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how is being concerned about child sex trafficking pro right wing?

• pjc50 6y ago
  It's not intrinsically, however linking to spurious allegations (like Pizzagate) seems to be a rightwing tactic. Actual substantial allegations (qv Maxwell/Epstein) seem to be less partisan.
• AftHurrahWinch 6y ago
  You may be unaware that there is a predominantly Trump supporting movement called qanon which coopted an existing hashtag, #SaveTheChildren to allege that the cause of child sex trafficking is "Satan-worshiping, child-molesting criminals led by prominent Democrats". https://archive.is/HSKiG#selection-549.281-549.352 https://archive.is/HSKiG#selection-549.281-549.352 Now, some portion of attempts to #SaveTheChildren on social media are people concerned with child sex trafficking, and some portion are people who think that their political opponents are literal monsters... and it is often not immediately clear which is which.
  • thursday0987 6y ago
    ah. i'm not in either of those political bubbles and i'm not on twitter. guess i'm not missing out if being against child trafficking is somehow either a) a conspiracy theory on the left or b) a conspiracy theory on the right. child trafficking is wrong. full stop.
    • roflc0ptic 6y ago
      You don't really have to be in those bubbles to know about it - there was a much publicized shooting in a pizza shop circa 2017, motivated by baseless fears about a pedophile ring - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/pizzagate-attack-sentence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/pizzagate-attack-sente... Full stop, child trafficking is wrong. But then, so is baselessly accusing people of something as heinous as child trafficking.