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I assume nearly everyone in the western world knows Trump is a pedophile. It is now public knowledge that Trump raped children, both boys and girls.

And through inaction said public is consenting to be ruled by nasty Christian predators.

I do not consent to be ruled by these individuals. And I assume many here do not either.

Which leads me to my main question:

How (and/or what) should thoughtful people think about the public's consent to be ruled by elite Epstein class pedophiles?

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 3 points 10 hours ago

So, you're saying you do not consent to being ruled by criminals, but your primary objective is to focus on the people who you are claiming do consent rather than on either your own actions, with which you could demonstrate a lack of consent, or the people who you believe have committed crimes, who you ostensibly want to see held accountable? You going to call out the victims of domestic abuse for not leaving their homes to escape their abusers next? Or maybe you'd like to blame rape victims for not fighting back hard enough? This is disingenuous pot-stirring, virtue signal purity testing, or just foolish misprioritization. It serves no purpose except to make you feel good. Work toward getting them to withdraw consent if you like, or maybe toward getting the criminals out of power, but going to the space where you expect people to agree with you just to talk about the people who don't behind their back is useless, at best.