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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:28AM (#20996332)
His use of "plausible" is interesting here. It is plausible that she wouldn't announce that she was a blackmail-trap/underaged sex worker/trafficked slave or whatever.

It's not plausible that an 17 year old would be propositioning old men without any external influence in this situation. I think he's strongly implying this and that's part of what got the strong reaction.

I'd suggest due to that, the statement is dodgy even before you get to the bit you highlight.

Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by bluecalm on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:33PM (#20997143)
Well, he could have assumed she is paid for it and does it for money. I mean, I agree that remote island full of underage girls throwing themselves at old men raise questions and most reasonable men would conclude it's too likely to be coercion rather than voluntary sex work to get involved but I still think it's not ridiculous to have discussion about it. I also happen to agree with Stallman about the wording. If you call any activity that constitutes statutory rape in some jurisdictions a sexual assault you're doing disservice to people who experience what is more commonly understood as assault as that devalues the term and the suffering that comes from it.