> I find it a bit odd that Doctorow talks about the technology of oppression yet lately he's been using his own substantial voice to claim people who don't thin

> I find it a bit odd that Doctorow talks about the technology of oppression yet lately he's been using his own substantial voice to claim people who don't think Epstein killed himself are "conspiracy theorists" He is completely correct here. I mean, just look up the definition of "conspiracy theory"[1] - It is literally what people claim (Epstein didn't kill himself, i.e. he was killed as a result of some secret or covered up plot). You may be taking offence because "conspiracy theorist" has negative connotations (eg black helicopters, chemtrails, 9/11 inside job, jfk shooter, deep state, illuminati...). But there are conspiracy theories that pen out to be true in the long run - NSA surveillance revelations post-Snowden certainly fulfill many conspiracy theories of a decade ago. All that said, I don't particularly care about Epstein. Your entire post just attacks the messenger for a single view you disagree with, rather than the content at hand. You don't have to agree with a person all the time or none of the time, there are options in between. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracy%20theory https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracy%20theo...