I have a feeling he was trying to say, "let's stop calling people pedos". That's the best sane-washing I can do.

Have we seen Cruz's name in the 'Trump Files - featuring Jeffrey Epstein'? Maybe he really is standing up for the Epstein class. He's been known to lick Trump's boots, every now and then.

Thanks. I thought I read this before.

As a texan, it is crazy he is still a senator, our other senator, Corbyn, is equally as batshit insane but gets cover because Cruz gets all the press for his antics. Last election we were close to getting a democrat to oust Crus (Beto) but then just before the election the shooting happened in Beto's hometown of El Paso and he went off the rails on gun control ,for a Texas democrat at least, which is basically a death kneel in Texas politics unfortunately and he ended up losing by a thin margin. It is unendingly frustrating to see the texas democratic party operate, constantly shooting themselves in the foot, pun intended.

Edward -> Ted is a pretty common preferred name. It’s very common for people to go by their middle or second name over their first. It’s also very common for Americans with non-English sounding names to adopt a more English-sounding name, whether it be a first name or a last name. For example, lots of Chinese people will have an English name they choose to go by, in addition to their legal Chinese name. And of course many trans people adopt different names post-transition, while not necessarily changing their legal name.

You may be right in your implication that Ted Cruz prefers not to go by his birth name for political reasons. I just don’t like the association because of how it can affect all the people mentioned above. There’s nothing wrong with having a different preferred name from your legal name.

yeah, I had to check the date and it was in September last year

My bad. It resurfaced on my feed and I mistook for a new article.

Oh... No idea how it resurfaced in my feed.

People's memory is short

Date on the article is September 2025.

Nazi apologists are Nazis

Pedophile protectors are pedophiles

They are.

They should just be forced to work in old folks' homes. Cleaning bedpans and making meatloaf, not a child in sight.

No, he's not. He's just that shitty of a person. Nobody likes him enough to invite him to a party. He's actually a step down from Elon.

Yeah, that's because Spez himself is a kiddy diddler and has filled the Reddit organizational structure with like-minded individuals to help shift the Overton Window and manufacture consent for child molestation; its not just "pedophiles" they're protecting, they're trying to protect the actual child molesters and child rapists.

I don't think that's what Cruz was talking about

I saw a documentary about three or four decades ago with a guy who was a paedophile. After watching it I felt bad for him, he basically said "I was never abused. To me it seems natural to think of children as sexual beings. I realise why it is wrong and I will never act on it.
Think of it this way. You may find blondes beautiful, but you don't know why. Now I imagine if everyone else was wanting you dead because you like blondes. That's me. And no one will help me."

He looked for help in many different ways and places, the doctors, therapists, mental health clinics etc etc but they all just kept on reporting him to the police. I think in the end he tried to commit suicide, or he tried to chop his own balls off to stop the urges. It was something extreme. After that he got the help he needed anyways.

I've looked for it a few times but never could find it again. I may be misremembering certain things, but the basics are her knew it was a mental disorder and wanted help. But only got it when things got extreme.
These are the people who should get help.

The ones like that obese orange child rapist should get the noose.

So, we do understand “context” though, right? No one is hearing about a guy who never hurt anyone but who is managing their problem and thinking “I’m gunna go beat them up.” However, there do happen to be a whole lot of people on Cruz’s side of the aisle, including the president, who seem to be the absolute worse possible version of a pedophile.

You haven’t said anything that nullifies, or even weakens, the arguments made or sentiments show in this post.

We don't call people pedophiles unless there's evidence that they've abused children. I shouldn't have to explain that. Playing these semantic word games makes it seem like you're running defense for Ted Cruz, and I assure you he does not deserve that from you.

Autophilia?

For me it's the Always Sunny in Philadelphia theme

I have negative love for the guy, but people have a right to call themselves what they want. Even shitty cowards.

Don't deadname him