Regarding what he said about paedophilia: while nobody could justify it, I don’t think it’s the best example of his extremism. He was molested by a priest at 13. That experience would give anyone fucked up views around sex and consent. Maybe he adopted that view so he could rationalise his own sexual abuse as consensual. I hope that in his shoes I would’ve found a better way to cope with that trauma. He was still wrong for saying it but the whole thing makes me feel more sad than angry.
As for the rest of his extremist views, presumably he came by those honestly so fuck him.
Regarding what he said about paedophilia: while nobody could justify it, I don’t think it’s the best example of his extremism. He was molested by a priest at 13. That experience would give anyone fucked up views around sex and consent. Maybe he adopted that view so he could rationalise his own sexual abuse as consensual. I hope that in his shoes I would’ve found a better way to cope with that trauma. He was still wrong for saying it but the whole thing makes me feel more sad than angry.
As for the rest of his extremist views, presumably he came by those honestly so fuck him.