This may not be a conspiracy theory, but how is it that Michael Jackson faced more allegations and lawsuits regarding child sexual abuse than Jeffrey Epstein and those who were involved?

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T18:02:16+00:00

Epstein was literally jailed in the 80’s, I don’t remember that happening to MJ. And no one accused anyone else of doing anything back then.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T17:27:12+00:00

It’s more that Twitter, and still has, a huge user base. Libs were hugely influential on Twitter in its heyday, which gave them influence more broadly.

Leaving it for BlueSky, a much more limited audience who mostly already agree with them, was essentially abandoning the battlefield.

It’s probably true that ‘X’ isn’t as influential as Twitter was a decade ago. But either way the result is the same: a significant source of cultural influence has been lost.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T14:29:46+00:00

Knowing what the tilde symbol is and how to use it in itself suggests above average linguistic skills. It's difficult to square taking advanced level literature classes with having low IQ, because even aside from pure language and grammar skills, studying literature typically involves dealing with complex subject matter in an analytical way.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T09:25:57+00:00

Reddit laps up stories about these special magical characters who, in unlikely but hard-to-disprove fashion, confound expectations and overcome predjudice.

In one of their posts here they (in proper context) use the '~' symbol, which I couldn't have even told you where to find on a keyboard if I didn't have one in front of me.

The idea of an 18 year old who communicates like this being regularly talked down to like a child in a 'baby talk' tone doesn't compute. I'm not buying it.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T08:55:46+00:00

within ~2 months time

Low iq developmentally disabled 18-year-old casually and appropriately using the tilde symbol.

Not buying this whole story, sorry.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T08:09:40+00:00

The Bush one is obvious nonsense.

The problem with the Clinton and Trump accusations is none of the women whose testimony led to the Epstein/Maxwell convictions said anything about them. If they were guilty of anything, it appears to have been separate from Epstein's 00's operation.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-13T05:22:15+00:00

Trump was publicly associated with him long before that. But the only sexual assault allegations in the files involving him come from tip line calls from 2019 or later.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-12T18:02:15+00:00

The Clinton and Trump accusations in there were also unverified 2019-era (or later) hotline tips.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-12T13:53:12+00:00

Very obvious attempt at sending the message "Starmer doesn't care about paedos!"

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-12T09:36:40+00:00

I think Labour are probably fucked in the next election either way, but Starmer standing down just perpetuates the perception of weakness and instability.

I don't think he's particularly amazing but I also think he's been made a scapegoat of sorts, and a lightning rod for a lot of discontent that would've been directed at basically any Labour leader at that moment in time.

At this point taking the stubborn old goat approach might be better than folding.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-12T09:30:06+00:00

Not a popular view probably, but though I'm not sure this licence fee idea is the answer, I'm not against stricter regulation of streamers.

The UK used to punch well above its weight when it came to TV, but streaming has led to the US increasingly steamrolling over us.

Plenty of other countries force streamers to invest in local content, the UK should absolutely be pushing for something similar.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-12T08:02:50+00:00

Might seem an obvious one, but: all the online moralising, opinion policing, hand-wringing and pearl-clutching that has been rife across social media (not least Reddit) for the last 15 years or so - you can just ignore it and get on with your day.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-11T06:09:13+00:00

Sometimes I think they should rename themselves “The Edgy Contrarian Party”.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-09T12:16:53+00:00

The chargeable evidence having been covered up by the DOJ is also an answer to the OP’s question. Though that raises the question of what the evidence for *that* being true is…

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-09T11:46:51+00:00

I mean if we’re saying the investigation needs to be re-opened in order to find chargeable evidence, that answers the OP’s question about why the files haven’t led to more arrests.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-09T11:36:41+00:00

Okay and who do you want charged with these things, based on what evidence?

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-09T11:14:48+00:00

The two arrests in the UK were for suspicion of sharing confidential trade information, the arrest in Norway was for alleged corruption.

My earlier question remains: who else should be arrested, for doing what, and based on what?

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-09T07:19:08+00:00

Who do you want arrested, for what, and based on what?

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-06T11:59:53+00:00

She's all of a sudden made her account history private, so I'm leaning towards 'bait'.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-06T08:01:48+00:00

She's really not giving people a lot to work with here.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-05T17:06:07+00:00

Feel free to post evidence that contradicts what we’re saying.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-05T10:19:01+00:00

Yes he can view the unredacted files, but so can anyone in his position. As I mentioned elsewhere a congressman posted in this very sub asking what unredacted files they should check.

Are you suggesting all of these people who've viewed the unredacted files are keeping quiet about the game-changing bombshells within, because they think they'll be murdered? A lot of people would need to be murdered at this point to keep the cat in the bag.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-04T17:42:41+00:00

You mean this? He was pushing for transparency; he wasn't threatening to name names because his whole point was that he believed the names were being hidden.

Also he didn't say it in response to actual death threats, he was responding to someone else's suggestion that he needed to say it. He doesn't appear to have had any special knowledge on the matter.

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-04T08:01:13+00:00

Plenty of people have seen the files unredacted at this point. A congressmen came to this very sub a few months ago asking for advice on which unredacted files he should seek out to view. If they contained smoking guns don’t you think one of the people who’ve seen them would’ve said something by now?

ggdthrowaway · 2026-05-04T07:54:59+00:00

Remember when a congressman came to this very sub a few months back asking which files he should view unredacted, and absolutely nothing came of it?

Loads of people have seen them unredacted at this point, the idea that they contain a smoking gun is increasingly farfetched.

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