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Have you ever wondered how the public perception of "pedophiles" became so distorted, perhaps even more so than MAPs as a wider group?
Have you ever sought a simple way to explain how we arrived at the present situation, and why it never seems to change?
Here, we will try to provide you with the answers to these questions. The post will also serve as a useful resource to share with others who come with the same queries.
There are many debates over the historical causes of pedo-hysteria, with religion, feminism, conservatism, neoliberalism, etc, often ending up on the hook. But it can also be helpful to put aside the divisive blame-gaming and instead take a lo...
CLAIM: "MAP PRIDE" SYMBOLS ARE PART OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF "SECRET CODE" USED ONLINE AND ELSEWHERE BY QUEER FOLX TO SIGNAL THEIR CRIMINAL INTEREST IN CHILDREN. THESE SYMBOLS WERE FIRST UNCOVERED 20 YEARS AGO WITH THE PUBLISHING OF AN FBI DOCUMENT ON WIKILEAKS.
FACT CHECK: MOSTLY FALSE ❌
2025 has been a crazy year for conspiracy theories based upon the supposedly widespread, yet also allegedly criminal and secretive use of MAP Pride symbology.
Principally, this has related to spiral designs such as the famous BLogo, first shared in 1997, and the derivative GLogo. While these claims are evident...