Slander, Lies, Libel

 How can someone constantly, vehemently, object to things like lies and slander while simultaneously engaging in both lying and slander.  

One example.  The prevailing narrative from both the MSM and the ASPL is that the "Epstein Files" would  unequivocally prove that Trump was objectively guilty of sex with minors therefore justifying referring to him as a pedophile.   Yet the "Epstein files" have, if anything, pretty much refuted this narrative entirely.  Yet some on the left continue to refer to Trump as a "pedophile", with absolutely zero evidence that this claim is accurate.  

A pedophile is defined as someone who is "sexually attracted to children" or according to MW to "prepubescent children".   So when someone refers to someone else as a "pedophile" they are claiming that the person is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.  Now that is quite a significant charge to level against someone, especially without any objective proof.  

If I wanted to refer to the fine upstanding immigrant "helper" who helped himself (via kidnapping) to sexually abusing a 12 year old child as a "pedophile" that might be appropriate (especially if the child was prepubescent).  The actions of this fine upstanding gentleman would clearly warrant the appellation.   

Now those in academia and the ASPL have introduced another factor into the equation.  The notion of Minor Attracted Persons is the new more acceptable term for pedophile, and the attempts to justify this attraction are impressive.   The creepiest is the notion that using AI to generate pornographic images of children for sexual gratification is perfectly legal and acceptable.  

So one must wonder, is "pedophile" a bad person, while a "MAP" is a good person?   The hypocrisy seems evident.  

But, back to the point.  It seems to be patently a lie, and potentially slander, to refer to someone as a "pedophile" without actual proof of that person's sexual attraction to prepubescent children.   It also seems strange to fail to discriminate between one who has the attraction but doesn't act on it, and one who does choose to act on their attraction.  

In any case, it seems wrong to lie about something this serious and very likely to be slanderous/libelous.