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"It's not in the officially released files that the government itself provided, therefore it didn't happen" is the level of 'reasoning' going on here.
by ParentiSoundSys 12d ago
"It's not in the officially released files that the government itself provided, therefore it didn't happen" is the level of 'reasoning' going on here.
- oefrha 12d ago> the ~government~ implicated itself provided FTFY. Almost one and the same here but gives more context.
- joe_the_user 11d agoThat and "ordinary" prostitution and "sleeziness" aren't important plus ignoring that Epstein wasn't just a pimp, he was very much a human trafficker, in the sense that he effectively coerced women into continuing their involvement with his operation.
- ParentiSoundSys 11d agoWhen the Epstein news first really broke into the mainstream in 2019/2020, there were a ton of victim testimonials that were absolutely harrowing (and pointed to much weirder and more consequential stuff than "just" sex trafficking), it's been really surreal and disheartening to see the Trump-era releases successfully trivialize and downplay it.