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Voltaire2

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6. I explicitly noted the difference.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 11:01 AM

Apr 2021

So again, almost all the sex workers arrested are adults, they are not the people coercing adults or the people abusing underage sex workers.

So what is the problem with not arresting adult sex workers?

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Manhattan to Stop Prosecuting Prostitution, Part of Nationwide Shift [View all] brooklynite Apr 2021 OP

How does that impact their efforts to go after sex traffickers? hlthe2b Apr 2021 #1

Well almost all the people arrested for prostitution are sex workers Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #4

Sex trafficking is not the same as sex work nor prostitution. Do you really not know the difference? hlthe2b Apr 2021 #5

I explicitly noted the difference. Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #6

You absolutely conflated the issues. You are BADLY uninformed--especially for a DUer. hlthe2b Apr 2021 #7

ok fine have it your way Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #8

It makes no sense Deminpenn Apr 2021 #2

In fact nationally the effort has been to re-criminalize sex work Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #3

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Apr 2021 #9