GCHQ has a group that works on propaganda and deceit. It justifies existence by claiming to address foreign enemies and terrorists, then operates mainly against dissidents and ordinary domestic criminals.

Attaching shame to the confederate flag is worth an effort, but it is just a small step in eradicating systematic US racism.

Several Republicans have presented false quotes attributed to founders of the US.

A regional assembly of a prestigious US church voted to oppose the War on Drugs.

An admired teacher in the UK has been sentenced to a long prison term for initiating teenage boys into sex.

It seems clear that those teenagers enjoyed their sexual relationship at the time, and actively participated in continuing it. Neither apparently claims to have been coerced.

These relationships cannot have been perfect; no relationship ever is. It is not unusual to get into a relationship and later regret it, but if that implies the relationship was harmful, then we would start imprisoning most people who have them.

I have the impression that someone convinced them, based on an ideological position, that some imperfect aspect means the relationships did them grave damage. I am not buying it. Your first relationship is almost sure to be flawed, and you learn from that.

I am sure I'd have had a far happier life if I had learned these things from a teacher when I was 14 rather than waiting years to learn them from someone else.