Yeah I think it’s one of those cases where it’s like the Internet version of “waiting to speak instead of listening.” They came to the comment section with specific points they wanted to argue regarding sexual offenders and so they just found a comment they could project an opposing viewpoint onto.

Thank you! It's fine, I'm fine. This isn't the first time I've left a comment that was fairly innocuous or common sense and gotten a bunch of replies trying to fight. I haven't figured out a rhyme or reason to it. I just figure it's an expected side-effect of posting on Jezebel :)

I think your experience brings up an interesting point, which is that we know our prison system is broken and not really “rehabilitating” anyone, much less someone that committed such a heinous crime like preying on a child. It’s this lack of trust in rehabilitation that created the registry in the first place.

I woke up (HOW DARE I SLEEP!!) to about 20 notifications of people saying the same thing over and over again. Lots of dismissing going on on this thread.

Please stop responding with things that have already been said. I’ve already addressed this. The sex registry lists the crime. So no, I’m not confusing pedophiles with all these public urinators that have taken over the streets. Quite the epidemic.

Oh and I didn't conflate the two, I chose my words with purpose. I chose pedophile because I meant pedophile. In my state you can see why someone is on the registry so I can absolutely tell if it's someone that peed in public or raped a child. That's why I used the terms I did. You should read things as I wrote them…

When did I say you attacked me? I didn’t. I said you’re looking for an argument that I was never making. Also I feel the same way about a known pedophile looking at my child as I would feel about a known rapist looking at me: no it doesn’t mean I’m their “type” (ewww) but it’s an even more uncomfortable layer to add…

FYI I’m dismissing anyone who is replying to me with the SAME EXACT THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID. Read the comments. If you have something new to say to me go ahead. If you're just commenting without reading then I will make you disappear.

For the love of God: WHAT ARGUMENT? Everyone responding to me wants to fight about arguments I never made:

Nope. I didn’t realize that AT ALL. That’s why I used the qualifier “KNOWN sex offender” in my original post. It wasn't to draw a distinction between known and unknown offenders. That's definitely not what that means.

That’s why I literally said within my comment that it’s not okay that they are “clustered" together in poorer neighborhoods. I said that everyone not wanting to be next door to sex offenders isn't a solution.

I’m well aware of the stats with molestation, I swear people are just coming here trying to argue with me about what they want, when I wasn’t even arguing anything at all. I never said that family members aren’t more likely to commit sex crimes. I said I wouldn’t want a convicted sex offender living next door to me.

I’ve been avoiding people because I left my computer to go to target? Of all the absurd things...I wasn't arguing anything, I was reacting to a story and laid out my conflicting feelings about it. Go find the fight you so obviously are itching for with someone else.

And what did I say right after that? It’s like reading comprehension isn’t even a thing.

I don't know where I said it should be a public policy that no sex offenders can live next door to ME.

I mean...do you actually think I think I'm the thought police? Of course I know that.

WOMP. I actually put in a bid on a house across from an elementary school and one of the things I liked about it was that no known sex offenders could be living too close by.

How could I forget him?! Ugh.

John Mayer. Sean Penn. And Fez? Minka Kelly has shit taste in guys. And I'm sorry I know enough about her to know that.

I came here to see if anyone had corrected this! We have a lot of awful things in LA no need to try to blame us for things that don't even go here!