DeSantis appointee Michael Caruso arrested on child sex abuse charges
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/18/desantis-appointee-michael-caruso-palm-beach-county-clerk-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/91350456007/
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ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 100 pts · 1d
Weird how that keeps happening, huh
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub · 60 pts · 1d
All jokes and snarky witticisms aside, the correlation between sex crimes and conservative politics is remarkable.
jtrek@startrek.website · 38 pts · 1d
I read a blog post once about that. If I recall, it made the argument that conservatism is fundamentally about hierarchy and abuse. Child abuse is about hierarchy and abuse. It's thus not surprising they go together.
The blog was more sophisticated than my memory of it, of course.
bufalo1973@piefed.social · 2 pts · 21h
Rape is always about power and not about sex.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1d
The grand old pedophiles strike again
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1d
Greedy. Old. Pedophiles.
it_depends_man@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d
I am genuinely surprised people still get arrested for that. I suppose protection is only for the super top dogs.
Or that's how they recruit people. Either find those with that kind of history, then make them work by offering, then spring the trap anyway, "for justice".
Sunforged@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1d
I was going to comment this. I keep seeing people arrested for pedo behavior but sentencing is a whole other piece that isn't as headline grabbing.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1d
They know they have complete loyalty when they have that kind blackmail on someone.
2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1d
"Skin in the game". Getting people dirty and having dirt on them is foundational for any crime ring, but especially pedo freaks.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
It's always who you most expect.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 38 pts · 1d
There are secret symbols pedos use to identify each other for example an elephant
METATRONSTUDENT@lemmy.today · 30 pts · 1d
It’s always the ones you most suspect
Zephorah@discuss.online · 27 pts · 1d
Someone should make a comprehensive list of the Republican Party’s pedophile contributions in the last 10yrs.
Manjushri@piefed.social · 21 pts · 1d
goppredators.wordpress.com - 1,625 entries and counting.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 3 pts · 20h
Somehow, not surprising.
arin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1d
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/at-least-188-christian-republican-leaders-have-been-accused-of-child-abuse-this-year/ar-AA1POAno unfortunately not easily readable and fragmented blog post format
arin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
There was an old one on reddit for convicted politician pedos and it was a huge list, tldr.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
That list covered both parties, but most times only one side got posted.
arin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12h
No reason to exclude any party for tracking convicted sex abuse of children crimes
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1d
What?! No way! ANOTHER Republican is ousted as a pedophile? Who could have seen this coming...
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
This may just mean Republicans are more careless.
deacon@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1d
This keeps happening.
Odd.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 1d
Its always the ones you expect the most.
arotrios@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d
I think we're beginning to see that pedophilia isn't just an aberration of a few bad apples in the GOP, rather it's a per-requisite for gaining power in the party. It provides their handlers the compromat needed to enforce compliance with the Project 2025 agenda.
hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 20h
When you reduce your entire being to the selfish acquisition of power, wealth and property, a pathos towards humanity through the lens of Social Darwinism, a glorification of patriarchy, machismo and violence, with the sexual and emotional repression of hyper-religiosity, you’ve created the perfect conditions for the peak of ethical and moral behaviors. /s
kesslerpartyatmyplace@anarchist.nexus · 4 pts · 1d
You think anyone who's not a pedophile would want half that shit?
bibbasa@piefed.social · 12 pts · 1d
how am i not surprised
Akuchimoya@startrek.website · 13 pts · 1d
The thing that surprises me is he was arrested instead of promoted.
hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 21h
😱 /s
GOP = Grand. Old. Pedos.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
I've always been wondering as to why the right have so many pedophiles is because since liberals support LGBTQ+, the conservatives must have conflated LGBTQ+ with pedophilia.
Right: Why are liberals supporting these LGBTQ pedos?
Also the right: If libs support them, then that must mean....
It explains a lot as to why the right elect so many child abusers and turn a blind eye to Trump. They must have thought supporting LGBT rights is tacit support for child abuse, as well as their fixation on pedophiles is innate projection 😂
BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 6 pts · 20h
WHY is this News? That was ONE of the Requirements for the Job!
-Republican Voters!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1d
I find a tiny flicker of hope in the suggestion there's an element in the police force that still does go after these child rapists, despite their GOPedophile connections.
Trump has no shame but if anything should be universally stigmatizing, this should.
uberdroog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
He had nothing else to offer. Its kinda like being laid off.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 12h
Still not a dragqueen
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12h
Never know with a Republican.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-husband-bryon-cross-dressing-photos-b2951334.html
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18m
The only dangerous dragqueen is a sexually frustrated and closeted one.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 20h
Of course he did. That is one of the secret requirements after all.
bunnybunny@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1d
So GOP stands for Good Old Pedophiles
Zannsolo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1d
Group of pedophiles
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12h
I go to one place, I see commenters bemoaning the Democratic pedos.
I go to another place, I see commenters bemoaning the Republican pedos.
Both seem to be oblivious to their own pedos. Both claim the vast majority of pedos are from the other party.
Conclusion? They're both stuffed full of pedos. Epstein list confirms.
Snapz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21h
"Hey... Would a pedophile wear this suit?"