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Was bizarre to me that the first NPR story on this song focused on the line referencing Epstein being a far right conspiracy. Everyone I've interacted with thinks everyone photographed with him or Ghislaine partakes.
I heard that too! I had to pause the podcast. Usually NPR politics is somewhat fair, but that seemed like a stretch
yeah, between that and how they talked about Bernie Sanders during the primaries of 2020 and 2016, I no longer am a sustainer.
Because it is. People on the left Etc generally want to see anyone who was involved with his sex trafficking to see justice. But we don't automatically accuse people we don't like of being in League with some evil pedophile jew. That is a specifically right-wing/nazi conspiracy theory. Combine that with the ridiculous yet prevalent Theory among some on the Republican / conservative side. That Democrats are abducting children to drain them of their blood for the adrenachrome so they can stay young. You couldn't hardly get more late Weimar Republic / Nazi if you tried.
I don't find it a stretch at all to believe that a lot of people who were ever in a photo with Epstein or maxwell. Didn't really understand what they were doing or what was going on. Do you know the intimate details of everyone who's ever been to a party that you've been at? I doubt it. That said anyone for whom there's a credible accusation or evidence. Should be fully investigated.
But this associating of people you don't like with Epstein definitely is a far right Republican trope. And a bad one at that. Because their people are often more easily associable than anyone else. I mean we have video of trump bragging about how he "likes them young" for christ's sake. Sure Bill flew on his plane without Epstein on board. And he and Hillary both had been in pictures with them at different parties from time to time. But I never saw him hanging out with Epstein on purpose bragging about how he likes them young.