• Pamasich@kbin.earth
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    For all the people here saying “Reddit bad because no admin steps in”, can you even find this comment? Either the mod team or Reddit seems to have deleted it. So much for admins ignoring it, give them some time to go through their queue.

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    Religion. Leave it and open your eyes to the real world. Stop believing in fairy tales.

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    It’s because u/spez is a human trafficker helper who had Ghilisaine Maxwell as a major contributor on Reddit before her arrest. It’s because BRICS is a global movement by the wealthy to bring about slavery/“corporate monarchy”. BRICS employs human traffickers and social media extensively to get blackmail on people and to find ideal victims. That includes Iran and Saudi Arabia (a somewhat secret player).

    The Muslim people I’ve known (from Egypt, mainly) were not chill with sexism or marrying kids, at all. They are extremely generous and kind and educated. Don’t let stupid asshole wealthy people create bot narrative lies to trick poor people into slavery.

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    Painting the whole of reddit based on the actions of a single non-admin moderator on a religious subreddit of all things feels dishonest as hell, tbh.

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      Yeah, I walked away from reddit a couple of years ago now. I’ve been over there occasionally searching for something in particular and niche community this is definitely not the vibe for most of it.

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      Well, an admin not stepping in also speaks volumes. They were more than happy to step in when we complained about API changes.

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        Reddit deleted my NSFW subreddit for no reason except it was competition for the girls they personally pimp out. They 100% take an active role and could deal wirh this if they wanted to.

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        Yes, reddit admins are famously shit and famously have the most skewed priorities in history, but that still doesn’t make this cherry-picked example a good representation of reddit as a whole.

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          The post is not trying to explain what reddit is. The post title says “Reddit is now allowing advocacy of Child Marrige because they don’t want to be seen as islamophobes”.

          This is a true statement, since admins not stepping in means they are allowing it. The image is good evidence of that.

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        to be fair the vast majority of administration on reddit is now automated by bots. If you’ve ever been admin banned it tells you as much. So the real issue should be what filters/flags have been applied and why would the bot ignore something like this post/mod?

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    I know we all hate Reddit, but you don’t have to sink as low as this. This is a single post, hardly reddit’s stance.

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      The point being made is that reddit Admins have zero problem banning anything that does not fit their “narrative”. And that narrative has a hierarchy not based on basic morality and common sense. Ask yourself this question, even if there was a single post, would reddit Admins allow the promotion of child marriage by a Christian religious group that was mostly comprised of White people?

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    So I can still state a corrigendum? Cool.

    Corrigendum: That’s supremely fucked up, and anyone that advocates for that deserves to be punched in the dick by a thousand prize-fighters.

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        An admin not stepping in does reflect on Reddit. They have shown they won’t hesitate to step in when they actually care about the issue.

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        Reddit Admins ALL THE TIME, will remove posts and comments that the subreddit mods have allowed to post. And in some cases it may result in the ban of the poster and even of the group mod that approved it

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    “U.S. states - As of July 2025, child marriage is legal in 34 states.”

    4 states have no minimum age (effectively 0).

    2 states have a minimum age of 15.

    20 states have a minimum age of 16.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States#Marriage_age

    Child Marriage Laws by State 2025

    Child marriage is still legal in most of the U.S. Here’s why.
    Loopholes in state and federal law allow minors to wed.

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      One ex of mine got married at 17, another at 18 (Appalachian milfs and I have a thing for each other). Neither decision was good, and people may think it’s only a year, but the difference is drastic. At 18 you’re legally an adult, but at 17 you aren’t. At 17 you lack rights that your adult spouse has, like to file for divorce and to open bank accounts independently.

      The minimum marriage age should be the age of majority and I don’t care if your culture dislikes it. If you don’t trust someone is old enough to sign a contract, why are you letting someone sign that contract? If they aren’t old enough to purchase pornography, why are you letting them enter into a legal commitment with a sexual component? If they can’t legally independently demand divorce why are you letting them marry at all?

      We had to put a line between child and adult somewhere and 18 seems a pretty good place, but crossing that line grants an immense amount of freedom and independence.

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        Surprised at your comment. Just last month I read a review of all variations of milfs in the US. Top rated milfs were the Appalachian milfs. And it makes sense. They marry young and have kids when they are young. They have much less mileage on them compared to the overwhelming amount of milfs.

