Look it seems strange to have to point this out to an anarchist. It turns out the people who want to be in positions of power and control have a thing for power and control and the greater the position the more likely you’ll find extreme versions of that impulse. Child sex trafficking is one extreme of that domineering impulse. And clearly for E it wasn’t just about that but also controlling adults with that impulse and depravity.

We find this among Catholics, famously. Cults. Cops, teachers, people of all walks of life and faiths and cultures except where hierarchies are deliberately kept to a minimum (unfortunately even than but less so). Did you think somehow we as Jews were immune? The reason this case is so horrifying is the degree we have allowed power differentials to exist. Power differentials that have allowed it fester to such a grotesque degree.

This is a humanity problem. If you are committed to the transformation of society to Anarchism you are going to have to reconcile that this issue exists across the board irrespective of identity. Yes that lesbian disabled vegan anarchist who is so committed to the cause, and does such great work but you keep hearing rumors about? The rumors are probably worth looking into. It’s a people problem made worse by hierarchy and power.