• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    4 days ago

    Yeah that would be cool to investigate every case, but Epstein himself and his close associates have been under investigation for over two decades and everything from that investigation is in those files, so if the dudes handling the files say there was no indication that him, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, etc knew anything about the human trafficking then we’re just spreading the heat out from real criminals like Donald Trump and Peter Mandelson.

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      4 days ago

      that would be cool to investigate every case

      Wait, what?

      How many people are in there?

      What is the FBI for? I’m reading you wrong, surely. I’m sorry if I am, because it sounds like you’re suggesting we shouldn’t bother with this if there are too many perpetrators.

      I’m pretty sure you’re not saying that, and I’m missing sarcasm.

      e: pretty sure I am. Sorry, I’m a dipshit sometimes, and I’ve been kinda high off and on.

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        4 days ago

        Idk what you’re not getting here, I said it would be cool to investigate every case. You seem to agree with that sentiment, so idk why you’re rehashing it.

        There is no sarcasm or I would have tagged it as such.

        The rest of my comment is about how we, the general public, not the FBI or the DOJ or the Attorney’s office, are reacting to this situation.

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          4 days ago

          Yeah,my point was that you seemed to imply if you’re already a publicly scrutinised person and you’re in those files, you should expect to avoid scrutiny.

          That’s not going to happen. If you’re innocent of crimes with children, you’ll be far overshadowed by those who we will see unequivocal evidence for (and that will be leaked soon, you can be sure), so you can mostly breathe fine.

          You’d be best off not defending them. It sort of sounds like you’re defending them. I apologise if I’m reading you wrong, but I want all those responsible to pay, and I’m fine with investigating collateral friendships to get there.

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            3 days ago

            I just think it’s a waste of breath misleading people into thinking everything related to this case is a list of pedophiles, and if it interferes with actual investigation and prosecution of real criminals then it’s also actively harmful.

            And I am definitely not defending musk, I started this conversation by saying he murdered millions including children.

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              3 days ago

              I never said that at all. Obviously loads of innocent names will be attached to this, and I think most of us know that. We’re not that dumb.