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Let that sink in.
He accused a teen interested in an age-appropriate partner of being a pedophile. The age difference between the people that killed Lee, and the 'victim' Lee was pretending to be online is, at most, 4 years.
Fuck that dude. That kind of accusation wrecks lives.
And as an adult man posing as a young girl, how can you possibly pose as specifically 15? Do you wear a sign with your age? I would bet he looked much older than 15. He probably looked older than these teens, because he was older than them. I don't understand how you can be called a pedophile by being attracted to an adult man in women's clothing unless he's broadcasting his fake age somehow.
"hi my name is Sally I'm 15 years old and I'm a huge Swiftie!"
...like that.
You know, I just realized it was probably online and he only got shot after trying to get them to meet in person. I was thinking posing as a 15 year old girl meant in person and that's when the attack happened. How stupid does this guy need to be to do this to other teenagers online?