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        Too immature to be allowed to drink. Mature enough to raise children.

        Yeah, no. Marriage should be 21 and up.

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            I used to be. But when I turned 30 I realized that I wasn’t properly sane until I was in my late 20s.

            We’ve figured out that brains don’t finish maturing until around 25. So to me, 21 is a compromise.

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        Appalachian milfs and I have a thing for each other

        Thanks, I blew air out of my nose harder than usual.

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        If you’re going to allow marriage below the age of majority, emancipation should be included. It makes a terrible idea just slightly better.

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      Let’s be honest here, the United States aren’t the standard they claim to be.

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          That’s not accurate. In France it’s 18 , has been for a couple of decades actually. A judge can waive it in the interests of the couple but that’s super rare.

          It’s also not like you can marry a 15 year old to an adult. Statutory laws still apply, obviously.

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            That is how it is in many places in the US. People who want to marry off their child find the most regressive, backwards judge in the area who is happy to do it just to keep up traditional values.

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          Indeed surprising for me, the trick being that it’s not 18 when considering “marriage with parents and judicial approval”, which are probably pretty rare but definitely possible in way more countries than i would have bet

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            Mostly the same in the US, most of the states that are 18 below require parental consent. Still not awesome but it’s not like a bunch of teenagers are getting married willy nilly.

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              Allowing children to be sold off as child brides with parents consent is not an improvement. Especially since they cannot legally get divorced until they are 18

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            Ah! 16 across the board. I assume that’s national not provincial law?

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        Anyone who knows anything about the US would never claim such a thing…

        Only people claiming this are suburban trash living their sheltered life who need to feel superior after reading something like this.

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          This country is littered with pedophiles and 48 year olds who say “age is just a number!” Just before they marry a 14 yr old.

          Anyone who knows anything about the US

          Knows this.

          You are the one who is mislead my friend

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      That Wikipedia article is very poorly written and seems to contradict itself in the same paragraph multiple times. But I’m not surprised that the main locations for child marriages are Appalachia and the Jello-Belt. Backwoods hicks and ultra rural Mormons are the two main demographics i correlate with child marriage.

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      Check age of consent laws for American states. Find that outrageous? LOL, next have a look at Europe.

      If it’s legal to have sex with a 16 or 17 year old, it’s legally consistent to allow marriage.

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        You are working under the assumption that the consequences of sex and marriage are the same. Much of the world doesn’t agree, as per your list.

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          I’m thinking we agree? In any case, the age of majority, marriage and consent are all over the place on this Earth, and almost all are under 18. Again, if you can fuck you should be able to marry, to be legally consistent.

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        You both need to check Aisha’s age before even comparing US or Europe to it

        Classical Islamic sources state that Aisha was six at the time of her marriage with Muhammad and nine at the time of its consummation.

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          I’m well aware, just commenting on modern age laws perhaps being crazier than most people know.

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            I guess being from Europe I don’t find the numbers particularly crazy, at least considering the context

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    Don’t be duped by fairy tale stories of any variety that seek to shackle your mind.

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    Hmm… Yeah… So because children were raped 1400 years ago, some loser cuck should be entitled to rape children today?

    Sure buddy, age is just a number and the wood chipper is just a place

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    This seems like a subreddit rule. Has Reddit ever ruled specifically for or against this?

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    I prefer to follow the “half your age + 7” method in finding out the youngest age of maturity your partner should be.

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      Numbers 31:17-18

      Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

      But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

      People need to understand that religion was shaped by culturally accepted practices of the time, and shit was pretty universally fucked up 5000 years ago.

      Also child marriage is still legal in most US states and the first state to make it illegal (Delaware) did so in 2018.

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      Here’s a hint, buddy all religions are like this not just the Muslims, Google how old Mary was when she had Jesus, but you don’t fucking care, none of you pedo dip shits do

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        I couldn’t give a shit about Christianity, I was born in Hindu country but I’m an atheist. It’s okay to hate one religion more than others, thinking all are equally bad in the modern world doesn’t make you special.

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      western propaganda, specifically from right winger and christianity, your percieving fundamentalist of any religion as a wrong thing