So, I just saw that TikTok from that girl @rawnfelt and I wanna say something.
People are now calling Tom a pedo. Like for what exactly? Twitter? Age gap?
Sorry not sorry, but whatās the issue with him liking girls in their twenties? Is it illegal? No. Is it morally wrong? Also no. No one gets to judge someoneās preferences in partners. No one.
Heās a grown man. And you can only call someone a pedo in one specific case. Let me make it simple and actually define it, okay?
A pedo is a person who has a persistent sexual attraction to children in puberty. Usually under 13. What turns them on is literally the process of a childās body developing into an adult one. Thatās it. Thatās the definition.
Now letās highlight the key parts: āpersistent sexual attractionā and āchildren in pubertyā
Has even ONE girl Tom followed ever fit that description? One? No. No. And again no.
Has he ever followed an underage girl? No
Has he ever been physically abusive? No
Has he ever used a girl? Surprise also no
Tom, Iām sure, was raised properly. With manners. With values. And even if you locked him in a room with underage girls and told him he could do whatever he wants he wouldnāt do a damn thing. Nothing. Because he already knows for himself what line he would never cross. That line is just there.
And in this case? He wouldnāt go against his own principles. Not because society would judge him, but because he simply wouldnāt allow himself to.
Now letās move on. Iāve wanted to say this for a while the Rowling situation. When people called him transphobic.
A transphobe is someone who expresses negative views about transgender people.
Did Tom ever say āI donāt like themā? Even once?
Did he ever say anything degrading about trans people? No
He has the right to not speak on controversial topics. He basically said something like āI donāt really dive into itā¦ā and avoided the question. Thatās not hate thatās choosing not to engage.
Maybe heās still figuring things out.
Maybe he doesnāt fully understand it yet.
Maybe he just doesnāt feel informed enough to speak.
Does he have the right to that? Yes.
Do people have the right to drag him for it? Hell no. No.
Did he call for violence? No
Did he say he hates trans people? Also no
People literally made things up that he never said.
Choosing not to have an opinion = choosing not to have an opinion.
It does NOT equal āheās transphobic, cancel himā
He doesnāt support the community the way Emma, Dan or Rupert do okay. So what exactly was he supposed to say to satisfy everyone?
Now heās getting dragged for having the right to stay silent? Amazing. Absolutely fucking amazing
By that logic, if Tom doesnāt talk about war does that mean he supports war? No. It just means he keeps his thoughts to himself or talks about serious things only with people he trusts.
Meanwhile people are losing their minds and slapping labels on him. Itās absolutely disgusting.
He hasnāt done anything wrong. And thereās a saying: people talk about what bothers them the most. So if theyāre projecting all this onto Tom, thatās not his problem. Thatās theirs.
Maybe someday people learn how to actually listen instead of putting words in someoneās mouth
Nothing to add, agree completely!!