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[-] switcheroo@lemmy.world 150 points 3 weeks ago

He's not just protecting pedos, he is a pedo. He is part of a whole ring of disgusting perverts.

[-] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 49 points 3 weeks ago

honestly. Why are people shouting "pedophile protector" instead of the much more damaging and relevant "child rapist?"

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 18 points 3 weeks ago

Because there's evidence of protecting paedophiles (heavy redaction of the Epstein files) but no public evidence of him having raped a child, so statements like that are viewed as hyperbolic expressions of hatred instead of genuine criticism.

[-] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it's about time for some people to rub two thoughts, "convicted rapist" and "pedophile protector" together in their minds for a few moments to reach the frankly braindead obvious conclusion.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

If you think that's a "braindead obvious conclusion" then let's keep you away from any courtrooms, hmm?

More to the point though, what you call an obvious conclusion is nothing more than speculation fueled by hatred. So, to those people who don't hate Trump (they still exist, sadly) it is not effective. There are many things that Trump has done, with evidence, that you can criticise him about. Let's start with the children's deaths he has caused in Iran, or the people his stormtroopers have shot dead in cold blood on the streets?

[-] huey_m@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

More to the point though, what you call an obvious conclusion is nothing more than speculation fueled by hatred.

Mostly with you, but this, I think, is overplaying your point and just isn't true. This makes it sound like something just made up because you don't like someone, like Obama not being an American citizen or something. There is certainly circumstantial evidence that Trump has indeed had sex with minors. His role and behavior in underage beauty pageants, frequent trips to the island we know these things happened on, etc.

Not enough to convict someone, yes, but enough that even someone with no opinion at all of Trump (impossible, but hypothetically), if told of this circumstantial evidence, probably wouldn't trust their daughter to be alone with him.

I think the point that there's enough to tar him with that's completely proven and on the record there's no need to venture into such circumstantial accusations is well taken, but let's also not pretend those accusations are baseless and purely from hatred. There's a lot of circumstantial evidence that would lead even a pretty impartial observer to at least consider it.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's a fair take.

But I think my main point that it isn't convincing to anyone except the already convinced remains true, and this is why it's not really a rallying cry you hear used to try and win people over.

[-] huey_m@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

That I do agree with you on. For Trump criticisms and attacks... well, there's plenty of meat on that bone that we don't need to go gnawing for scraps, as it were.

[-] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Call me crazy, but I don't want pedophile supporters on my side.

[-] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I didn't say confronting people with the, yes fucking braindead obvious conclusion of putting "notoriously friends with and protector of pedophiles whose name appears literally more than anyone else in the epstein documents, requiring literally thousands of manhours of redactions of specifically his name from the epstein documents," and also "is a rapist" together would solve anything: there will always be people who will refuse to trust even their own instincts, let alone the testimony of multiple mutually corroborating victims, FBI documents with repeated, mutally corroborating anonymous tips about Trump individually and Trump in connection with Epstein (and I really could go on at some considerable length further here); I said it was necessary (about fucking time).

Sure. Let's all just ignore the credible, repeated, unadjudicated claims of child rape for whatever catastrophe the obvious^1^ child rapist is causing to distract from all his other crimes this week. why not. yeah great idea. who cares about an uncounted number of children who wont even speak up for themselves for some reason. all those politicians around the world connected to this are probably like, low level and unimportant anyway. no princes or princesses or kings or presidents or pms or senators or entire national alliances are implicated in this. youre so fucking smart and reasonable dude, it was such a wise and ethical idea to ignore all those child rapes good call bro

  1. like, comically obvious:

edit: "Sure, he's capable of operating concentration camps and bombing countries just to manipulate the stock market, but I draw the line at any suggestion he might have RAPED CHILDREN. Be reasonable."

edit2: a thing can be necessary but insufficient in itself. the two are not incompatible.

edit3: he had to be talked out of pardoning ghislane for the love of all that is good in this world... how fucking obtuse can you be?

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[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He drops bombs on kids but he won't rape em? Sure buddy.

If you just assume that the all guys who had child sex slave ownership disputes Jeffery Epstein (gosh who hasn't?) are rapists then you'd eventually accuse everyone, right?

