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Am I the only person that doesn't care about this? The age of consent in most other countries is 14/15 anyway. Even in the US there are states where what they did wouldn't be a crime. I'd rather the government focus on real issues like student loan debt forgiveness and the unemployment crisis.
Do you even know the meaning of consent? Age aside, trafficked people are not consenting. It's called rape.
Age of consent in some places can be low, but then it carries a stipulation of the number of years older the other party can be. I.e. at 14 a person could consent to somebody 2 years older, but not 3 etc.
Traffic children's across state lines or countries for sex is also a crime.
In the unredacted version of the redacted files, epstein was also being charged with threatening victims if they spoke of it.
Tell us more how you're okay with rape.
*organized child rape.
A more general name for "human traffic" is "slavery". It's way more than rape.
look up Abu Ghraib
What does the torture camp have to do with child rape? Either way, both are bad.
you have to care about both the same amount otherwise you're a hypocrite
That's absurd. I hate the US empire and the various crimes against humanity it's committed, including the crimes of Abu Graib. But the human trafficking and child rape committed by billionaires and politicians worldwide is a huge fucking problem.
Okay, now what? You being the hyypocrit here by your own rules?
What about it? Those people they tortured were of age right?
that's what they say but I doubt they were being honest
Your doubts are not evidence. Next.
US empire black-site prisons bad
🤝
US empire billionaire sex trafficking network bad
Some of us are capable of hating the empire for multiple reasons at the same time.
Man, I remember when trolls used to be subtle. I mean, come on. Brand new account saying something meant to generate outrage? Obvious troll is obvious.
Is this just trolling or do you not really comprehend the horrors of sex trafficking anyone, let alone these minor victims?
They are just a shocking number of pedophile apologists on Lemmy. When they come out they come out strong. Unfortunately that comment is not a surprise to me in the least.
I don't really care to be honest.
You're either a troll or one of the shittiest human beings on Lemmy. Blocked.
here's a great example of the is/ought fallacy: "this is how it is, therefore this is the way it ought to be"
you can see how fucking stupid the argument is when you apply it to slavery, or anything else that is clearly wrong, but is happening anyway
sadly, no. you're not.
i could say a lot more, but i'll just leave it at you are fucking disgusting, and ending the reprehensible mentality that has somehow made it okay in your mind to rape children is on my bucket list
Do you feel the same way about the kids the US killed/raped in Iraq and Afghanistan?
yes
Hypocrite.
The trafficking is still a crime no matter how you frame it.
don't fall into the trap of talking about child rape or any age rape in terms of what's "legal" or not.
if you do, you're basically saying "if it's 'legal,' then it's fine"
yea, there are plenty of places in the world where it's not a "crime" for a 45 year old ot marry a 12 year old-- are you totally cool with that?
Hypocrite.
This could be bigger than that. Could be mafia on a different scale. Like imagine this literally collapsing countries. Wishful thinking I know.
Gonna ignore your little pedophile red flags, but just wanted to say you DO know that those are different departments right? The FBI going after these people would have zero effect on unemployment or debt forgiveness.
Yeah but the media circus around this issue takes away from time we could be spent focusing on issues that I'm interested in talking about.
That YOU are interested in? Well fuck all the victims I guess, random Internet guy isn't "interested"
Consensual prostitution is fine. The problem is the blackmail ring.
The conventional theory: in order to be elected to Federal office in the States, you have to be selected by a party (primary elections are rigged, as we saw with Bernie Sanders). The parties only select candidates they can control, whether that is by secret videos or something else.
The blackmail thing I agree with but I do find it funny that people from a country that spent 20 years bombing kids in the desert never cared about those kids then but now suddenly they're so moral.
so, according to you, because the united states military murdered innocent kids, then that means everyone in the united states supported that crime?
i get it. you hate america. i do too, and i live here. iraq, afghanistan-- everywhere this country has raped-- it's fucking shameful.
but you are not the director of this conversation. we're talking about rape. trump is a rapist. of women and children. and you don't care about this. i can't emphasize enough how fucking revolting you are. you're talking about "if she's 14, then she's legal"?
what the fuck is wrong with you?
i don't really expect anything other than more is/ought from you, but seriously dude-- try to develop some empathy
Hypocrite.
you have to give each case the same amount of attention. it's hypocritical to care about these women but then not talk about the way larger group of women that faced way worse from the US army
i agree. the US army rapes women, and these crimes get no mention whatsoever in the propaganda "news" we're tubefed in the states. i fucking hate it.
but again, the thread is about epstein and trump raping children, and you don't care.
tell me again what you're trying to argue here?
Hypocrite.
People should focus more on issues that matter. Like UBI or the employment crisis. I wouldn't be surprised if this is being used as a distraction by politicians so they don't have to address real problems. It's like rome's bread and circuses.
yes, those things matter. but preventing people from being trafficked and exploited and raped, ALSO matters, regardless of how little you care about it. this might be a shock to you, but multiple things CAN matter at the same time.
the fact that you're butthurt by people being angry about trafficking and child rape says a lot more about you than it does about this ideal "she's legal, it's fine" mindset you're trying to advocate for
people say it a lot, to the point of being a cliche insult, but seriously dude-- i think you should talk to a therapist
I don't really care about this story. I just think people treat it more like tabloid news. And even if I was upset, what exactly am I going to do about it? I'm an ordinary citizen. I'd be better off worrying about problems that affect me in my day to day life then about this crime which happened 20 years ago and most of the victims have been paid off handsomely. Plus ghislane maxwell is in prison and epstein is dead. What more justice can they get?
everyone gets it dude. you don't care about anything but yourself, like a true maga.
and no. you are NOT an "ordinary citizen."
ordinary citizens CARE about children getting raped.
i don't know what else to tell you. i hope you get some help
Ok, well once again, the post says CLIENT Of Epstein. So you're both revolting and also illiterate.