• Lorfan@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Am I the only person that doesn’t care about this? The age of consent in most other countries is 14/15 anyway. Even in the US there are states where what they did wouldn’t be a crime. I’d rather the government focus on real issues like student loan debt forgiveness and the unemployment crisis.

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      6 hours ago

      Man, I remember when trolls used to be subtle. I mean, come on. Brand new account saying something meant to generate outrage? Obvious troll is obvious.

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      9 hours ago

      Is this just trolling or do you not really comprehend the horrors of sex trafficking anyone, let alone these minor victims?

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      The age of consent in most other countries is 14/15 anyway. Even in the US there are states where what they did wouldn’t be a crime

      here’s a great example of the is/ought fallacy: “this is how it is, therefore this is the way it ought to be”

      you can see how fucking stupid the argument is when you apply it to slavery, or anything else that is clearly wrong, but is happening anyway

      Am I the only person that doesn’t care about this?

      sadly, no. you’re not.

      i could say a lot more, but i’ll just leave it at you are fucking disgusting, and ending the reprehensible mentality that has somehow made it okay in your mind to rape children is on my bucket list

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        This could be bigger than that. Could be mafia on a different scale. Like imagine this literally collapsing countries. Wishful thinking I know.

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        don’t fall into the trap of talking about child rape or any age rape in terms of what’s “legal” or not.

        if you do, you’re basically saying “if it’s ‘legal,’ then it’s fine”

        yea, there are plenty of places in the world where it’s not a “crime” for a 45 year old ot marry a 12 year old-- are you totally cool with that?

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      10 hours ago

      Gonna ignore your little pedophile red flags, but just wanted to say you DO know that those are different departments right? The FBI going after these people would have zero effect on unemployment or debt forgiveness.

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        8 hours ago

        Yeah but the media circus around this issue takes away from time we could be spent focusing on issues that I’m interested in talking about.

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          That YOU are interested in? Well fuck all the victims I guess, random Internet guy isn’t “interested”

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      Consensual prostitution is fine. The problem is the blackmail ring.

      The conventional theory: in order to be elected to Federal office in the States, you have to be selected by a party (primary elections are rigged, as we saw with Bernie Sanders). The parties only select candidates they can control, whether that is by secret videos or something else.

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        9 hours ago

        The blackmail thing I agree with but I do find it funny that people from a country that spent 20 years bombing kids in the desert never cared about those kids then but now suddenly they’re so moral.

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          but I do find it funny that people from a country that spent 20 years bombing kids in the desert never cared about those kids then but now suddenly they’re so moral.

          so, according to you, because the united states military murdered innocent kids, then that means everyone in the united states supported that crime?

          i get it. you hate america. i do too, and i live here. iraq, afghanistan-- everywhere this country has raped-- it’s fucking shameful.

          but you are not the director of this conversation. we’re talking about rape. trump is a rapist. of women and children. and you don’t care about this. i can’t emphasize enough how fucking revolting you are. you’re talking about “if she’s 14, then she’s legal”?

          what the fuck is wrong with you?

          i don’t really expect anything other than more is/ought from you, but seriously dude-- try to develop some empathy

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            you have to give each case the same amount of attention. it’s hypocritical to care about these women but then not talk about the way larger group of women that faced way worse from the US army

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              you have to give each case the same amount of attention

              i agree. the US army rapes women, and these crimes get no mention whatsoever in the propaganda “news” we’re tubefed in the states. i fucking hate it.

              but again, the thread is about epstein and trump raping children, and you don’t care.

              tell me again what you’re trying to argue here?

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                People should focus more on issues that matter. Like UBI or the employment crisis. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is being used as a distraction by politicians so they don’t have to address real problems. It’s like rome’s bread and circuses.

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                  People should focus more on issues that matter. Like UBI or the employment crisis. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is being used as a distraction by politicians so they don’t have to address real problems. It’s like rome’s bread and circuses.

                  yes, those things matter. but preventing people from being trafficked and exploited and raped, ALSO matters, regardless of how little you care about it. this might be a shock to you, but multiple things CAN matter at the same time.

                  the fact that you’re butthurt by people being angry about trafficking and child rape says a lot more about you than it does about this ideal “she’s legal, it’s fine” mindset you’re trying to advocate for

                  people say it a lot, to the point of being a cliche insult, but seriously dude-- i think you should talk to a therapist

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                    I don’t really care about this story. I just think people treat it more like tabloid news. And even if I was upset, what exactly am I going to do about it? I’m an ordinary citizen. I’d be better off worrying about problems that affect me in my day to day life then about this crime which happened 20 years ago and most of the victims have been paid off handsomely. Plus ghislane maxwell is in prison and epstein is dead. What more justice can they get?