Those online sting operations they conduct have nothing to do with trying to save or protect any children from any real online threat or real abuse. They have everything to do with MONEY and egos and them using these stings to bring to life their own sexual fantasies about – the group they falsely claim to be protecting.

They always target men who they know are seeking a consensual adult to meet for a casual sexual hookup or even just to engage in a fantasy sexual conversation online – for sexual exploration purposes, etc. Adults who use the internet to find other like-minded, consensual adults to engage in sexual exploration, consensual casual hookups, etc. are not any more of a risk to minors than anybody else, like these morons have turned this into. In fact, the groups who are at the highest risk level for doing this kind of harm to children are those who work directly with children and those in authority positions, such as law enforcement and authority figures in religious institutions, etc. We’ve seen that most of the cases that involve real children are cases where the adult had access to the minor, and the minor trusted that adult. And none of the minors ever went online seeking random adult strangers to engage them in sexual conversations, much less invite those strangers to meet for sex, like the decoys do in these online sting operations.

We need more people speaking out about this. These online sting operations do not save or protect children. They simply sexualize children and sexually exploit men – pushing minors on men who were certainly not looking for minors. Those who conduct these stings, create and use very wild sexual fantasies about minors, and then they go around promoting those fantasies – encouraging men to participate in their fantasies about this. That’s what these stings are really about, and that’s where the focus needs to be. They do the exact opposite of what they claim to be doing. They do not save or protect children from any real online threat or real abuse. They simply promote and encourage the sexual abuse of minors – by forcing on men a wild sexual fantasies about minors being desperate for sex with random adult male strangers they can find online.

Nobody wants to talk about that, but that’s exactly what all the facts show about this. I can take just about any of these cases and show that’s exactly what was done.

Have you listened to our podcast about this?
https://youtube.com/@stingingback?si=8A5w9H0h2UcHxD5v

It’d be entertaining to see footage of an undercover agent investigating a child trafficking ring, who goes along with the story into the setup house, and he (plus support) has a stand-off with the ones setting the thing up (ICAC, maybe?).

Dehumanizing language creates a psychological justification for inhumane treatment and violence.

Dehumanization is the process, practice, or act of denying full humanity in others, along with the cruelty and suffering that accompany it. It involves perceiving individuals or groups as lacking essential human qualities, such as secondary emotions and mental capacities, thereby placing them outside the bounds of moral concern.

Dehumanization is widely understood as a psychological mechanism that facilitates violence and inhumane treatment. It plays a central role in justifying harm by removing the moral consideration typically granted to human beings, thereby weakening psychological restraints such as compassion and empathy.

Using the word “predator” to describe a human being is dehumanization in the extreme!

It looks like it’s not. I remember reading on this site a few years ago about an instance where they wanted the guy to travel so bad. He kept coming up with excuses why he couldn’t come. Apparently one of the excuses was that he couldn’t afford/didn’t have money for gas. The detectives offered him gas money to travel.
My argument has always been that there is no ‘minor’ in these stings. These people are traveling to meet a detective. So, if a person is guilty of traveling to meet a minor when there isn’t one, why can’t the detectives be charged with child endangerment of the same ‘minor’?
Now, apparently, we should be asking for warrants for Judd and his cronies, as well as other agencies, for violating Florida Statute § 777.04(2).

A couple of these vigilantes have been attacked. Dads Against Predators members were shot when they assaulted one person they entrapped at a Walmart. Another vigilante going by the moniker “Boopak Shakur” was killed after confronting someone he (falsely) accused of trying to meet a teen. And many of the vigilante groups are going beyond mrely “busting” those they entrap, many are outright assaulting people, so maybe more of them will inevitably meet the wrong person and more people end up hurt. That is why legislators should’ve made these operations illegal years ago.