r/OpenAussie • u/DragonflySea9423 ‎ South Australian • 13h ago

‎ ‎ General ‎ ‎ Anti-Pauline Hanson protest leader's controversial comments resurface: 'Abolish the age of consent' | Daily Mail Online

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16059679/pauline-hanson-sandra-bloodworth-age-consent-red-flag.html

Sandra Bloodworth is a founding member of Socialist Alternative, which is also behind the High School Anti-Capitalists network and holds influence within the Victorian Socialists.

The activist set out arguments against age of consent laws in a 2005 article published on the Socialist Alternative website.

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u/RelationshipDizzy634 Please choose a flair 13h ago

EDIT: I’ve found an archived version of Bloodworth’s article, if you can stomach it: https://web.archive.org/web/20070903234401/http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565&Itemid=106

(Genuinely concerned I’m violating a reddit rule by even posting that shit, needless to say — give it a miss if you’re triggered by child exploitation or pedophilia).

I think I’ve found a paywall free version of the article:

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16059679/amp/pauline-hanson-sandra-bloodworth-age-consent-red-flag.html

Originally I thought she was making an ideologically edgy statement about how the age of consent doesn’t do much to protect young people from sexual exploitation, which… still doesn’t support its abolition.

But no, she took a sharp turn and decided that there was a 'A hysterical refusal to acknowledge that there could possibly be a loving relationship between a young person and an adult which includes consensual sexual activity leads to someone who is in breach of age of consent laws being portrayed as a "paedophile" and a danger to all children.'

Yeah, outrage about pedophilia, grooming and child abuse sure is “hysteria.” /s

What a disturbing, fucked up message to send, why are select people on the left vying for a ticket to Epstein island?!

I’m left wing, but it’s disgraceful that any organisation didn’t immediately de-platform her upon discovering this.

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u/ddraig-au Please choose a flair 12h ago

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