UK’s DailyMail got it so wrong!
We don’t know where to begin. A story in the UK’s Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11495915/More-400-pedophile-dens-California-18-sex-predators-live-together.html) about clusters of housing in California that house persons forced to register, which they call “Pedophile Dens”, paints a grievously unjust picture of the situation.
From referring to the people forced to register as “Pedophiles” (which is a clinical diagnosis that most registrants DO NOT have), to suggesting the living arrangement is dangerous to the community (without citing any statistics that these areas have higher instances of sexual crimes), to claiming the residents share child pornography (it’s pretty harsh to accuse people of committing crimes without any proof that is taking place), the story is just a disgusting piece of journalism.
Please share your comments on the actual page. We hope our friends in California will speak out against this.
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I am thinking of posting the following, once I set up a Daily Mail username and divulge my city and state for all to see:
Notice that not one of the offenders mentioned in this story— not even one!— are alleged to have ever preyed on their neighbors or trespassed on school grounds. If someone had, I’m sure Daily Mail reporters would have mentioned it. But instead, the whole story is about what people feel COULD happen. And anyone who’s been a victim of sexual predation will tell you, being neighbors with a known convicted criminal is not at all what caused them to be victimized.
For a country older and supposedly more refined, the UK is backwards AF when it comes to grouping people.
Also we needs comments with better statistics because the one they have are all wrong, especially when it comes to reoffense rates.
I made a comment on the article, encourage others to do the same .
The Daily Mail is a tabloid. Nothing I have ever read from them is credible.
The U.K needs to mind their own business and focus on their own issues.
@CherokeeJack
Agreed
Daily Mail is America’s version of TMZ. Just think National Enquirer, but lower.
You got that right! This doesn’t affect them in any way. It’s clickbait. Disgusting journalism!!