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[-] Akh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

There is so much evidence of him raping at least one child, a jury found him civilly liable and those damages have been upheld on appeal

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[-] natecox@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Alliteration goes a very long way.

[-] KonditionMacht@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Minor Molester doesn't quite hit the spot.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 3 weeks ago

not only pedophile, but a RAPIST.

[-] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 91 points 3 weeks ago

He didn't really flip out, as much as he was just trying to ignore him, and when he couldn't anymore he tucked his micro-dick inside and whimpered that the guy "is a communist".

The more egregious part is the fact his dumbfuck base cheered the guy's removal and Trump calling him a communist. They know Trump rapes kids. They love it.

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 28 points 3 weeks ago

Not recognizing boundaries and not understanding consent are what made the USA possible.

[-] Adverse_Reaction@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 weeks ago

Alas, I have but one upvote to give.

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 85 points 3 weeks ago

"Flips out" This hyperbolic shit really grinds my gears. The protester didn't shut up until everyone got annoyed, the Trump made a "joke" and went on a brief tangent full of lies, as normal. This isn't a flip out. In fact this is barely worth reporting.

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

Didn’t you see him get SLAMMED and DESTROYED!

/s

Fully agree with you though. This wording is getting very irritating.

[-] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Click/engagement-bait.

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm wondering if all media in a capitalist society gradually just become providers of content?

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago

Last month, a protester repeatedly shouted "pedophile" at Trump and gave him two middle fingers while he toured a Mack truck factory in Macungie, Pennsylvania.

Buy this guy a beer!

[-] spacegoat@lemmy.world 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Why are we calling Republicans "pedophile protectors" instead of just pedophiles

We don't call serial woman abusers "woman abuser protectors", we just call them cops

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Why both both?

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[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 35 points 3 weeks ago

The pedophile he is protecting? DJT

[-] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe he was upset at the lack of brevity?

The protestor could've just clipped it to the one word.

[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 32 points 3 weeks ago

COMMUNISTS want to PROSECUTE PEDOPHILES!

-LITERALLY Republicans!

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

they are telling on themselves.

[-] ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

But trump isn't a pedophile protector as much as he's an actual pedophile.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

And he protects himself, checks out.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Por que no los dos?

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

The American people have apparently decided that he can do both.

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[-] homes@piefed.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just imagine how much he’d flip out if even a single American had the balls to start a revolt because of his corruption and tyranny, just like our sacred founding documents demand

They would call us “traitors” for doing the most patriotic thing— hurting their delicate fee-fees

[-] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

what's frustrating and insane is there may already have been several people who've "taken a stand" or tried to revolt in earnest already... but because the entire media ecosystem is captured by elitists, those stories would never get coverage and we'd never hear about them.

the headline would just be something innocuous like:

Local man perishes in officer involved shooting, motive unknown

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

MSM, and right wing grifters(roegan, j peterson, the manosphere) have hypnotized alot of sexually frustrated men in america.

[-] Dionysus@leminal.space 9 points 3 weeks ago

Relevant...

https://youtu.be/ZaZPiwxPqO4

If someone has a non-youtube link please share.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh man, that was amazing! Thanks for sharing that.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 weeks ago

... And the worst thing that the idiot can think of is that the guy yelling is a "communist" not even a "terrorist".

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

More in-depth journalism revealing the facts and truth! /s When did the billionaire-owned, mainstream media become the Enquirer? Titillating headlines with no real substance.

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

We all need to communicate better. Yeah the pedophiles! Stop them! Agreed. But I am contesting old people who are obviously not pedophiles. They hate roundabouts and change.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

We all need to communicate better. Yeah the pedophiles!

Hmm

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Okay not the best communication

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fine, let’s call him a hebephilia/ephebophilia protector. Is that better? /s

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

hes also a rapists, remember his 1st wife.

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[-] SayJess 3 points 3 weeks ago

The amount of pedantic creeps that would show up in comment sections on Reddit to “Akshually…” was always so gross.

[-] lemmelemmy@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

That’s not a flip out?

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