Conservatives opposed. White supremacists supported the 'correct' form. That's never changed. The only difference is that the 'Conservatives' are all white-supremacist Nazis now.

No

Did they oppose teen pregnancy or just "unwed mothers"? 🤔

Only for people of color. They've always been all about middle-aged white men marrying and knocking up barely pubescent white girls.

No.

Pedocon axiom.

I hate how conservatives call anyone a pedo for any reason but liberals are too civil and cowardly to call clear as day pedos what they are

It's all

I'm old enough to remember when the entirety of the conservative social agenda was framed around fighting "grooming" and "child abuse"...

"... by the wrong people" is the unsaid part of that.

"You get one year of free college per kid, but shame on you if you actually go to college instead of staying at home, breeding more kids."

The unspoken part is "for white males only"

Abstinence only education, as it works for these assholes.

This is a whole ass-backward double-reactionary backshot (“16 is an physiologically ideal childbearing age, therefore the Bible wants me to have a 16-year-old…”) to let them validate their Epstein-ish compulsions bsky.app/profile/saba...

We did a legitimately amazing thing by reducing teen pregnancy and it just drove these people completely insane

Afraid to ask but do we know why it doubled between 1940 and 1958? “End of the war” obviously playing a role but… not one I understand

While there may be other factors, I suspect a big one is that 18- and 19-year old American women being married was much more common at that time.

He’s not talking about two “kids” underage consent. He’s talking about the age in which he “as an adult” can have sex with a child legally.

conservatives:

Yeah, because going to college with toddlers at home would be too damn easy.

What kind of Jeffrey Epstein fantasyland are they hoping for?

like gravity

noah, what do you mean "i don't think it would work" i mean, literally ... what do you mean

You caused me to have to wade into the sewer of his mentions and comments. This was in a response to a request for how to raise the fertility rate.

I think they mean that it wouldn't result in as many pregnant children as they want.

is this about people not having kids? I think he's saying lowering the age of consent won't increase birthrate

Look if republicans want to propose a “free college for teen parents” sure I’ll vote for it, Fabian strategy of free college for everyone, but everyone in that thread is definitely a pervert.

Lord what freaks these people are.

i guess? i mean, if it's the other thing, it would "work"?

i suspect there are reasons other than the age of consent that 16 year olds are not doing the other thing with Noah Smith… so i think it’s probably the pro-natalist argument

Consider the Venn diagram* of pro-natalists, poorly repressed chimos, and people who hunger to measure your face bones with calipers *Platonically perfect and undeviating circle

turning a big dial taht says "Age of Consent" on it and constantly looking back at Noah Smith for approval

Lower, he says No, lower I begin to sweat, fearful and dreading. Also fun fact but his pfp is of a Nazi who was absorbed into the American scientific establishment while still being a Nazi, just to give an idea of what kind of person he thinks best represents him

Remember that every attempt to increase birthrates is an attack on women’s rights, racial minorities, or both. This is as much about subordinating women and brown people as it is about actual birthrates.

my guess is that the context is Great Replacement if i wanted to be charitable to Noah (i do not), i'd say declining birth rates more generally

I think he means that he cares about the specific definition of "pedophile"

I'm just staring into nothingness

Nah, they just opposed teen intimacy. They were always quite open about pregnancy being a suitable punishment for girls who couldn't "keep their legs together"

What the actual hell with this bullshit?

This dude should never procreate. He will sexually exploit his kids. He is a Pedo. By saying lower the legal age, he’s literally a Pedo.

Legally lowering the age doesn’t mean you still aren’t a Pedo! You still want to fck a child!

Someone needs to confiscate and check that guys hard drives!

Just mad that the teen moms got to keep their kids and exist in society.