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Backpage was never popular for child sex trafficking. These are all lies told by various levels of the US government. Source: https://reason.com/2019/08/26/se
by bgorman 7y ago
Backpage was never popular for child sex trafficking. These are all lies told by various levels of the US government.
Source:
https://reason.com/2019/08/26/secret-memos-show-the-government-has-been-lying-about-backpage/ https://reason.com/2019/08/26/secret-memos-show-the-governme...
- at_a_remove 7y agoThose memos are pretty damning and run directly counter to what has been pushed in the media. Worse yet, it suggests that cooperation itself is what damned the organization when someone had to do something. This adds significantly to the mindset of "do not cooperate with the legal system even if you're trying to help, no good can come of it." And my already ebbing faith in the media has slipped even further.
- turk73 7y agoSure, except we just watched our freaking PRESIDENT get impeached for "contempt of Congress" which doesn't even have a law covering it, there is no such thing--not only do all Americans supposedly enjoy due process, we also can safely ignore a Congressional subpoena because it carries no legal requirement to show or act unlike the judicial version. So unless a court sends one out, you can choose to do as you please. I swear I live in Clown World. Also, the FBI really, really sucks. So what difference does it make whether you cooperate or not? Either we have rights or we don't. I need to know because my daughter is learning the US Constitution in History class in 9th grade and I keep having to explain all the cognitive dissonance to her between what is clearly written and what is actually going on! It sucks!