Commentators on the right speculated that he had been murdered by powerful liberals; those on the left speculated that he had been murdered by powerful conservatives. These theories were not responses to evidence, of which there is little
And then later claiming conspiracy theories not only "factually wrong" (something no one can know at this stage)"
The speculations may well be factually wrong criminal justice experts have pointed out that inmate suicides are common, and that those detained in federal jails often face startling neglect
"but also attempting to Mrs Lovejoy the public by claiming "conspiracy theories" are actually harmful:
the positing of these conspiracy theories is unhelpful, distracting from the important injustice that has been done to Epstein's victims.
Declaring seeking the truth to be somehow unfair to the victims is a classic trope, deployed most famously against 9/11 Truthers, but common after many such incidents.
There's also this sentence"
The conspiracy theorists also risk undermining efforts to bring Epstein's co-conspirators to account: their suggestions that the financier was killed to cover up the rapes and assaults of powerful men who would rather he be shut up could lend suspicion to anyone pointing out the breadth of his alleged pedophilia ring, giving those who want continued investigations of men such as Dershowitz, Pritzker and Dubin the aura of a maniac in a tinfoil hat.
Which, I'll be honest, I simply don't understand.
I think she's arguing that "conspiracy theorists" talking about "conspiracy theories" might discredit the very real possibility there was an actual conspiracy.
If that's what she means because I honestly do not understand the words well, that's obviously just crazy. You can't argue we shouldn't talk about conspiracy theories, just in case there's a conspiracy fact.
That's the attitude of a person so brainwashed by the idea that "conspiracy theorist = crazy person" that they can no longer think in a straight line. Total cognitive dissonance.
The articles are different in tone, but they are united in purpose, and they each hit the same three key points:
All this serves to demonstrate for about the millionth time the entire purpose of outrage culture and identity politics. Fear of being offensive used to control a conversation and dictate narrative: Don't talk about Epstein being murdered, don't even think about it. If you do, you're a misogynist.
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