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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well worth clicking the article to see the nonsense a broken political system has done to people's brains.

"I have about seven neighbors in a one-block neighborhood that are here illegally. I love them. The ones that are in my neighborhood are great."

Yes, so what you do is support a man who will send them to a concentration camp in El Salvador. That's how much you love them.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

"I didn't think he would kidnap MY illegals and send them to a concentration camp! They are the good ones!"

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Donald Trump is a treasonous pedophile rapist and deserves to rot in prison for his crimes.

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Adding the court affidavit from Katie, as well: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000158-267d-dda3-afd8-b67d3bc00000

Never forget Katie Johnson.

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

Do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing them and saving them helps too! Please copy and paste this elsewhere!

Keep spreading the word.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 161 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

"Because, you know, it's human nature, even when children are used," she added.

Wtf?

"I was abused when I was three years old for the first time. So, I know what it is to have to deal with that all your life. I'm 74 now."

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

"What I really hate are the lies of getting rid of Medicaid, getting rid of Social Security, or whatever they say. The Democrats keep putting that out, but it's not."

Ok, I'm 100% sure this is one of Donnie boy's staffers. And if it's not, this is just sad and pathetic.

GOP is filled with Boomers and Groomers

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was abused when I was three years old for the first time.

How many times was this person three years old? GRAMMAR BURN!

But all these horrifying statements build the next obvious question: how old were you the first time you molested a child?

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

how old were you the first time you molested a child?

This right here is the exact question I was thinking too.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Keeping the horrifying tradition alive!

[–] dipcart@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What a fucking insane take. Also, their concern about immigration is wacky as fuck too. 'The ones I know are great but we can't let them in because we don't know them'. What does that even mean?

Also, what are you worried about illegal immigrants doing? If you can excuse raping kids, what line could you be afraid of them crossing? Or do you just need to be a white American to rape kids, otherwise its a bad thing?

The logic is honest to god fascinating. The example people give for who deserves the death penalty is usually a child predator. If you can include that in the 'just human nature' category, what are humans capable of that would be outside of their nature?

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“I was abused when I was three years old for the first time. So, I know what it is to have to deal with that all your life. I’m 74 now.”

That's actually really sad that they've internalized their trauma as something normal. This is why counseling should be mandatory for kids and child molesters should be flayed.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

A lot of people are like "I was beaten as a child and turned out fine", you see a lot of those on Reddit.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not surprising. This person has probably never been wrong their whole life and probably has never admitted mistakes to her children. Typical MAGA bullshitter. Let her die with Trump's dick in her mouth.

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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

No, no it's not. I work with children. I've never once had the urge to molest any child. I'm not even comfortable flirting with someone 10 years younger than me, who would be in their late 20s.

So no, normal, healthy and responsible human beings do not ever have anything remotely close to sexual desires towards children.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not even comfortable flirting with someone 10 years younger than me, who would be in their late 20s.

Damn, guess I'm not going DILFing tonight after all.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah shit, more daddy issues. I mean... Look, a new rom com with multigenerational casting!

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I’ve worked with older teens most of my life.

The idea of anything sexual with them is revolting. I’m in my thirties now and feel uncomfortable when a 22 year old flirts with me.

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[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's human nature to brutally murder someone for fucking with a kid. I think my statement holds more truth.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not if you are a state actor in charge of a well financed honeypot scheme collecting blackmail evidence used to control the business and political elite of western nations.

Then you do everything you can to keep the list of those you've compromised a secret. Even if you have to sacrifice a powerful (but stupid) piece.

[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No! You do not allow the rape of children just so you can control the sick fuck who did it. Instead you brutally and publicly execute anyone who even suggests there might be benefits to letting children get rapped!

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

Do you believe everyone plays by these rules?

[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I’m saying how it should be, not how it is.

[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If my anyone in my family/friends group/anyone said this. Id immediately report that to the authorities and take further action to protect my kids and yell this at the highest hill.

I am sure I am not alone on this. It's concerning when you say, "I have never molested/raped/assaulted anyone," and that's controversial.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's WEIRD to NOT Molest Children!

-The Republican Party!

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm so confused because I thought the rabid irrational hatred towards LGBT people was under the belief that they were a threat to kids. When did republicans pivot to thinking hurting kids was normal?

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

On this case, the caller asserts she was sexually abused from the age of three and she's just fine even at 74.

So a deeply traumatized woman was screwed up by her experience.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's okay as long as Republicans do it. An LGBT Republican (all of them secretly), however, leads to a paradox in Republican logic.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, the threat to kids is just a cover. The real reason is different=bad, outgroup=bad.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Like with everything, it's projection. They know that they'd love to molest kids and assault women in bathrooms if they were ever allowed, so they just project that onto others.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"What I really hate are the lies of getting rid of Medicaid, getting rid of Social Security, or whatever they say. The Democrats keep putting that out, but it's not."

