I think pedophiles have trouble controlling their sexual urges. It's all about "advantage". Kids are defenseless, so they take advantage of that.
I think (I have no actual scientific proof, though, only casual observation) that pedos conform to two stereotypes:
1) the person who has actual attraction to underage people
2) the person who desires control and voluntarily chooses children for being weak
The second case is surprisingly more widespread. Those people don't give a shit about children from a sexual standpoint, but rather want someone to manipulate from early on so they can mold them into whatever shape they want, and dumping them once they get bored or find a more convenient target. This kind of people is a textbook example of abuser who just want a power trip no matter the cost.
However I actually think Butts falls in the first category: he's actually irremediably attracted to children (because people on the second category, I noticed, tends to prefer girls or boys that belong more in the "jailbait" category** and Butts has admitted that his "age of preference" can go very, very low. ("as low as 4" if I remember correctly)). Notice how desperate he sounds to have physical contact with
Alice. ANY physical contact. Notice how proud he sounds at some point for getting to tickle her or whatever. This guy is definitely sexually attracted to children, pathologically, and he shows no self-restraint (as evidenced by his constant wanting of that contact).
Please note that in the logs, that's him speaking from a position of power (admin on the site, so fighting him over it probably had perceived or real consequences like getting banned and whatnot) and with people he was confident with (as evidenced by his lack of shame), so this is pretty much the closest you can get to his "real thoughts". Private conversations probably don't get much racier than that.
Now, there's a catch. Both types of pedo aren't necessarily exclusive, and the first type is not necessarily a helpless victim of chance. A decent human being would be
scared shitless by this realization, however Butts chose to trivialize it for kicks, and perhaps to not have to ever put any resistance to such a serious issue. I think that's dangerous because as said earlier, he clearly craves that contact and is not
ashamed or terrified of it, and I think that's a time bomb waiting to explode. Having a legion of enablers doesn't help.
(
I still can't get over that "father" sending him pics of his daughter...)
Instead of seeking help he decided to go at it like if it was regular porn. And rebelled on the fact that it's very illegal. He treats having and sharing an archive of underage model pics as some sort of thing to be proud of, with the added benefit of making him look edgier and gangsta (
in his mind). That's why he thinks the "edgelord defense" works (
in his mind), because
for him that was being edgier than a gritty reboot of Devil May Cry (the gritty reboot).
TL;DR: I think he's legit attracted to kids and is enough of a scumbag to try to get what he wants if he had the chance. That's the opinion I get from reading the logs, at least, so feel free to challenge it.
**
I say jailbait as "teens that are partially or completely sexually developed but still not legal". I think that's how the term is used but I am not entirely familiar with it, so please correct me if that's wrong.
