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  To be clear. They might be. I’m not an expert on the content of those subreddits.
  The thrust of my point is this:
  - Children aren’t able to consent to the video content because of the power dynamic between them and adults and adults having an advantage over children who haven’t fully developed their reasoning. So at a bare minimum, it’s exploitative.
  
  Children aren’t stupid because they haven’t developed the cognitive ability to fully understand everything and this is labeled as “fucking stupid” and is something the children have no control over.
  
  These two things coalesce into essentially a sub that blames non-consenting children for simply “existing” as children. For public consumption.
  Also “fucking stupid” implied a sort of deep dislike of children. They’re not simply kids, they’re “fucking stupid kids”. Which implies it’s broadly a negative framing.
context: It seems like you're taking something meant for fun a little too seriously. Parenting is hard and sometimes kids are fucking assholes. >
  
  The lack of explicit consent is what immediately jumps out at me. Often there are videos showing children being embarrassed and shamed for “public consumption”. I consider that to be a form of abuse. >
  
  Would you apply this same logic to any video of other people posted to reddit? >
  
  Yes. I would. I find a lot of content online questionable because people are often being recorded without their consent.
  There are in fact, in many places, laws against this.
  “ it is illegal for any person to secretly record an oral, telephonic, or electronic communication that other parties to the communication reasonably expect to be private. (18 U.S.C. § 2511.)”
  In fact! Some of the videos of children are taken in the home. Which means there should be a reasonable expectation that it be private.
  In truth, the rights of children… might be in violation. >
  
  
  There are in fact, in many places, laws against this.
  
  Yes but you're extending that law beyond its meaning. It's very explicit when it says "reasonably expect privacy". Further, you're generally allowed to record whatever you want in public. 
  
  In fact! Some of the videos of children are taken in the home. Which means there should be a reasonable expectation that it be private.
  
  Yeah that definitely does not hold up especially given the people can literally see them recording. 
  In truth, they definitely aren't. >
  
  Kids aren't a class of person. Everyone was or is a kid. Being a kid transcends culture and language and borders. It's one of the few universals. And an attribute of that universal is that sometimes if not often, kids are fucking stupid!
  It's not their fault they're stupid, they're learning their lessons. It's something everyone can relate to because we've all been in that ignorant position. >
  
  Have you considered that kids are, in fact, fucking stupid? >
  
  Replace “kids” with modern civil rights protected minorities/demographics, and see how long that comment lasts >
  
  Kids aren't a protected minority or class in the sense you're talking about, they're a universal. Anyone in a minority or protected class group all have in common that they were once a kid. Rich poor gay straight everyone was a kid at one point. >
  
  Exactly, at a point..meaning prior tense. I don’t see how they’re universal if they aren’t a unchanging state. But the word kid does categorize a certain section of the population. No different than I can equally use any other “demographic” as a categorization, and then apply the “stupid” accusation on them. 
  But of course in those later cases, censorship will be a predictable reaction >
  
  
  Why are children exempt?
  
  Because children aren't some protected class. People of all races, sexes, etc at one point were children.
  
  It seems exceptionally cruel considering children are unable to consent and video is being taken of them
  
  What makes it cruel? Does it hurt them in any way? Or are they just going to continue living their lives exactly the way they would had they not been videotaped?
  
  Then there’s the biological truth that children as also human beings still in development
  
  Right: that's why they're so stupid.
  People like you diminish important terms, like "hate." When people like you go around calling videos of kids falling of the couch "hate," it trivializes actual, impactful hate. What you're doing is far more damaging than these videos. >
  
  spot on. let's not all trip over ourselves searching out "hate" while in reality we're just chasing the "i support all victims" dragon. >
  
  Kids are definitely fucking stupid
  Source: former child myself >
  
  Anecdotal and doesn’t address the points made. >
  
  omg you are one of those debate bros huh.
  is your username hate as well? >
  
  I consented to my username. In fact, I chose it.
  Children do not have the ability to consent. >
  
  Kids absolutely have the ability to consent, just because they can't consent to sex doesn't mean they can't consent to anything >
  
  Kids aren’t capable of consenting because they can’t understand the gravity 
  If you’re a toddler, you don’t know the effects of having images on the internet that can never be deleted and that you can’t control. You don’t know whether you’ll go “viral,” and have these images associated with you for the rest of your life. A toddler, or even a child, isn’t capable of making these decisions because they don’t comprehend the internet, how vast it is, how many creeps and people with bad intentions are on it, how many future employers are on it, etc
  There is a chance that one tantrum could follow them for the rest of their life. They don’t know any better. They can’t consent >
  
  Is /peoplefuckingdying a hate sub against cute animals? I find it pretty endearing. Same goes for /kidsarefuckingstupid. Shit, my kids did the same things! I probably did, too. >
  
  Which part is cruel? The title of the subreddit or the content of the posts?
  Did you think America's Funniest Home videos was a cruel show? It regularly showed kids doing stupid things. Gave some of them $10,000 for being especially stupid. 
  The subreddit isn't exploiting anyone. People see an image or video online of a kid being stupid and post it to the appropriate subreddit for karma. 
  Do you think r/idiotsincars is a hate subreddit also? What about r/animalsbeingjerks or /r/PeopleBeingJerks or /r/peoplearestupid ?