"I hate all these lies, that I can easily confirm are true, but I prefer to live in a bubble where I'm fed what I want to believe. Plus I'm too lazy to learn anything.

I'll be completely shocked when the reality hits and it will still somehow be the fault of the dems and libs and those evil socialist Leftists who want to provide housing, education, and child care because they are literal MONSTERS.

Wooho MAGA!"

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

"Its not a problem until affects me" is the basic system conservatives operate under.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 55 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I really don't like where all this is going. And I'm surprised I didn't see it until now.

They're trying to bring back owning human property in all forms. The Heritage Foundation probably doesn't give two shits about the legality of raping anyone, they just want the wealthy to be able to do whatever they please with their property. If that property is children, they purchased it, it's theirs.

This is like a wild and scary crazy form of slavery. It's not enough that people don't have rights, it's that the elite believe they can own *anything they want, including people."

That's what the heritage foundation is about. Property. What the actual fuck.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  1. No
  2. Even if that were true it's not OK
  3. Laws and morals
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Laws and morals

not sure if you noticed but this entire point went right out the window 7 months back.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 46 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you know a republican, they want to molest kids. If you are a republican, you want to molest kids.

Facts are facts.

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There's a small class of people who civilization has put in absolute power based on how effectively greedy and sociopathic they are. Did you expect such people to be ethical and moral and decent with their exploited hoards as they sit above those that would regulate, judge, and police them? Then greed, sociopathy, and willingness to exploit their brothers and sisters to death for an extra nickel shouldn't have been made the metrics for societal power that they have. It's wealthy people who think rules and laws are for their little peasant capital batteries.

The wealthy elite have always been largely pedophilic. Didn't start and certainly didn't stop with Epstein as just one of their facilitators.

Don't like it? At least be against and vote against capitalism and rampant economic inequity. Otherwise 78 choices of cereal are more important to you than children not being raped by rich people just because they can.

They're bored, have infinite resources, and by the nature of their insatiable greed and sociopathic treatment of those they exploit feel the need to test their limits and taste that which most consider forbidden. That makes it more desirable to them, not less.

Society should check, temper, and commit such people for everyone's safety, instead they own the government, and freely fuck kids and teens when they aren't being literally infused with their young blood to try to live longer. Enjoy their "free market." Hey, at least we aren't socialists amirite?

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Molesting kids is only one of the several egregious violations he committed. How did the kids get to the island? Trafficking. Why didn't they leave? Kidnapping/wrongful imprisonment. Were they afraid to leave or speak up? Intimidation/menacing. Did this setup require knowing cooperation between multiple parties? Conspiracy.

So even if you're a sick pedo nutter, but otherwise understand legal vs illegal, Dump is still looking at many more felonies on top of the ones he's already accumulated.

[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Except thats hes not looking at any of that.... He has, as a member of the elite, been allowed to do these things without any meaningful recourse.

The elite have shown time and time again, that theu are above the law. Sad but true. Im certainly not holding my breath waiting for justice to occur.

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They've been trying to get rape made legal for a long time now. Mostly because their party, as you know, are a bunch of rapists...

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

child marriage too, so that way 'it's not rape in god's eyes' when the old perverts 'wed' a preteen.

sick fucking bastards.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

It was human nature to mix drinking water with waste water. How about you suck on some cholera.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 4 days ago

I hope this person loses their Medicaid. What an awful individual.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was only a matter of time.

Now if only Taco would tell these people to be "truly" "maga", they need to cut off their yarbles, put on some black Nikes, and drink a special cocktail. I bet you anything a sizeable portion of his cult would do so.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Republicans, the pedo party.

Even without epstein, they have decades of pushing pro pedo legislation.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

Absolutely NO difference in this opinion and the action of voting to suppress the Epstein files. It's literally the same thing.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It's human nature to want to molest kids? So, what, not wanting to molest kids is weird? Am I now more abnormal? I have never had the desire to molest a kid. Heck, I don't want to even be around one. Is that weird?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The caller also expressed concern about undocumented immigrants.

"When you let millions of undocumented people who we don't even know who are living next to us," she opined. "I have about seven neighbors in a one-block neighborhood that are here illegally. I love them. The ones that are in my neighborhood are great."

It’s not that I thought she’d be a paragon of logic based on the rest of the story, but it’s like she only has the first half of each thought.

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[–] tetranomos@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago

and robot dogs?

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So she was abused and dealt with it by deciding it was inevitable and everyone does it. What a terrible way of seeing other people.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She should be angry with what happened to her. Instead she decided to normalize it.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Three years old? Fuck

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