[Right Wing Assault]

If they are born that way, how can we throw them in jail for doing what comes naturally for them? Also, if it is an insult to gays to say they can be cured, is it an insult to someone born with a heart condition to say they can be cured? Just more Geraldo drivel with the help of O'Reilly.

[beyond the sea]

Geraldo says molesters born that way

What............ did he speak with Clinton?

[starfish923]

"Doctor" Rivera spouts again.
He's such a hack. PURE, 100%, grade-AA, blue-ribbon Sleazywood.

[linkinpunk]

Funny that Geraldo's sex life has been a choice, not genetically predetermined.

Geraldo admitted in his biography to lots of "hugging and kissing" with Mick Jaggar.

[MizSterious]

I think Geraldo is right, which is one reason why I think there should be a death penalty for child molesters. Give them a couple of chances to "rehabilitate", then give them the needle. The way it is now, most just get a wrist slap and they continue on as they have been, hurting more children.

[kellynla]

I disagree. IMHO, I believe molesters were molested at some time probably in their childhood. But I have no scientific and/or behavioral evidence to back up that belief.

[goldstategop]

Psychopathy certainly has a genetic component to it... as though evil prospers and can pass along its genes more successfully when it odds favor it. The very idea contradicts the Western liberal belief in the inherent goodness of man. But turn to any page in the daily newspaper and you instinctively know that's not true. Some people seem to be born literally without a conscience. I worry about the health and well-being of a family member in the hospital. Now try to imagine never having to care whether they lived or died. Its quite a different universe in which psychopaths operate.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[SunnySide]

Geraldo says, "molesters born that way"

Does Geraldo mean the same way men like him are born serial philandering slobs? Who gives a rats patooty what that has-been says. He's such an ego maniacal lecher gas bag. People who are in the Liz Taylor serial marriage club have NO CREDIBILITY.

Since when did Geraldo become a certified psychiatrist, geneologist?

[PaulaB]

I have always thought he was a little strange
the only thing we are born with is our outward appearance/and a heart to know God (though most ignore this)...
everything else our parents and our environment teach us

[Graybeard58]

Geraldo says molesters born that way

Gerald Rivers was born an idiot - he can't help it.

[ModelBreaker]

If they are born that way, how can we throw them in jail for doing what comes naturally for them?

All of us are doing what comes naturally when we sin. We can throw child molestors in jail by arresting them and by locking them up. Regardless whether they are born with those desires, acting on the desires is dangerous to children and there is nothing immoral or wrong when society responds to them acting on their desires.

[martin_fierro]

Fox News host Gerald Rivera told his colleague Bill O'Reilly

[squirt-gun]

Born or evolve????

It simply doesn't matter.

What matters is that these monsters disappear permantly from this planet.

[G.Mason]

And what about imbecilic persons, foisted upon the public as "reporters"? Are they born that way also?

Build their gallows high

[msnimje]

They should be jailed forever or castrated (surgically, not chemically).

[Aliska]

I don't know how he came up with this idea. It could be true. Common sense would suggest that some could be born that way, and others are conditioned by early experiences, late experiences, genetic actuation at any point throughout their lifespan, and simply choice by letting one's thinking getting out of control and stimulating it through pornography, etc.

Many cases of mental illness involve getting one's thinking patterns stuck in a rut. That's why shock treatment has been effective in extreme cases, although there are often relapses. Modern drugs have helped some who have formerly required shock treatments, failed others abominably. If they can break out of the thinking pattern they are stuck in, they can often recover and sometimes have recurrent relapses. It is possible to rewire the brain circuitry by using ones thoughts, rejecting intrusive ones, and recover. There is a famous case of a brilliant schizophrenic who did exactly that after all medical remedies at the time, including insulin shock treatment, failed. I can't remember his name, but there is a documentary film and book about him.

Some of it starts past middle age which suggests changes in the brain and one's sexual history (or inadequacy of) prior to that.

The bottom line is that nobody, including me, knows what causes it for certain. They are only beginning to find out what works, partially works, and doesn't work.

[PistolPaknMama]

On the other hand, how do you explain people who are molested as children and don't grow up to be molesters themselves? There are probably a lot more of those people than people who were molested as children and grew up to be sex offenders. Perhaps it is genetic and all they need is fertile ground to learn to be who they are?

[colorcountry]

This is my take on what Rivera said:

I believe some people are just born without a soul. They are literally evil incarnate. Some people call them psychopaths or sociopaths, but they are dangerous and cannot be rehabilitated....so lock the buggers up!

And to that I have to agree.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Geraldo is an embarrassment.

[Popman]

Geraldo says molesters born that way,

Geraldo obviously thinks himself a cut above the rest of us mere mortals.

He gives us no scientific evidence or research to back up his claim, we simply only need to take his word for it.

Time for Fox to cut him loose before ho tries to open up Al Capones vaults again

[rollo tomasi]

Wonder if Whoraldo thinks it's OK to abort the baby (Just based on this, not convenience) once scientist isolate the "homosexual gene". Ditto with the "molester gene".

My guess is Whoraldo would be the first reporter doing hit pieces on couples who abort their babies due to racism and intolerance.