yeah its true that what you watch isn't directly a gateway into who you are, like the example you gave with murder but people who are taking interest in sexual content containing KIDS can reflect into the way they see actual children. People who constantly consume that stuff and already have urges are more prone to be leering on real children. That's what I think they mean.
Murder and gore have been so normalized that people think is not comparable but it really is, and you just confirmed you're not qualified to give advice about this
An actual therapist would tell you that everything you enjoy in the realms of fiction is not hurtful
that's why people can like gore and other problematic content while not condoning this type of actions in real life, because fiction has always been a gateway to explore taboo subjects for centuries
That's why works like "To kill a Mockingbird" or "Lady Chatterly's Lover" or even series like Game of Thrones exist, this was one the the most watched series which depicted many taboo subjects and even included incest, with such a wide audience,
according to your logic the people who watched it have the profile of a sick serial killer because they engaged with such content.
But the reality is that properly working adult minds understand the difference between fiction and reality, their morality and judgement isn't affected by the fiction they consume because they know what's right and wrong in real life. Even most teenagers start developing this judgement earlier so they understand too that you can enjoy problematic fiction yet not condone it in real life and being aware of its problematic elements.
I know what comment you're talking about and I would like you to quote it because it would be nice to dissect it together, since it was a single comment in which I wasn't defending anyone but showing the double standards of people who only take their performative activism into fiction discussions trying to get the high moral ground
Exhibit 2, This manga is clearly made with romantic subtext and the kid is experiencing romantic feelings towards his older friend, denying it just shows the little understanding someone has about this manga.
Childhood friends growing up and getting into a relationship is completely normal, having sex when both are able to conent is completely normal you're saying that imagining an scenario where both are adults and able to consent is pedophilic, so when the author (if it happens in the future) depicts them grown up and in a relationship by your logic that would be pedophilic and wrong and the author should go to therapy for presenting a trope of childhood friends who grow up together and end up together when they're older
Talking to this people is like talking to a wall, You give explanations and examples and they would only discuss a sentence of what You wrote, because that is the only thing they understood, entitled people to their max, they really believe that is their duty to impose their own Morales and justice on others because they are the " chosen ones" talking about seeking help they are the definition of Main character syndrome. I enter a discussion on another comment about that if they are so disgusted and outregeous about this, they should bring the discussion to widely know platafforms like Twitter, Instagram, Reddit to bring awareness like the #metoo movement instead of giving lectures here and the answers i got were lame excuses like if there are still websites that have cp content and are still running how a movement would change that, and they literally said " i can't control people but i can shame them" they practically said, I'm lazy to do all of that. All of this speaks volumes of their fake activism and how hypocrite people can be.
Manifesting they remove every innocent, pure grown up and "10 year old" kid friendship mangas or similar to them, many btchs are taking it too far and this site is full of people with p*d*ph*l*c behaviour it's weirding me out