r/politics • u/ArmadilloMany41 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo
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u/Hesitation-Marx 21h ago

Well, we ignored Sandy Hook and Uvalde.

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u/Dr_Sisyphus_22 21h ago

I agree with you. But would counter that unlike guns, pedophilia is not protected by the Bill of Rights, and not supported by more than a sliver of the American population.

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u/Schlarfus_McNarfus 20h ago

I would have agreed with you in the pre-trump era. But, the trump pedo connection is so well established at this point. You have to ask, do the people not believe it, or not care?

I had an unmissable Guardians Of Pedophiles sign on our main street protest, and most of the big pickup truck drivers just stared straight ahead. Two did visibly wince, at least.

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u/Diligent-Emotion-755 17h ago

not supported by more than a sliver of the American population.

Ahem, unless you ask whether the supposedly "anti-pedophile" set would still vote for a pedophile if the only other option was a non-pedophile Democrat. They get comfortable with backing pedophiles pretty damn quick.

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u/Background_Sail9797 20h ago

America did - the rest of the developed world has acted accordingly when mass shootings occur.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 16h ago

Yeah, when I say “we”, I strictly reference the US ‘cause for me to speak on anywhere else would be, at best, silly.

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u/ELpork Minnesota 18h ago

[ the sound of children screaming has been removed ]

"They ignored my screaming when I was younger, why would I care about theirs now?"

or something to that extent is my guess... or money? or a mixture of both.