@beardalaxy @bajax the psychology behind abuse coping mechanism is that the artist feels in control when she (mostly she for obvious reasons) is drawing, being in absolute control over a picture after experiencing trauma of completely losing control
subconscious is also playing a role: like, you can even detect children who are going through some kind of abuse based on not only what they draw, but how they draw it (with caution, naturally, because evil monster in a picture can turn out to be a cartoon character)
drawing and other creative outlets also might help to channel intrusive thoughts into something productive and healthy, art therapy is a thing (plus the action of traditional drawing is a good way to stim)
and no matter how pedos would want to think otherwise, even completely pedophilia-focused intrusions, like P-OCD, are not equal to pedophilia as attraction, nor are a "gateway"; and it's become a problem with younger adults who experience some kind of OCD, get wrongpilled online about lines on paper having more rights than real people, and begin to cope in a very destructive way; while older millennials and x-ers would more likely just become furries or something
lolicon can also simply exist as "I like cute art, therefore I make cute art", and in general it's not a gateway to pedophilic actions in the same way as playing FPS games is not a gateway to shooting your school
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@Aldo2 who said i give a fuck about being "worth anything" lmao
and there are plenty of lolicons who are "worth anything" who aren't on there who don't like it much either. there are a fuck ton of artists who don't go there and just have there stuff reposted there. i don't like the culture of that place at all.
@Aldo2 because map flags are tied to propaganda faggot identity politics shit and i've never seen someone using one that i would actually enjoy the company of. it's not just the mere presence of the flag, though, there are usually other things where it's like "imagine if this was a real kid" that tie it into real-life territory that i find in extremely bad taste. i've seen tracings/drawings of real kids with that kind of shit on it too and that's actually part of why we had to lock down this instance years ago. so yeah, not really too fond of people like that.
@Aldo2 that's not what i'm doing at all, you're just projecting your own attraction onto what i'm trying to say. i'm talking about the people who go into lolisho communities and shit up the place with their signal ID asking people to trade and caption art with MAP edits. i'm talking about the people who go in there and advocate for abusing kids. it's social engineering shit and people have to stand up to it. it's a lot like the lgbt community ending up where it is now with the general sentiment seeming to be that it is totally fine for kids to transition (puberty blockers et al). that didn't just start from nowhere, it started from sick people who drove other people to be sick just like them and nobody stood up to it.
@Aldo2 @bajax @Soy_Magnus aldo can't tell when someone is being sarcastic unless the /s is in the message
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