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"There will always be something more important than grappling the roots of misogyny – money, power, access, information, a political project, “how the world works”, whether you can use Mandelson to bring down Keir Starmer, “philanthropy”, realpolitik … . A million other priorities. The abused women and girls are nothing but a plot device, just like they always were. It’s the pussy-grabbers’ world – we just live in it. The only difference is you can now see it laid out in black and white."
Marina Hyde
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@ProjectFearlessness The mass abuse of women is political. It's systemic as the Epstein files are clearly showing. This is allowed to exist as de facto policy since leaders of both political parties were involved and until recently, protecting each other from this being publicly scrutinized or even legally scrutinized.
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@ProjectFearlessness The mass abuse of women is political. It's systemic as the Epstein files are clearly showing. This is allowed to exist as de facto policy since leaders of both political parties were involved and until recently, protecting each other from this being publicly scrutinized or even legally scrutinized.
@radio_alelopatia
You're not wrong, but the point being made is we're all focussed on the political aspects like who might resign or lose their seat while losing focus on who should be charged for the rape and trafficking of women. -
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@ProjectFearlessness This is way more than abuse of women. They were bait to blackmail influential men from all over the world, hence the countless times Putin is named. They especially chose underaged girls to make their hold over politicians strong. See Trump trying to wriggle out of their trap. Of course Epstein was not the only organiser.
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@ProjectFearlessness This is way more than abuse of women. They were bait to blackmail influential men from all over the world, hence the countless times Putin is named. They especially chose underaged girls to make their hold over politicians strong. See Trump trying to wriggle out of their trap. Of course Epstein was not the only organiser.
@jpmaertens
You're not wrong but until we put the victims of the abuse front and centre of this scandal they won't receive justice. It's about priorities. -
@radio_alelopatia
You're not wrong, but the point being made is we're all focussed on the political aspects like who might resign or lose their seat while losing focus on who should be charged for the rape and trafficking of women.@ProjectFearlessness I don't think those goals are disparate. The idea is that these people need consequences and since prosecution seems to be off the table, at least they could lose their seats and be ostracized by society writ large. Exile is a powerful tool... It means the parts of society that protect you no longer protect you and that makes them more vulnerable to further consequences. I think we should be pushing in all ways possible to remove these people from anything that allows them to be normalized. If we can change the political systems that protect these people, then it puts potential prosecution or other consequences back on the table.
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@ProjectFearlessness I don't think those goals are disparate. The idea is that these people need consequences and since prosecution seems to be off the table, at least they could lose their seats and be ostracized by society writ large. Exile is a powerful tool... It means the parts of society that protect you no longer protect you and that makes them more vulnerable to further consequences. I think we should be pushing in all ways possible to remove these people from anything that allows them to be normalized. If we can change the political systems that protect these people, then it puts potential prosecution or other consequences back on the table.
@radio_alelopatia
Yes, you're right, in theory. But you only have to look at where all the attention and energy is going to see how unevenly these two goals are being pursued. -
@jpmaertens
You're not wrong but until we put the victims of the abuse front and centre of this scandal they won't receive justice. It's about priorities.@ProjectFearlessness I am afraid this will never happen. The US has become lawless. Their fascist hordes already killed several people without even being investigated. The next step will be to make protest illegal. All opposition punished, the media are already silenced or bought, the Washington Post is now put on chains by Bezos.
Scary to see all this evil taking over such a powerful country. -
"There will always be something more important than grappling the roots of misogyny – money, power, access, information, a political project, “how the world works”, whether you can use Mandelson to bring down Keir Starmer, “philanthropy”, realpolitik … . A million other priorities. The abused women and girls are nothing but a plot device, just like they always were. It’s the pussy-grabbers’ world – we just live in it. The only difference is you can now see it laid out in black and white."
Marina Hyde
"It’s the pussy-grabbers’ world – we just live in it."
Marina Hyde
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@ProjectFearlessness I am afraid this will never happen. The US has become lawless. Their fascist hordes already killed several people without even being investigated. The next step will be to make protest illegal. All opposition punished, the media are already silenced or bought, the Washington Post is now put on chains by Bezos.
Scary to see all this evil taking over such a powerful country.@jpmaertens
You're right about America, but the rest of the world has agency and can bring prosecutions. -
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