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[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Knowingly hired a sex offender". Well? Should everyone on the sex offender registry be jobless forever, or what is the point?

I generally agree with this point, except, Mr.Beast channel is specifically catered to and often involves minors. In that particular environment there should be an absolute zero tolerance for any kind of sex offender. That's a no brainer. If you somehow find out after already hiring the individual the correct response is to publicly and candidly let that person go.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I understand what you're saying and to a degree I agree but do we know why he was labeled a sex offender? I'm not here to necessarily defend him but I know of people who have had to register when their offense was whipping out their dick near a school to pee. Nothing sexual, they were just drunk and didn't realize it was a small elementary the building over, the cop wasn't having a good day and he got fucked by the law.

Again, I'm not necessarily defending him but there's at least a bit of wiggle room in my opinion depending on circumstances.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://sexoffender.dsp.delaware.gov/?/Detail/00004788

Rape of a child between the ages of 1-11. There is no ambiguity in this.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

Hey fair enough, fuck that guy.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, I feel something that you did as a teenager, and that you have already went to court about, shouldn't haunt you for the rest of your life any more than it already does with the legally mandated registry.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The guy was accused of raping a child between the ages of 1-11. Do you think that person should ever have anything to do with children? Being 16 does not make this excusable.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not from the US, but I assume they have laws for this. I'm against vigilante justice against people who were already judged by the legal system. Do you also support not hiring any felon?

I don't think he should or shouldn't be allowed near anyone, I assume if there was a reason to be barred from it by the judge, he would be. Clearly he wasn't, so I'm not going to be an armchair legal expert and override the judge.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You have a very optimistic view of the American legal system and it does not include nuance such as this. It depends from state to start but generally a sex offender is not legally prohibited from holding just about any position beyond teacher/day care. Some states make it difficult for them to obtain professional licenses. I do not believe any of them actually prohibits "children's entertainer".

Typically that would be considered the purview of the employer.