murksiderock
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The age of consent in California is 18, so by California law he'd be guilty of a crime. All reports say she's a high school junior, so going off the premise that this girl is 16...
Giddey is 21...
Look, there's a difference between poor judgement and pedophilia. Giddey's judgement is poor, it probably isn't the best idea to be a star athlete and fukking around with a high schooler. Unless it comes out that homie is stalking high schools and minors, that of course changes the optics, if it's revealed he's on some R Kelly shyt stalking minors. Because if that's the case 16 isn't the lowest he'd go...
But if he met her in a fashion where he wasn't hunting down teenagers, look, he's 5 years older than her. I'm not calling a 21 year old who is into a 16 year old a "pedophile". That's not an honest interpretation of the phrase. And I'm not outraged by a 21 year old messing with a 16 year old...
This story has caught fire because of PC politics here. This is hardly unique and as many people have said, in like 30 states, this wouldn't be an issue anyway because most states age of consent is 16--->the US federal age of consent is 16...
This shyt is really not as big of an issue as people have made it. Fine him for the distraction and embarrassing the team for poor judgment, suspend him a few games. Let this shyt die...
Giddey is 21...
Look, there's a difference between poor judgement and pedophilia. Giddey's judgement is poor, it probably isn't the best idea to be a star athlete and fukking around with a high schooler. Unless it comes out that homie is stalking high schools and minors, that of course changes the optics, if it's revealed he's on some R Kelly shyt stalking minors. Because if that's the case 16 isn't the lowest he'd go...
But if he met her in a fashion where he wasn't hunting down teenagers, look, he's 5 years older than her. I'm not calling a 21 year old who is into a 16 year old a "pedophile". That's not an honest interpretation of the phrase. And I'm not outraged by a 21 year old messing with a 16 year old...
This story has caught fire because of PC politics here. This is hardly unique and as many people have said, in like 30 states, this wouldn't be an issue anyway because most states age of consent is 16--->the US federal age of consent is 16...
This shyt is really not as big of an issue as people have made it. Fine him for the distraction and embarrassing the team for poor judgment, suspend him a few games. Let this shyt die...
Mods bushed me when I said the US needs to raise the age of consent to 18. MD and DC has it set at 16 yrs old....16....
shyt is rampant and they telling the whole school without realizing the guy is definitely a loser

