Pedophiles should not be stigmatized as much as they are

I'd like to point out, that we definitely should treat pedophilia, however there is so much stigma against them that many are afraid to even seek help. We have no one to blame for pedophiles not seeking help but ourselves since we make them feel so uncomforable by condemning them for merely an attraction. You want them to seek help, but how can they seek help when anyone they turn to will see them as a monster? Do you realize how bad people view pedophiles? Many people consider them worse than murderers, even though they have done nothing wrong. Can you honestly defend this instance where, in Brislington, England, a disabled man was burned to death by their neighbors because they thought he was a pedophile? It turned out there was no evidence he even was a pedophile[3] In addition, many pedophiles want to die, because they have this attraction, 76% of pedophiles suffer from major depression[3] while only 6.7% of the adult population has major depression[4]. I believe the reason why the rates of depression among pedophiles is so much higher is probably because of how much stigma there is against pedophiles. It makes sense to believe that. Is it really fair that we, as society, cause a group of people to be depressed just because we dissaprove of something they can't even control? When pedophiles are found out about, or exposed, the chances are high that they will commit suicide from all of the stigma and attitudes from other people towards them[5] This often occurs even when the pedophile has not done anything wrong. Now, I believe all of this stigma is unfounded because pedophiles rarely molest children. In a comprehensive study of 3,952 people who reported that they molested a child, 35% were not pedophiles [6] which means it is safe to conclude that about 35% of people who molest children are not pedophiles. It is estimated that 1 to 5 percent of men identify as a pedophile [7]. There have been 1.8 million children who have been victims of sexual assault in the United States [8], let's just assume each one had a different perpetrator, but that's not usually the case. That would be 1.8 million child molesters. There are 151,781,326 men in the United States[9], since 1-5% are estimated to be pedophiles, that means 1,517,813-7,589,066 men are pedophiles. If we go back to the 1.8 million number, 35% of them(as shown previously) are not pedophiles. That means 1,170,000 are pedophiles. However, given that this assumes that it's one perpetrator per victim, this is very over-estimated. In this study, it was found that half of child molesting pedophiles repeat their offense [10] therefore that 1.1 million number can be cut in half to 550,000, which is still an over-estimate since we also need to take into account how many times the offenders repeated. Let's just use the 550,000 number for now. That means that out of the 1.5 to 7.5 million pedophiles in the US, 550,000 actually molest children. In other words, around 33% to as low as 7.3% of pedophiles even molest children, and again, that is an over-estimate.Therefore, a vast majority of pedophiles never do a single thing wrong, yet society is the cause of much distress for the pedophile, as we stigmatize them, abuse them, etc. Now, I'll address points made by my opponent, their quotes will be in italics:...why should society accept individuals who have these thoughts and urges?Society shouldn't bully, abuse, stigmatize, and hurt these people though. As pointed out above, a vast majority of them do nothing wrong. They can't help but have the attraction they do, and attractions harm no one. Serial killers are a threat to society, but people do not wait until a mass murder to lock them up and/or treat themActually, yes, we don't lock someone up unless they've actually comitted a crime. Thoughts of doing murder is not reason to lock someone up. Usually, when someone has thoughts of murdering someone, we send them to therapy. We can do the same for pedophiles, and we should encourage them to get help, but we shouldn't treat them terribly otherwise they may be afraid to get help. My opening argument boils down to the fact that paedophiles are a danger to society, and even if they do not or will not ever commit a crime, the sexual attraction to children is dangerous and disgusting, and we should be doing every thing as a society to stigmatise and condemn these people, as their thoughts (regardless of action) are dangerous.Claiming it is disgusting is a matter of opinion though, that is something completely subjective. As for condemning them, do you not see any problem with that? Driving them to suicide and, in some cases, killing them ourselves like in the above example in Brislington, England? For one, YOU don't even know with CERTAINTY they are a pedophile, and the people in Brislington, England got it wrong. Do you really think it's fair to stigmatize someone that you don't know with certainty is a pedophile? Even if they are, they don't deserve it. Just because YOU find it disgusting that they may have thoughts about children, doesn't give you the right to drive them to suicide through your harsh treatment of them. Sources:[3] https://www.vice.com...[4] https://www.nimh.nih.gov... [5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... [6] http://www.childmolestationprevention.org... (see page 9)[7] https://www.psychologytoday.com... [8] https://www.nsopw.gov...(X(1)S(wfibniibqz121noenoddmm5b))/en-US/Education/FactsStatistics?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1[9] http://www.census.gov... [10] http://www.paedofiles.com...