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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 58 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (12 children)

Ya know...you might expect a couple of loonies filing fake reports against somebody as high-profile as Trump.

And I could totally see Trump's DOJ tossing as many non-credible reports on top to make it sound like all of them are just crazyy.

But nobody could possibly piss off this many people into making this many fake reports.

Even if 1% of them are legit, that's far too many. And you know it's probably more like 80-90%.

This is way bigger than Clinton's blowjob (from Lewinsky).

Where the fuck is the outrage in Washington?

Oh half of them are mentioned in the documents. Well, that explains it then.

Is it pitchfork time? We gotta be getting close by now. Right?

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today -1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is way bigger than Clinton's blowjob (from Lewinsky).

Yeah, no need to defend one predator while going after another. String em both up, and let Monica pull the lever.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting that Clinton getting a blowjob from Lewinsky and then lying about it is the same in kind and degree to what is alleged in the released pages of the Epstein files?

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Clinton was also a close friend of Epstein. Protecting him is likely why the Democrats didn't use Trump's friendship with Epstein effectively.

You need to stop making that mistake. Defending and protecting Clinton, who is a predator (as the Lewinsky affair among many shows) means protecting Epstein, and thus Trump.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The original comment was about Clinton's blowjob only. I was very clear in my question, and constrained it to that only because at the time you had not explicitly extended it to all of Clinton's involvement with Epstein.

Now that you've decided to do so, I'll preface by saying I'm Canadian, and I don't give a shit about Clinton, so if indeed his involvement is as bad as Trump, then punish him the same. Obviously they should be punished - as the law is intended to do - according to the severity of their crimes. I will say this: The Trump involvement in the last drop has been nightmarish, if even 5% is true, and I can't help but consider that the Justice department is incentivized to release material that amplifies Clinton's involvement and diminishes Trump's, and if this is the best they can do then Trump is truly a monster.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, he, and everyone else connected with Epstein, are monsters and should hang.

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