Why would Principal Vagina interpret "moon stuff" that way?

In Morty's MindBlower (Rick and Morty S3E8), when Morty told Principal Vagina that Mr. Lunas was "up to something" and "lives on the moon", Principal Vagina thought "lives on the moon" was a hint that Mr. Lunas was a pedophile. This could be seen from the conversation between him and Morty after he confronted Mr. Lunas and punched him in the face:

M: What did he say?

P: Denied the moon stuff, but that's what pedophiles do, they deny, it's their bread and butter.

M: Pedophile?

P: You don't think so? I thought the moon thing might have been code.

M: No, he's literally from the moon!

P: Well, you saw him react. Moon or not, that dude likes 'em young.

My question is, why would Principal Vagina take the moon stuff as "code" for pedophilia? There is absolutely no connection between the two as I can see.

Best Answer

Principal Vagina was just really confused.

You can tell he is trying to make sense of what Morty is saying. A student telling you he's "up to something" and "from the moon" doesn't really make a lot of sense.

Morty was very convinced that something was wrong though, so he was very worried. Obviously a good principal would be worried if his students were.

Principal Vagina isn't the most aware person though. He knows something is wrong; and makes an assuption which isn't a very good one. This leads to a confrontation under a false premise.

He's just assuming his student was molested bit doesn't know how to say it. Morty was talking literally though, which doesn't make much sense from the principals perspective.