not have Elon babysit. He’s either going to fuck it or eat it.”

          What my post asked was what Stephen Hawking was accused of doing in the Epstein files. He’s not able to move his hips or legs of really any of his body in any weaponized capacity so I’m really wondering what the fuck his presence in the files is supposed to imply.

          So please ignore the charged label and pay attention to the actual question:

          What are people saying Stephen Hawking did on Epstein island?

          • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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            16 hours ago

            No, there is one definition of pedophile, the second thing you described is called a child rapist. Naturally, the second is also usually the first, but the reverse is not so reliably true. Y’know, that classic square : rhombus :: child rapist : pedophile analogy. Pretty sure it used to be in the SATs.

            I’m not saying he did anything anywhere or that he even was a pedophile, I really don’t care either way. It’s hard to prove and nearly impossible to disprove, since we still don’t know how to read people’s minds, especially dead people. The only horse I’m backing in this race is objective truth. Someone said he couldn’t be a pedophile, which is just so obviously false 🤷‍♂️.

            • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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              16 hours ago

              So are we talking using Hawking as a child-juicer kind of situation?

              Follow the thought just a little bit farther. It’s ridiculous. You are pointing toward a more actionable definition of this. It’s not “a thought occurred” but “a child had sex inflicted upon them”

              So if you asking if is it possible to insert a Stephen Hawking into a child I will admit that grim situation is possible.

              But what it would take to pull such a thing off…it’s like if you explained Schrodinger’s cat to someone whose intellectual development stopped at watching Care Bears.

              • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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                Idk what a child-juicer is, steroids really fuck with development so I don’t recommend that. Not sure what that has to do with anything.

                I’m not asking anything, I’ve only ever stated facts. You’re the one who keeps going out of their way to describe child rape, even though no one in this entire thread said “Stephen Hawking was definitely a child rapist.” No one’s even claiming that he definitely was a pedophile. But he could have been, even without being in the Epstein files, there’s a non-zero chance he was attracted to children. Which is true of every human on Earth.

      • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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        Lol, way to demonstrate your ignorance.

        He cheated on his wife with his nurse, that’s why they separated.

        Needing support for it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to hurt people.

        • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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          17 hours ago

          I’m going to regret this but I just have to see where your synaptic misfire is going to land. What are you implying happened?

          Are you suggesting someone serviced Stephen Hawking using 9 year old a fleshlight? What exactly would “supporting a paralyzed pedophile” entail?

          Seriously, this is dumb.

          • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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            I’m not implying anything specific, I’m saying that if he wanted, he could have done a lot of things by meeting people who would make it happen for him.

            • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works
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              13 hours ago

              Exactly. You aren’t saying anything specific. You are implying something so you don’t have to support a claim.

              • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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                13 hours ago

                That’s because I don’t know or care if he did something.

                All I’m saying that asking for abuse to happen would make one complicit in it happening no matter how actively one could participate in the abuse afterwards.

                It’s quite a simple concept really. It’s while charges starting with “conspiracy to …” exist.

          • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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            16 hours ago

            You’re the only one interested in the logistics (might be something to reflect on…jkjk haha), all we’re saying is that being a quadriplegic has no bearing on what makes you horny.