The thing about pedophiles is not all of them are actively malicious. There are plenty just like Chris, who simply naively believe that children like sex and there should be nothing wrong with it, that the law is just being overbearing and that people's stigma is unwarranted. Now, I know Chris is absolutely harmless, but make no mistake, there are many people exactly like Chris on sex offender registries, for good reasons. Chris seems to be pretty cautious nowdays with giving any sort of hint or indication that he so much as remotely associates sex with children in any form, as anyone should. I believe this is at least partially due to people outright calling out his pedophile behavior, which at least Chris knows is socially unacceptable. And to Chris, the only thing that matters is being socially accepted, he is desperate for validation.
And my god, I fear the day he finds the MAP community. If trannies turned him into one of them, I'm afraid how MAPs would manipulate him.