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    Campaigning against a crime is only important if it hurts political opponents. If it hurts themselves, then it’s they try to cover it up.

    The type of crime doesn’t matter.

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      The type of crime doesn’t matter.

      That’s not true. Paedophilia is a special crime in that nobody will admit to doing it, and nobody will defend it. Even with murder, some people will admit to it to seem tough. Even with rape, nobody wants to be seen as the guy who has to rape because he can’t get action any other way, but in some circles it’s fine to force your wife, or get a girl blackout drunk.

      In the past the unspeakable crimes were different. Hundreds of years ago it was witchcraft or blasphemy. Even 50ish years ago there wasn’t the same focus on paedophilia. Instead the conspiracies were about satanic worship and blood sacrifices. In the future it will probably be something different. But, at the moment the unspeakable crime is paedophilia.

      The fact that it’s the worst possible crime is important. It means that it’s done in secret. That means proof is hard to come by, and that makes it ideal for conspiracy theories.

      So, the crime does matter. It can’t be a crime that someone will admit to doing and try to defend. It can’t be a crime that is done in the open, it has to be one that is done in secret. It has to be a crime where proof is extremely hard to come by, and the only evidence is likely to be hearsay.

      But, what’s interesting is that the victims don’t really matter. If the focus were on satanic / blasphemous rituals, there wouldn’t need to be a victim. With the paedophilia focus, the important thing is doing the forbidden act, not the welfare of the victim.

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        I’m not saying they’re defending it, but they are covering it up and running defense against it.

        The goal is to stay in power and keep the opponents out of power at all costs. Run defense on the crimes if they point to Trump, and run offense on the crimes if they point to Trump’s enemies.

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        The books with his name are a red herring Jeffrey Epstein was not a dumb man, that entire house was undoubtedly wired for video through hidden cameras

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          jeff was actually very stupid. if you ever listen to anything he said or what other people say about him, he comes across as a dullard with no interests or personality beyond partying. he was someone who was popular simply because he could get people access to things like big parties and, well, you know. if he wasn’t in that position, no one would be his friend.

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            That being said, people In power know how to protect their interest sand there’s no way him and his buddies and P Diddy weren’t talking about all the cameras that they could install secretly, I stand by what I said the tapes are the real deal. The list is nothing and that’s What people focus on and I think that’s dumb.

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          Maybe, maybe not. Maybe he didn’t blackmail anybody, he just asked for favours and they were happy to provide because of what he provided them.

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      “The grassroots is not trying to make you look bad, We want to try and make sure the bad people that have done such terrible things to you can finally be held accountable”

      -Charlie Kirk to Donald trump

      To me it reads that the real victim is trump and that he’s admitting that the only reason they want to make them "accountable " is that they hurt Trump. It was always a political cudgel. It’s why some claim that Democrat (voters, leadership may have a different idea) wouldn’t want Clinton going down.