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The Right's Pedophile Problem Is Getting Worse

The Right's Pedophile Problem Is Getting Worse

This is where the right is heading and forewarned is forearmed.

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Matt Gaetz. Image via Ike Hayman, U.S. House Office of Photography/House Creative Services

by Justin Rosario

You’ve heard it over and over from the right. A constant drumbeat of fake moral panic. Pedophiles are everywhere. Groomers in your schools. Men dressed like women in your bathrooms. A secret cabal of blood-drinking monsters controlling the world and trafficking children.

But, as I never got tired of reminding you, our beloved readers, every Republican accusation is a confession.

The right is swarming with actual pedophiles and the problem is getting worse by the day. Furthermore, we are starting to get a clearer picture of just how baked into right-wing thought this is becoming.

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