• Totally Human Emdash User@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 hour ago

    I am genuinely very confused by this post. Were there really a lot of people who saw the Epstein files and were like, “Oh, so maybe women were telling the truth after all”? Because all of the reactions I have seen so far are either “I knew it!” or possibly “Whoa, this goes even further than I thought!”

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      59 minutes ago

      It’s devoid of context, but it could just be talking about the people who only just now have begun believing despite the voices of the victims.

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        41 minutes ago

        The post makes it seem like this was a typical perspective, though. I get that womens’ voices are generally not taken seriously enough when it comes to this kind of thing, but if there were one exception to this rule then Epstein seemed to be it because in my experience everyone considered him to be a dirtbag even before the files were released. Have I just been unwittingly sheltered when it comes to peoples’ views on Epstein? (Genuine question.)

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    People believed them. That’s why there are documents detailing various agencies’ research into Epstein & co.

    If no one believed them, no one would have looked into it.

    Now, the Trump admin and captured agencies are trying to cover it up, redact abusers names, release victims names/info/pictures, etc. But that’s a different story.

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    2 hours ago

    i hope a snopes but deeper searchable thing comes out that proves claims with citations, and disproves ones (with cits too if able.)

    like how do we know if they were farming babies to turn them into cream cheese?

    but also clearly we know they were doing shit THOUSANDS of victims say an need to be believed.

    fluff an slop will dilute the waters. on purpose. :/