He is, and generally something like an affair demands only social and civil repercussions; that it happened on Epstein island tells me the affairs he had were with sex slaves (who are not allowed the right to consent, so “affairs” in this case is short for “people he raped”) - who were likely children given what that island is known for. Admitting to it is not the same as being held accountable for it. Rape, especially child rape, demands criminal justice.
There isn’t evidence of paedophilia yet. There are leaked photos of him holding scantily clad women around the waist in the files, so the sex slave rapist part at least is likely to be true. Especially when combined with emails to Epstein about him worrying he gave his then wife an STD and asking how to sneakily cure her of whatever it was, and what his ex wife has said about their divorce.
There is evidence, albeit not (publicly known at least) enough to be conclusive, which is that he frequented an island famous for pedophilia.
If you frequently visit a specific sandwich shop, I’m gonna call it a pretty safe assumption that you eat the sandwiches there. Fortunately, being a blackmail op, they’ll have kept pretty thorough records on who fucked who, so we shouldn’t have to rely on an assumption regardless of how safe it might be. Unfortunately, jack shit is being done about the Epstein files regardless of its contents, so the odds of Gates or Trump or any other (child)rapist on that list actually facing legal accountability is pretty much zero.
So, as with many issues over the last decade, we find ourselves in a familiar dichotomy: no justice, or vigilante justice. And we don’t seem to have the spine for the latter, so my money’s on no justice.
He is, and generally something like an affair demands only social and civil repercussions; that it happened on Epstein island tells me the affairs he had were with sex slaves (who are not allowed the right to consent, so “affairs” in this case is short for “people he raped”) - who were likely children given what that island is known for. Admitting to it is not the same as being held accountable for it. Rape, especially child rape, demands criminal justice.
There isn’t evidence of paedophilia yet. There are leaked photos of him holding scantily clad women around the waist in the files, so the sex slave rapist part at least is likely to be true. Especially when combined with emails to Epstein about him worrying he gave his then wife an STD and asking how to sneakily cure her of whatever it was, and what his ex wife has said about their divorce.
There is evidence, albeit not (publicly known at least) enough to be conclusive, which is that he frequented an island famous for pedophilia.
If you frequently visit a specific sandwich shop, I’m gonna call it a pretty safe assumption that you eat the sandwiches there. Fortunately, being a blackmail op, they’ll have kept pretty thorough records on who fucked who, so we shouldn’t have to rely on an assumption regardless of how safe it might be. Unfortunately, jack shit is being done about the Epstein files regardless of its contents, so the odds of Gates or Trump or any other (child)rapist on that list actually facing legal accountability is pretty much zero.
So, as with many issues over the last decade, we find ourselves in a familiar dichotomy: no justice, or vigilante justice. And we don’t seem to have the spine for the latter, so my money’s on no justice.