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Epstein files

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Shhhhitsmagic · 06/02/2026 12:54

I've had too much time on my hands this week due to illness and I've gone down a rabbit hole with the epstein files.
Is anyone else struggling after reading this vile stuff?
I'm absolutely reeling and feel physically sick to my core. The world I thought we lived in doesn't exist (and probably never did in my lifetime).
It appears that not one single man involved will be held accountable. They are all being protected and the whole thing is being brushed under the carpet.
Why is this barely being reported on? Where are the protests? Are we being desensitised to this evil?
Can anyone help me make sense of this? 😢

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Glitchymn1 · 17/02/2026 04:53

I think it’s probably just the tip, I dread to think what sick activities/experiences can be bought online by the elite.

2021x · 17/02/2026 05:33

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 09/02/2026 13:21

Because it's to make MAPS a 'normal sexuality'.
Minor Attracted Persons Syndrome.

It's not q fucking syndrome.
It's child abuse.

They want to make paedophilia 'okay'.

Do I think there are some people who are sexually attracted to children- yes

Do I think it is their attraction is strongly related to their own child abuse- possibly.

Do I think that they have a lonely life- without a doubt.

Do I think it is OK- no

Do I think the people experiencing it should ever be alone with children- never

Do I think that gives them the right to assault children- absolutely not.

Do I think they should be incarerated if they chose to act out on children- absolutely.

persephonia · 18/02/2026 10:28

2021x · 17/02/2026 05:33

Do I think there are some people who are sexually attracted to children- yes

Do I think it is their attraction is strongly related to their own child abuse- possibly.

Do I think that they have a lonely life- without a doubt.

Do I think it is OK- no

Do I think the people experiencing it should ever be alone with children- never

Do I think that gives them the right to assault children- absolutely not.

Do I think they should be incarerated if they chose to act out on children- absolutely.

A better way of thinking about it is that those people have a level of selfishness that is beyond all normal comprehension... All the discussion of urges ignored the fact that a conscious decision is being made

Eg, someone wants a car. They decide to steal it. Obviously that is a fairly selfish/anti social line of reasoning

A kid is scared walking to school. He decided to deal with that feeling by carrying a knife. Someone makes him angrym in the heat of the moment he decides to use the knife. That's a very messed up chain of decisions and clearly the teenager belongs in prison. By if they are capable of being honest with themselves and others about their thought patterns they can be rehabilitated.

A grown man feels a bit horny. He decided to deal with that by utterly devastating the life of another person. Drastically altering a child's whole future for very brief gratificatipn. Sex offenders especially paedophiles can't ever be honest about their thought processes. They might say things like "I was under a lot of pressure at the time" to get sympathy. But they don't finish by saying "so I decided to deal with that pressure by raping a child". Because of they talked about the thought processes people would see how selfish they are and they would have to face it to. It's why I don't think they can be rehabilitated, even when people who commit really awful crimes like murder sometimes can.

And almost all the time (except in the case of severe mental deficiency) men can control their "urges" and have a choice of whether to act or not. It's why Eugenie and Beatrice were perfectly safe visiting Epstein with their mother. Someone with a severe brain injury might not be, but they should be receiving care anyway.

Also, a lot of the men involved weren't actually paedophiles themselves. They were however perfectly happy to condone and facilitate (and joke about) he rape of children so long as they were given access to young women to have sex with. Which is also despicable.

HoskinsChoice · 19/02/2026 08:37

FlourSugarButter · 07/02/2026 09:37

I don't know where you can directly read them if that's what you mean, I haven't tried it. But you are not going to get the true picture if you stick to the mainstream media. Get on social media like X or Instagram.

Instagram has opened my eyes. Once you start seeing those emails, interview transcripts, photos and videos you will realise how the likes of BBC, Sky, Times and Telegraph etc. are sharing only the half truths and skewing the narrative to protect their paymasters. They are bypassing the main actors by focusing on Andrew and Mandelson. Even then they are not reporting everything that's available about these two.

If you're going to read them, don't go to social media sites. Half of the files you're reading on there are fake.

FlourSugarButter · 21/02/2026 14:56

HoskinsChoice · 19/02/2026 08:37

If you're going to read them, don't go to social media sites. Half of the files you're reading on there are fake.

I'm sure there are many fake posts but you can weed them out easily if you have half a brain. Many genuine posters quote the file numbers that you can independently verify from the DoJ link. The mainstream media is definitely being selective in what they report.

MsSomebodyNow · 23/02/2026 16:02

Ateawholeboursininonego · 08/02/2026 20:39

Both i’d imagine

I’m now reading about GM learning to be a pilot and all sorts and submarine entry to the island and connections with The Clintons…this is all so utterly bizarre

I’ve been reading about the sub entry and seen pictures of what appears to be a trap door leading directly to the sea in the house in the files 😵‍💫
it’s all pretty grim reading 🤮

Ateawholeboursininonego · 23/02/2026 17:27

Also about a Nadia Marcinko, claims that he *Bought her off her father at 15 😔 trained her up be a pilot for the planes and now she’s gone missing, all so utterly bizzare

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