You cannot have a conversation about child trafficking/sexual abuse with out posters lining up to accusing you or link it to conspiracy theories to try and minimise it. OR people piling on posting links to well known conspiracy theories.
I agree that this is a problem.
However this thread was never about child trafficking. It was a thread about the protests that claimed to be about children’s safety and welfare but that were appropriated by various sinister actors to promote Qanon, Pizzagate, the Hampstead satanic hoax, conspiracies about grooming gangs and various other causes, including anti-maskanti-vaxx and “scamdemic” CTs.
The OP pushed the narrative that the protests were about child abuse and child trafficking but there is a lot of hard evidence that the protests are a vile appropriation of this serious subject promoted by various sinister actors and far-right groups.
They were covered in the Mail, which helpfully provided evidence of a neo-Nazi flag, various far-right protesters were present as they usually are at this kind of event.
The one in London had Piers Corbyn attending as he usually does, alongside Belinda McKenzie who tried to hide her involvement, as usual. More on Belinda’s involvement in this later :)
I suspect that a significant element why these protests were not given exposure (apart from the fact that they were relatively small) is that it isn’t a good idea to give Qanon / Pizzagate / SRA promoters more prongs to their existing pitchforks.
In an earlier post I directed readers to the youtube channel of Sheva Burton. I do not know her personally, however she has uploaded an impressive array of video clips of anti-child abuse, grass roots protests and marches that were taken over by people like Belinda McKenzie, Bill Maloney, Brian Gerrish, David Icke and the usual suspects.
If any readers are interested in videos, dated and categorised, with the various hoaxers appearing and pushing the genuine survivors out of the way, then Sheva’s channel has a lot of interesting material.
The Hoaxtead Research blog and youtube channel is full of material about the SRA CT pushers, Riddled has a lot of material about the ITNJ and SAFF has a website full of evidential material about SRA hoaxers. Quatloos is great on Freeman on the Land, Sovereign Citizens and associated loons.
Given that most people know next to nothing about the conspiracy theorists organising these protests I thought it might be valuable for readers to steered towards resources where they can educate themselves. Forewarned is forearmed as they say. Nobody is forcing anyone to check out the resources I recommend.
Readers who are inclined to believe in SRA / DID, Pizzagate, Qanon etc. are unlikely to select skeptical, rational sources to read. There is no shortage of batshit insane CT orientated websites and SM out there for people who have an unquenchable desire to read about or watch videos about young children and babies being sexually tortured by satanists.
We can never have a true discussion about the real reality of child trafficking or child abuse.
I agree that there is a problem with astroturfing of this issue. Should we pretend that the astroturfing does not happen? Should we let David Icke and groups like the DFLA promote themselves as the face of child protection?
Should we just sit back and let people like, Jon Wedger, who abuses vulnerable adults as clickbait, rise to the top of a movement that uses campaigns against child sexual exploitation as a camouflage for other, more sinister purposes?
I do not believe that we should.
If someone starts a thread about a group of activists and nobody knows who they are or what they are protesting about should we not provide whatever information we can, especially if these activists pose a threat to vulnerable people?
Child trafficking is an emotive and complex subject and many people know very little about it. Many people who claim to be authorities on the subject have form for manipulating vulnerable survivors. As with so many issues, the people who are genuine authorities on the issue are open about the fact that there is a lot that they do not know, as is the case with any issue, let alone a crime that is typically extremely hidden.
Here’s an idea - If you want to start a serious discussion about child trafficking and child abuse that is not concerned with conspiracy theories about satanists, Pizzagate, Qanon etc. why not just start one? Simply make it clear in the OP that the discussion is going to be about real child trafficking and not about Qanon, Pizzagate, (insert other satanic hoax here) and see how it goes?