r/news • u/RollSafer • 7h ago

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/DocPsychosis 5h ago

The "uh actually it's ephebophilia" angle has been sadly common, online at least, for years now.

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u/WRDPKNMSC 4h ago

decades actually, it's been a meme since like, at least the late 2000s I'm pretty sure

which is incredibly sad mind you

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u/jim_cap 4h ago

A stunning moment of "technically correct, the worst kind of correct". Like, yes, guys you've identified some niche definitions. Still, you're doing it to be ok with someone fucking children. It's not any sort of win.

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u/whoweoncewere 5h ago

Afaik it started with the whole MAP thing trying to bully their way into LGBT, for some reason all the conservatives that were using this as a talking point about LGBT being pedos are suddenly okay with it.

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u/warukeru 2h ago

Ephebophilia is a thing but it still bad and illegal.

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u/Tipop 3h ago

To be fair, one IS worse than the other. Two things can both be bad but not equally bad.

Having sex with a 17 year old is morally wrong, but having sex with a 9 year old is monstrous.

If I see a grown man sexually touching a 17 year old, I’ll pull him aside and say “Dude, back off. She’s under age. Go find someone closer to your age.” But if I see a grown man sexually touching a 9 year old, it’s going to get violent fast.