I shudder and I grimace at the thought of living in a world where I have to be afraid to talk to kids, or compliment a little girl on her shiny fucking boots.

Don't worry, you aren't going to have to live in that world because it's never going to exist.

At least, not in the capacity that Reddit claims stuff like that happens. That's such a weird, prevalent circlejerk and I don't understand why, gatdam. It doesn't happen nearly as often as they think it does. Yeah, it happens. Lots of shitty things do. But it's easy to expand those instances and make them stand out as something that happens repeatedly.

a man was accused of pedophilia for spending time with children at a friends' gathering.

Pablo, my man, you're going onto Askreddit and thinking the stories are true? For shame. I bet 10 minutes in this guy's post history and there's a 90% chance I could prove this dude isn't even an adult and is some 17 year old perpetuating the circlejerk.

By which I mean, take a deep breath. You're letting Reddit get to you. I don't recommend it.