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Holy shit some of these comments are fucking gross and victim-blamey in here. Why the fuck is Melinda the target here any differently than the victims themselves who didn't speak up until later?
I think we all know why none did, just as none of you would in all reality: fear, and who would actually listen without proof?
See the #MeToo movement, how that backfired for so many women, let alone trying to take down one of the richest people of all time. Also for those who paid attention, Melinda had long heavily hinted at this shit.
I think most people's issue is that all she's ever done is hint, and now that there is less reason than ever to hint, that's all she continues to do.
This case needs someone to step up, corroborate the documents, and speak out so some of these things can be unredacted. She, as a billionaire, is best equipped, but chose to keep hinting on a podcast tour instead, and in the current climate, that makes people suspicious.
I am just speculating here, like everyone else is, but she is probably just hinting because she doesn't know shit.
"My ex-husband, billionaire tech mogul Bill Gates, used to hang out with Jeff Epstein. Bill would occasionally meet up with him" is the extent should could say and prove. The rest is hearsay.
That's a bad argument, lots of people end up dead
Yup. If she would have went to the press without evidence, she would not have been believed. Still today people here are very quick to call someone a conspiracy theorist, including probably most of the people in this thread. They would have been attacking her. Not a single doubt in my mind about that.
So at the same time as people say someone should speak up, they keep attacking people who does, unless their sources are accepted as evidence by official media sources.
I dont blame her for being quiet, not at all.
Not just not believed, but she could have easily been hit with a libel/slander suit if there wasn't any evidence.
It's why nothing will ever change. People don't care more than getting some potshots. It's why the population is so easy to distract.
Didn't that end up with that movie guy jailed for near life?
She's another billionaire who directly or indirectly benefitted from that circle
How did she benefit, apart from what I thought people around these parts would've been gleeful to hear that she "took from the rich," and gave much of that money away?
It was a failed marriage; the more she learned, the more she was disgusted. She took the money and left. We don't even fucking know if she isn't partly a victim herself. Nevertheless she's speaking up now, which she in no way had to.
Yet some here would paint her as Ghislaine Maxwell herself, what the fuck?
One email has Gates soliciting advice and help for dosing his wife's food or drink with antibiotics, since he had an STD that he picked up from some of Epstein's "Russian girls," which Epstein seems willing to do.
So, yeah, she's a victim.
She's not as bad, but she definitely isn't a good person worth defend.
Based on what?
Exactly
She is not a victim. I wouldn't care about her at all outside of "tax her so she's not a billionaire," except this publicity does nothing for anyone but her. Chances are she's paying big bucks to do these interviews. I mean it's the same move her ex has pulled the last 20 years!
Maybe she was ignorant and had no access to proof. Or maybe she's into the same shit and wants a squeaky clean reputation to help avoid consequences. Either way, these types of articles shouldn't be trusted, and they certainly shouldn't be on the front page.
she probably was an enabler, doesnt want to lose that sweet charity image you made.
And yet...she still uses Gates in her name.
Still victim blaming. How do you decide what someone else chooses to be called? 27 years is a long time, and there are a lot of good reasons to hold onto a name even after the person you shared it with turns out to be bad for you. Does everyone who estranges from their father need to change their last name if that's who they got it from?
I mean, I wouldn't wanna be called ms pedo
Yes, there are good reasons here, namely political and power influence.
Funny how this is the victim, not the children on the Island .
I never said there was only one victim, friend. Many people may be hurt by a single action, of course to varying degrees.