It was probably to highlight how he's different now, and not that guy he was before. Or something.

I think it depends what you think of as "rehabilitate." Some pedophiles go their entire lives without ever touching a child, so you can think of "rehabilitation" as either 1) no longer being attracted to children, or 2) controlling impulses so to not act on that attraction. I'm not aware of any evidence showing…

I've heard about some therapies happening in Canada. Support groups/drugs to suppress libido while men can be re-oriented to romance with an adult. I have no idea what the success rate is or what happens when you stop taking the drugs to suppress libido, which anyone in a consenting romantic relationship will one…

Our Colbert would not do this.

And after he was forcibly outed. Don't forget that. I doubt he would have come forward about it if his wife didn't force him.

I've been responding to the "wipe out all Muslims" brigade with "After Oklahoma City, Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora, and Santa Barbara, we need to wipe out all young American men. Right?"

It's not even that simple. Please do some cursory research on Pakistan and Afghanistan before you come and litter the place with your stupidity.

i'm so sad, and so angry at people who are coopting this tragedy to fuel their racism.

I can't forgive her for all the daughters and mothers and sisters she's enabled him to victimize over the decades through her silent complicity.

I sure hope the photgrapher's directions to him were "now show us how you reach out and grab life by the balls!" Because even his face is saying that.

Success: Sometimes, you have to reach out and grab it. And, sometimes, it just comes to you.

No, 5th and 6th grade girls can already be pretty thirsty. That's the boy band age. Girls start puberty a little younger than boys and 6th grade boys are mostly beginning to look at girls. In my school district, 5th and 6th grade were both in the middle school. In others, 6th grade is in middle school. It's not normal…

Many times on gawker media when there is an article where something crazy happens in Florida there is a particular gif posted as a reaction (see below). Hopefully this will demystify my comment. Good luck and safe travels.

Definitely.
*commits grand larceny*
*gets called daring/resourceful instead of a thug*

What I'm saying is that we don't know they were "in a relationship" that went beyond friendship, at least in his mind. You're 100% right that if that was true, it would be super-creepy. I'm just trying to reserve judgement because it sounds like she did this without his knowledge. I don't want to say that teenagers…

Anyone can talk. I was a kid on the Internet, and I had plenty of intelligent conversations with people much older (and younger) than me. I considered it a highlight of the experience. Nobody knows you're a dog, as the magazine said.

no suggestion he did anything sketchier than make conversation with a little kid, tbf.

Imagine her surprise had she gotten as far as the southern border of Georgia only to gaze out on the vast ocean. Nearby she would see an animated rabbit resting peacefully in a hammock with a well worn saw on the ground next to him.

Agreed. I'd think she's 15 - 16, but if someone told me she was 18, I'd believe it.