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by cleandreams 114 days ago
This is not Facebook but I have a young friend who gets her news on Epstein from tiktok. She is convinced they were eating babies. I do worry (a little) that she will go over the conspiracy theories deep end. I told her tiktok news was bad "mental hygiene" but she didn't get it.
3 comments
arczyx 114 days ago
> She is convinced they were eating babies

There are indeed allegations of that, so it's not impossible. You can read it yourself here:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA001476...

> On the yacht he witnessed babies being dismembered, their intestines removed, and individuals eating the feces from these intestines

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DaedalusII 114 days ago
this is a member of the general public who filed a report to the FBI. it carries about as much weight as a post on 4chan. you can see the sarcastic response from the FBI officer as well

it is exactly this kind of content that is so pervasive and misleading. the FBI get thousands of reports like this every day saying that george bush is a lizard, antarctica is full of UFOs etc.

Let me use the same sentence structure as above, with another example to highlight the absurdity of it:

"a member of the general public alleged angela merkel was receiving instructions from a russian UFO scientist that had contact with an insect alien spieces in alpha centauri, so its not impossible.

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firtoz 114 days ago
Looking at the rest of the file, I'd rate the credibility of this as 2/10.

But of course I can also see how this could have been taken as fact and spread like wildfire. I wish good luck to the investigators, wow.

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m000 114 days ago
Which is exactly the point of the parent. Before Epstein files you would probably rate the rumour at 0/10 credibility.
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gzread 114 days ago
There is real, but weak, evidence the Epstein gang were eating babies. A lot of past conspiracy theories are suddenly seeming more plausible in light of the Epstein files.
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sneak 114 days ago
> She is convinced they were eating babies. I do worry (a little) that she will go over the conspiracy theories deep end.

Nothing to worry about; she already has.

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