The unsealed documents in the Epstein case have been released.

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    10 months ago

    Whether or not they fully “took the bait”, powerful men who hung out with Epstein are all scumbags. The ones who did after his first conviction or otherwise finding out, at least.

    And of course I don’t consider people linked to him through victimhood the same as the powerful men I was talking about. No good faith reading of my comment could possibly suggest otherwise.

    Keep that in mind before you set up the guillotine

    Nah, fuck that. No man rich and influential enough to join the upper echelon of the New York and Florida socialite scene where Epstein found customers didn’t either step on or at least ignore a lot of innocent struggling people to get there. I say they’re all about a head too tall.

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      10 months ago

      Whether or not they did anything wrong (and they almost certainly did)

      And of course I don’t consider people linked to him through victimhood the same as the powerful men I was talking about. No good faith reading of my comment could possibly suggest otherwise.

      Don’t really know how you can take this in a good faith understanding. You’ve literally just said that any name appearing in the document almost certainly did the wrong thing. Just acknowledge that there is necessary nuance here - some people named in that document have done nothing wrong.

      Obviously, for anyone that underwent business or other dealings with Epstein, while knowing what we was: burn them. But the guillotine should never be indiscriminate.

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        10 months ago

        You’ve literally just said that any name appearing in the document almost certainly did the wrong thing

        No, I was talking about the powerful men mentioned in the headline. Why would you think I’d widen it beyond that without saying so?

        Just acknowledge that there is necessary nuance here - some people named in that document have done nothing wrong.

        Of course. Just so happens that some if not all of the powerful men being alluded to in the headline have abused children and the rest have done a lot of awful things to attain their wealth and power.

        Obviously, for anyone that underwent business or other dealings with Epstein, while knowing what he was: burn them

        That’s what I’m saying!

        But the guillotine should never be indiscriminate.

        Agreed.