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Samples of Direct Quotes from Antis in Archived Examples:​

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• "Just because you don't condone it in real life doesn't mean anything"

• "I do believe minor proshippers deserve redemption"

• "Treat fictional characters as REAL people"

• "You should treat fictional children like real ones"

• "It kinda scares me that some therapists endorse proshipping [...] young proshippers need better help and adults"

• "As a young teenager proshipping is disgusting and I'm so glad I was picked up by the right side"

• "If they're under 25 [...] then it is still pedophilia because the brain is still developing until you're 25"

• "I can get very proshipy type urges, though I suppress them"

• "You do not have to be sexually attracted to children to be a pedophile"

• "If you ever see a proshipper who is a minor [...] PLEASE PLEASE be gentle with them, show them kindness, and be patient with them."

• [25 year old anti-shipper discussing a 12 year old who left their 'recovery' group full of adults] "I'm so ashamed of her. We tried helping her leave the proship community and she was trying. We were all helping to build her up [...] Disgusting"

• "Rape is rape, regardless of if it is a work of fiction [...] you are fantasizing about being a criminal, therefore you will be treated like one by me"

• [Young adults discussing a 13 year old] A:"Kid, you're fucked in the head" B:"PSYCH WARD" C:"If her parents won't do anything she needs to be driven offline by force"

• "I want to let any minors know that you can always come to my DMs [...] I'm here for y'all"

• "These children proshippers deserve a second chance [...] [they] don't know what's right or wrong, we should help them [...] so they won't be going down the wrong path."

• "When I was 13 [...] I started having intrusive thoughts of gross ships [...] the thoughts came back to me a few days ago but I told myself it's not okay, and I distanced myself from those ships."

• [to 13 year old] "You're making the choice to be like your abuser [...] You said you are a proshipper because of [abuse] that happened to you, you are making the choice to be like that person [abuser]" "You're just as bad as your abuser if you're using this to cope <3"

• "How can age not apply to an anime character when anime technically is just animated real life?"

• "Whenever these proship minors become adults they WILL most likely qualify as pedos :(. They're like, Pedos in training. Pedo cadets"

• "Your brain can't tell the difference between cartoons and real people which is why we feel attachment and attraction to characters"

• "Child characters need to be protected [...] We need to protect what they represent, which is children [...] If we cut out sexualization of kids (real or fake) then we get rid of all the pedos"

• "Anime characters are people [...] they live in their own universes with their own ideals and morals [...] jobs and goals [...] so yes they are people and fiction is still rooted in reality therefore they are still minors"

• "Some harassment is alright if it does persist just for their own good"

• "I don't even trust [proshippers] near their own kids"

• "Proshippers are a mistake in the human genetic code"

• "I think we should bring back public execution"

• "You stopped deserving people's respect when you decided the things they went through should be seen as romantic"

• "Fictional murder is very rarely glorified [...] but a good amount of fictional sex is shown in a positive light or brushed off without any regard for its moral implications, or used to turn you on"

• "Good people can kill, but good people cannot commit sex crimes"

• A: "I saw you relapsed" B: "I'm honestly desperately trying to break out of com/pro shipping because I feel disgusting but i always come back. I plan to delete this book and try over again [...] I wanna be a good person"

• "Would you want a pro shipper around minors, your child, your siblings, or pets?"

• "I'm proud! I'm also recovering from being proship and I'm glad we're both able to move forwards"

• "Illegal, immoral ships normalize bad relationship and power dynamics and are often used to groom minors and vulnerable people into accepting said abuse"

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• Below is a collection of the most common examples of anti behavior which include: death threats, threats of physical harm, stalking, suicide baiting, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, spreading disinformation, and engaging in harmful practices of obsessing over media they dislike as well as purposefully engaging with people they personally deem dangerous. ​NOTE: All conversations below are in reference to content in fictional art, literature or media. Some Images are large, please give them a moment to load; Zoom-in is also Available.

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• any visible usernames are from accounts that are now inactive

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• [[See section Direct Quotes from NCOSE' further down the page for direct belief & language comparisons]]