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Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton looking at a 'pedophilia' chatroom while on an airplane (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/usa@midwest.social
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[–] 8 points 1 month ago* (10 children)

(in green) Went to Golden Corral for the first time with my dad and his wife yesterday. A nice hangout for kids. Saw a couple cute boys and a hot little girl (...)

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(...all-)you-can-eat Boyffet.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Could be a kid saying that themselves?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Nice try, guy who was in the chat

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  • [–] -4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    No, I seriously don’t see how that comment could be considered incriminating. That would mean that no adult could ever talk to kids. Which shouldn’t need to be explained just how stupid that is.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Mentioning seeing a "hot little girl" who is also a "kid" isn't incriminating? Maybe there's nothing immediately legally-actionable about it, but Wheel of Fortune was absolutely right to give him the ol' heave-ho over it. Best case (for them), it's the grossest sentence ever written. Worst case, there's about to be an investigation that will land him in jail for the rest of his life. Either way, firing him is a reasonable consequence for being odious.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Even in the incredibly unlikely scenario that was written by a child, why is this grown man participating in the conversation?

    Come on, have some common sense. It's quite obvious what's happening here. This is also not the only relevant piece of the transcript.

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