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I'm starting to believe that the pizza gate stuff, QAnon, and the "trans are groomers" rhetoric were all planted in public just to muddy the waters around Epstein; to confuse people. That seems exactly what happened to this person.
The feds once did something very similar to keep the public from knowing about a new stealth fighter they were testing. They fed a local man a bunch of outlandish claims mixed with real classified information so that no one would believe the stuff that was actually true. To this day, people still believe there are aliens at Area 51.
I looked into pizza gate when it happened. The very first step, "Hey may e these rich people are fucking kids and talking in code about it" was at least plausible. Everything after that was a fucking acid trip. Seriously though, some of the podesta emails were WEIRD. People don't talk like that.
...... I'm just insanely disappointed in the united states as a whole, because I don't understand how anyone can be "confused" here, and yet I personally know people (and believe we all know someone) this describes perfectly.
Their thinking goes something like this:
The problem with Epstein is he short-circuits this exceptionalism-tribalism sort of thinking, for two reasons.
First, because he hung out with what they consider ‘Good People’ (which they define as rich white males generally, and people they’ve supported in the past—remember, they only support Good People, because they’re not Bad). But Epstein was so vile, his acts so vile, and the ‘Good People’ so happy to participate, that their brains can’t square the circle of Good Person knowingly and enthusiastically and repeatedly doing Bad Things.
And second, because the vile things he did have been harped on by all the ‘Good People’ they know as being Evil and Vile since way, way before any of this Epstein stuff was even hinted at, so they have a harder time just sweeping it under the mental rug with a ‘they didn’t know!’ or ‘they didn’t mean it!’
Yes my thoughts exactly too. I wanna say that to him but I know he will just snap at me and I don’t need that shit. Like with most people I’m around I just observe and watch them come to there own conclusions good or bad.
Can I ask why do you engage with them on this at all? You can ask them to stop sending you messages that are not work related.
“With all due respect this is all batshit crazy and Trump is the ring leader. Please don’t send me non-work related items any more. Thanks.”
Yes I have asked nicely before to stop with all the nonsense messages. And they have been good at not messaging me. I just think because of the recent Epstein stuff his brain broke the has gone off the deep end.