Ive lately been watching a number of "to catch a predator" episodes. A show that went off the air 13 years ago with follow up episodes of its reboot that aired in 2016.
Chris Hansen wasnt his old self then. His gut was falling out of his pants and at the time he was caught cheating on his wife that took some of that Pedo show money. He kind of looked like he was sleeping under the bridge for the whole of 2016 during the reboot show.
Ive watched these episodes multiple times over the years because the human psyche just fascinates me. When you imagine what kind of person a pedophile might be you think of someone you would cheer on being bludgeoned to death in the street, maybe youdd even pick up a iron rod and hit them over the head with it yourself.
One of the reasons why this show fascinated me is because it shows you who these people actually are and over time lead you to the conclusion that even those that might be perceived as "good people" on the outside can commit disturbing things.
In all cases and i mean all of them i found these men to fall into one category.. And this is not a scientific determination of attributes present. This is just my urban description of them.
In almost 100% of the cases ive seen, and as i say ive watched this show over the years a few times, theyre all beta males with extremely low self-esteem.
You had men from all walks of life in this show. Professors, cops, priests, truckers, mailmen... All of them struck me as emotionally crippled.
Of course, you had a few "douchebags", rednecks that that got stuck in high school and never matured from the "if it moves..."
But for most part it wasnt those cases that dominated. After you watch the show for a while something flips in your head and you start to see these sting operations a bit differently.
You have these insecure men, 99% of them physically unimpressive, inarticulate, in some cases actually crippled, in some cases admitted virgins, in many cases obviously below the average IQ, in most cases emotionally crippled and on at a much lower emotional age, getting baited online by some assholes in chat rooms constantly pushing them to go beyond the fantasy of writing stupid shit online to walking up the girls/boys doorstep.
At what point do you say...
Well, these are sick an vulnerable people and these guys on NBC are using them for some ratings.
This whole show is one big controversy.
with predators, aka, sick and emotionally immature men that need help.
... although some are dangerous pedophiles that commit the crime constantly. One guy was caught on camera twice in 2 days. Thats a level of sickness that devoured self control. One guy tried to solicit a minor for sex a day before his sentencing. You have people like that but then you also have a virgin of 23 that tried to have sex with a 14 year old. He probably perceives that girl to be on his level of maturity, he would feel "comfortable" with her.
When the show was canceled the first time it was because 1 predator killed himself over being on the show.
When i watch this i always ask myself:
What is it that makes a person bad?
If theyre sick, are they evil? If theyre beyond help does the fact theyre sick even matter? If theyre deranged does jail help at all?
Even though this show might be, what you would call entertaining to watch (in a macabre type of way) you cant shake the feeling that youre watching the most pathetic the male gender has to offer. That youre watching those that cannot attract attention of women their age so they look for female comfort online with underage kids that just entered puberty because they find them as emotionally immature as they are.
The pathology of the lowest a man can become.