# Admitted pedo running for office...And it gets worse **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243 "2018-06-01T05:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/1 "2018-06-01T05:47:50Z")
This guy is running as an independent, so posting this in the SRIOTD thread wasn’t quite accurate. Nathan Larson, 37, is running for Congress in Virginia. Among his platforms: > [@Huffpo](#): > > According to Larson’s campaign manifesto, his platform as a “quasi-neoreactionary libertarian” candidate includes protecting gun ownership rights, establishing free trade and protecting “benevolent white supremacy,” as well as legalizing incestuous marriage and child pornography. > [@huffpo](#): > > In the manifesto, Larson called Nazi leader Adolf Hitler a “white supremacist hero.” He urged Congress to repeal the Violence Against Women Act, adding, “We need to switch to a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands.” He also showed sympathy for men who identify as involuntary celibates, or incels, suggesting it is unfair that they “are forced to pay taxes for schools, welfare, and other support for other men’s children.” > [@huffpo](#): > > When asked what his constituents would think about his pedophiliac writings, he said, “People are open-minded.” > > He continued, “A lot of people who disagreed with someone like Trump … might vote for them anyway just because the establishment doesn’t like them.” In case I’ve never made it clear, I’m against pedophilia, pederasty, NAMBLA, incest, child porn, and the various types of “alternate lifestyles” that involve exploiting the young, old, infirm, or other people who may not be able to avoid these predators. While I’m not religious, if there’s a Hell, I hope they’re saving a spot for someone who holds views like this disgusting fucknugget’s. When it comes to the death penalty, I’m usually torn. I ask if I could be the one who pulled the trigger, or flipped the switch, or injected the drugs to execute someone. When it comes to abhorrent people like this, I would be perfectly willing to do it with a bucket of water and a bad extension cord. > **[Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He’s A Pedophile](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nathan-larson-congressional-candidate-pedophile_n_5b10916de4b0d5e89e1e4824)** > > Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/2 "2018-06-01T05:49:51Z")
He’s at least more honest than trump… ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/3 "2018-06-01T05:55:09Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > He’s at least more honest than trump… You know who else is more honest than Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/4 "2018-06-01T06:20:52Z")
Nixon? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/5 "2018-06-01T06:35:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Nixon? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/6 "2018-06-01T06:40:55Z")
Is there anyone who qualifies as “less honest than Trump?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/7 "2018-06-01T06:56:43Z")
How did supporting free trade slip in there? Given the rest of his platform, I wondering if he actually means he wants to re-establish the slave trade. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/8 "2018-06-01T07:12:56Z")
First things first; eewwwwwwww! That being said, is he an admitted pedophile? You quoted that he wants to legalize it, but that’s not quite the same. I don’t particularly want to read the link to find out. The rest of it is deeply abhorrent, too, but I’m not sure it’s worse. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/9 "2018-06-01T07:23:48Z")
I prefer to let HuffPo and Larson answer your question, **Robot Arm** : > [@](#): > > When asked whether he’s a pedophile or just writes about pedophilia, he said, “It’s a mix of both. When people go over the top there’s a grain of truth to what they say.” > > Asked whether there was a “grain of truth” in his essay about father-daughter incest and another about raping his ex-wife repeatedly, he said yes, offering that plenty of women have rape fantasies ETA: His ex-wife, after being given a restraining order against him, committed suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/10 "2018-06-01T07:25:18Z")
All sorts of cranks and lunatics run as third party candidates. Huff-po is just trying to get clicks. And I did click. You win this round Huff-po, thanks to your pal Superdude. _Shakes fist_. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/11 "2018-06-01T07:27:37Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > You know who else is more honest than Trump? Basically everybody? Including Lying Pete, The Man Who Can’t Stop Lying. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/12 "2018-06-01T07:53:42Z")
Wow. He could just be the worst person on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/13 "2018-06-01T08:08:12Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Wow. He could just be the worst person on the planet. But voting for him would send a message to the liberals. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/14 "2018-06-01T09:50:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But voting for him would send a message to the liberals. AND he’s not Hillary… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/15 "2018-06-01T10:24:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How did supporting free trade slip in there? Given the rest of his platform, I wondering if he actually means he wants to re-establish the slave trade. Starting with women, though; mainly because there’s enough of those close by without needing to transport them. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/16 "2018-06-01T11:37:30Z")
That boy’s not right. No, really — You don’t whip up that mash of every possible position for which someone may be kicked off a “regular” wacko fringe group, even if trying to pull a deliberate Poe’s Law troll whoosh, while in full use of faculties. Though “Incelocalypse” would be a fine tag under which to do that, I must admit ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/17 "2018-06-01T12:18:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > This guy is running as an independent, so posting this in the SRIOTD thread wasn’t quite accurate. Are you sure he isn’t trolling the Left? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/18 "2018-06-01T12:33:29Z")
… and that government of the proles, by the trolls, for the lulz, shall not perish from the earth, which is a goddamn depressing prospect. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/19 "2018-06-01T12:40:30Z")
**Vinyl Turnip** , have you looked around the world recently? I dunno whether to stock up on ammo or hard liquor. > [@Quartz](#): > > Are you sure he isn’t trolling the Left? Oh, that he is, whether or not this is an honest incelocalyptic meltdown; the question would be if the trolling is a means or an end. However his troublesome IRL record raises worries – the protection order and suicide of the Ex, the loss of child custody, the conviction for threats against the President (which he made during the WBush-Obama transition but he did not specify which one, still apparently deemed serious enough to have him taken down). Normally I say let the freaks freak and the trolls troll as long as it’s just in a chatroom, but dude’s a Known To The Authorities type, so there’s a higher than normal risk he may show up in the news again some day for something Not Ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243/20 "2018-06-01T14:41:26Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > You know who else is more honest than Trump? Tommy Flanagan? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admitted-pedo-running-for-office-and-it-gets-worse/815243.md?page=2)