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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 275 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like that they're also banning anyone not doing a similar ban

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 126 points 1 month ago

Ditto. Specially because they're focusing on the executives of those organisations, i.e. the people with actual decision power. That's the right way to do it.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (17 children)

"Hold people accountable or else we will hold you accountable"

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 124 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Bruh why.. how was this dudes reach into everything

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 103 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you're a global criminal organization, you ensure immunity by blackmailing and/or extorting every single person in a position of power as much as possible. There's a reason these monsters have gotten away with it--and continue to get away with it--for so damn long

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago

Also, if you're someone who is seeking power, you do everything you can to suck up to people with it. There are plenty of people in every field who are willing to put up with, or do, horrible things to be treated like they're special.

[–] osanna@thebrainbin.org 30 points 1 month ago

pretty much. Basically everyone who is of note is implicated in the files. It's ridiculous

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago

He did get his start in education. Given a job he was unqualified for by [traitorous] former AG Bill Barr's father (who also wrote creepy pedo sci fi novels)

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[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

That motherfucker ~~ruined~~ tarnished dinosaurs too!? edit, i still like dinosaurs.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 47 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That fucker ruined Linguistics too — he was in friendly terms with Noam Chomsky.

Personally I am not aware on how much Chomsky should be blamed for this association; it's possible Epstein was simply using him. But even in the hypothesis Chomsky is innocent, it stinks.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When Chomsky was asked what he corresponded with epstein about years ago, he said essentially "none of your fucking business".

Which is such a bad answer, I am half inclined to believe he just wanted help filing his taxes and a guilty Chomsky would have the sense to lie.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I am half inclined to believe he just wanted help filing his taxes and a guilty Chomsky would have the sense to lie.

Yup, that sounds like him. He isn't above bullshitting but not bothering to bullshit hints he believed he had nothing to hide.

I guess he's still in the "when in doubt, treat them as innocent" category for me.

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Chomsky adviced Epstein on how to deal with the public backlash, for Epstein being a convicted pedophile. There is no evidence that Chomsky did something illegal, but it certainly stinks.

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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Sadly there's a lot of intelectuals that were involved, Lawrence Krauss, Noem Chomsky, Steven Hawking just scratching the surface.

[–] varjen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

No one should be surprised that known sex pest Krauss was mixed up with Epstein.

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[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 57 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Geez, lots of paleontologists have skeletons in their closets.

Sorry

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean if your company is owned or adminstrated by an epstein associate they should be forced to put up a sign and register as a sex offender (corporations are people, after all).

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This message brought to you by Microsoft*

(*Microsoft is a registered sex offender)

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[–] doug@lemmy.today 34 points 1 month ago

It’s a low bar.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For a second there at first I thought DinoCon referred to the DNC.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can PUNISH People who RAPED LITTLE CHILDREN?

-Americans!

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[–] xorollo@leminal.space 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wow so many pedo apologizers in the comments.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I never thought I would see pedophilia become a political issue.

The MAGA cult is real.

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[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago (9 children)

My online friend lists have been through the chopping block recently, a good society must have intolerance for the intolerant and devious.

There's zero excuse for an adult to sexually assault a child, or to have known and kept the secret.

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[–] Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago

DinoCon for pres

[–] KirbyBoi66@lemmy.org 13 points 1 month ago

Based paleontologists

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
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