But it is a good example of the over-the-top rhetoric being used around this exact issue.

You said:

"It [pedophilia] has become the visceral hook that seems to emotionally motivate a lot of the far-right, not unlike abortion."

I am claiming that pedophilia motivates many people, not just the far right. It is beyond me how you could misread that claim into something that would lead you to reply as you did.

[Edit: My use of "ought to" may be the problem. The left, based on their positions, should be emotionally, viscerally motivated to oppose pedophilia. If they aren't, then that is an inconsistency in their position. But I think that they (or at least many of them) are motivated. So, to sum up, I'm not sure why you singled out the far-right in your initial statement.]

That implies they do not care about the sexual abuse of minors, but they ought to.

"There is absolutely nothing about real pedophilia that makes it a far-right-only concern"

And implying that anyone, anywhere would think that it is a "far-right only concern" is absurd framing. It's make-believe nonsense.

Being "emotionally, viscerally" motivated, to the extent that it's very obvious, tends to make people do stupid and counterproductive things. You shouldn't be demanding that.

> I'm not sure why you singled out the far-right in your initial statement.

Because of their horrible politicized accusations that take attention away from the actual problems.

Particularly in the context of the appeal of an ad dubiously associating a California tech co with paedophilia to people who believe stuff like Pizzagate and Q because they're inclined to suspect everybody they don't like is in league with the paedos

Child sex abuse is more common that it ever should be, but it is not the epidemic of child abuse that the right characterizes it to be. Accusations of pedophilia are extremely commonplace on the right, even when there is absolutely no evidence, largely because it is the most horrifying thing you can accuse another person of doing, and because the moral panic you can instill in your supporters if you convince them is a highly effective political weapon.

If anything, the people who scream about pedophila the loudest are the ones showing their apathy towards actual real-world child sex abuse, because they are doing so in bad faith, not to protect actual children, but to score political points through slander. If anything that helps obfuscate and enable child abusers, since the focus is now on conspiracy theories and targeted defamation.

Every accusation is an admission.

I don't know how anyone takes American (and probably other) conservatives seriously on this topic when they are constantly trying to block laws that will make it harder to marry children [0], [1], or defending the practice in general [2].

0 - https://apnews.com/article/child-marriage-west-virginia-bill...

1 - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-polit...

2 - https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouri-lawmaker-defends-...