READ MORE: College Teaches Pedophilia as a Sexual Orientation. Take note, voters: A nebulous batch of ludicrous rumors that grew into a kind of stealth internet game is now playing a visible part in the 2020 U.S. elections. Those who argue against civil rights for the LGBT community often cast those rights as a slippery slope to legalizing child sexual abuse or bestiality. “All the evidence suggests that pedophilia begins in the womb. © 2019 Flyover Media, LLC – All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, in whole or part, without the prior written permission of NationalFile.com. Election authorities said unauthorized drop-boxes for mail-in ballots violate state law. Help preserve this vital resource. In mid-July 2018, several websites were taken in by a viral hoax that reported pedophiles or “minor-attracted person” (MAPs) were attempting to join the LGBT community and had created their own Pride flag. Heine’s most controversial comments rocketed across the Internet when websites ran reports of them under headlines such as “TEDx Speaker: Pedophilia Is an Unchangeable Orientation,” which led some viewers to believe Heine had condoned “an illegal and harmful practice.” Although Heine did make a comment about pedophilia’s being an “unchangeable sexual orientation,” it was offered in a fuller context which we’ve transcribed here: Let me very clear here. He is the author of The Clowning of America: Woke Capital, Con Inc, & Meme Culture and A Matter of Time: How Time Preferences Make or Break Civilization - a book on how healthy societies view the concept of time .. U.S. President Donald Trump touted the “antibody cocktail” as a COVID-19 “cure” that he intended to make available to the American public. In her talk, Heine told the story of a 19-year-old Jonas, a Munich law student who is sexually attracted to girls aged six to 12 years old. Now, TED talks, the New York Times, The Guardian, and a whole range of other illustrious organizations have published content with a normalizing tone. Burns, Catherine. “Did Dr. Ben Carson Go Too Far in Fox Comments on Same-Sex Marriage?” This material may not be reproduced without permission. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. National File brings you investigative citizen journalism of the highest quality.     Updated 20 June 2018. 60 Minutes, via 9 News, revealed Dr. James Cantor’s groundbreaking study which suggests that pedophiles are born, not made. 4 April 2016. Join Editor-in-Chief Tom Pappert — Subscribe to the National File HERE, Have any questions or suggestions? Berlin, Fred. On social media, pedophiles have begun to employ the term MAP (minor-attracted person) and NOMAP (non offending minor-attracted person) as a method to rebrand and circumvent the stigma attached to the label, pedophile. Kaczynski, Andrew, and Paul LeBlanc. I want to quickly summarize where we are at the moment. Yet we are despised for having a sexual attraction that we did not choose, cannot change, and successfully resist.     The Baltimore Sun. Abusing children is wrong without any doubt. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) did not deny the controversial talk took place, but they noted in a 20 June 2018 statement that TEDx talks are “are organized independently from the main annual TED conference” and that the video had been removed at Heine’s request because “she had serious concerns about her own safety in its wake” and Heine cited “research in ways that are open to serious misinterpretation”: In the TEDx talk, a speaker described pedophilia as a condition some people are born with, and suggested that if we recognize it as such, we can do more to prevent those people from acting on their instincts. ‘Virtuous pedophiles’ also have a website where they can seek help to cope with their lifestyle according to their homepage: We do not choose to be attracted to children, and we cannot make that attraction go away. Apart from the term, “NOMAP,” some pedophiles who outspokenly refrain from acting upon their urges also go by “virtuous” pedophiles. Schlatter, Evelyn, and Robert Steinback. Did a TEDx Speaker Say Pedophilia Is an ‘Unchangeable Sexual Orientation’. Discussions that attempt to equate pedophilia with sexual orientation have been contentious, primarily because of the false belief that members of the LGBT community are predisposed to child molestation.