daily reminder: when I say "not quite as bad", I mean "it's still bad but not quite on the same level of bad as the other thing"
There's no such thing as
kinda bad or
not as bad in these situations. If you premeditate murder, you are as guilty as the murderer themselves. You helped the situation transpire, you should be held just as accountable as the one who did the deed. You probably didn't stab the person yourself, but your support means you helped the knife plunge.
If you say 'owning child research isn't as bad as raping a child' you're just saying 'paying for someone to assassinate a man isn't as bad as being the assassin' and yes, your support, no matter how reserved or vocal, is support nonetheless.
Being in possession of child research is as bad as perpetrating the researchographic acts behind it.