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A Boring Dystopia

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I have spent hours looking through the files and some of the stories are absolutely disgusting. I am having such a hard time because so many citizens don't even know how awful they get and they aren't all even fully released... I am close to feeling like we need pitchforks, torches and shovels if this justice system won't actually do anything... He had a ranch where a witness wrote in saying there are TWO bodies located on the property and they haven't even reported that in the media. I'll link that one below too. It's just so... Horrible. We can't just pretend this doesn't exist... but idk what happens next for the United States and the world. It's not something a country just moves on from.

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00078198.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01249507.pdf

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[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I swear to god if fedi starts defending "ephebophilia" as if its meaningfully different enough to matter I'm going to start cutting dicks off lmao.

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're missing the point here. This isn't about defending whatever you seem to disagree on. Its the fact that you seem to think critical analysis is meaningless and "indifferent". The first commenter had this message instilled, yet you are correlating this to things which where not even mentioned.

In respect to the post itself, then yes the age designation is meaningless as you cannot redefine rape and abuse. It is pretty clear that this comment thread was for a specific issue.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Why should it matter to society what the difference between the two is, if the better of the two is still bad enough that they should be hung by their toenails and beaten to death with a sack of hammers?

After a certain amount of bad, there's not much you can do to punish it.

What reason do we have to discuss the difference, unless you think a 30 year old fucking a 17 year old is redeemable?

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

To answer your question, firstly consider the point of what is misinformation. Because this isn't about the right or wrongs, but the factualities of science and countering misinformation. The function of this thread was to analyse the differences between different stages of age groups which are considered minors. This was highlighted by the root op.

What reason do we have to discuss the difference, unless you think a 30 year old fucking a 17 year old is redeemable?

Redirecting the question to you, why do you think it is reasonable to be going off topic?

It is clear the overall aim here is to reinforce the actualities. By introducing rhetorical questions such as "Why should it matter to society what the difference between the two is" it is an attack on education as a whole. Highlighting the differences and defining facts is the whole foundation of society. Of course, this isn't ethics class, it is biology and psychology.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

This is a comment chain in a post about the Epstein files in which the top comment in the chain is about a 30 year old fucking someone in their late teens.

Its entirely on topic, fuck off with your bad faith arguments.

This isn't ethics class, or biology class, or sociology class...

Its a comment section about billionaire kiddy fuckers not getting the justice they deserve. Are you sure you're in the right place?

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

but do people really see no difference? If you need a legal line in the sand to determine if it's either totally fine or straight to the guillotine then maybe there's something wrong with you.

This is a segment of the root op. This was the general scope of this. So I'll advise you to quit with the straw men arguments and reread the whole passage.