Of course, the parents did lie and fabricate a letter from the FBI, so if the story is real(not assuming it is) then the parents deserved it, but I still wonder if this episode was designed to discredit claims about the prevalence of sex trafficking. I think the entertainment media, especially tv shows, generally tries to write content related to popular events in order to get people talking about the shows and generally stir up more buzz. Anyone seen the new "American Crime" episodes depicting teenage prostitutes? So maybe Dr. Phil is just trying to stir up more buzz, and maybe there's a bigger motive behind it. Most likely, none of us will ever know, and really I think it's better if we give Dr. Phil as little credit as possible. Like Jerry Springer, it does produce the occasional cash-me-outside-like laugh, but for the most part I would just stay away from that kind of garbage.
If I had to guess(which I don't but I will), I would guess that Dr. Phil is going to bring the woman's parents on the show, and they are going to dispute her claim that she was sold at birth. Then Dr. Phil will show that her claims of being sold in an elite trafficking ring were actually a cover for her own choice on how to make money. There has to be at least someone made a fool or it wouldn't be entertaining, right? We will see tomorrow!
I actually didn't realize that the sticky was changed until you pointed it out. I would love to see a big protest bring attention to pizzagate/pedogate. After reading the sticky, I do agree that it is important that the community doesn't leave itself open to being portrayed by the media as a group that promotes violence, and the voat moderators may have to be especially careful in what they promote to keep the site from being shut down. That being said, the sticky is still making people aware of the protest just by mentioning it, and in my mind the concerns raised by the sticky are not a reason not to go out and participate. Hopefully a big group turns out on the 25th!
I agree. with most of what you said and basically it is a positivie outlook so we need that. But the first protest was probably hurt by this post which was wrong and there is no reason to leave it up as our main sticky when it is so inaccurate.
Anyway I'm glad you took a look. crossed fingers for 25th!
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GladToBeHere ago
fake news? my instinct tells me she is not a victim of elite sex trafficking
VieBleu ago
based on what? - provide some support for this.
PizzaDestroyer ago
In the episode linked below Dr. Phil makes the parents look pretty dumb for accusing their daughter's online 'boyfriend' of a being a sex trafficker: http://www.drphil.com/videos/teen-says-shes-ready-to-move-to-argentina-to-be-with-online-boyfriend-shes-never-met-in-person/
Of course, the parents did lie and fabricate a letter from the FBI, so if the story is real(not assuming it is) then the parents deserved it, but I still wonder if this episode was designed to discredit claims about the prevalence of sex trafficking. I think the entertainment media, especially tv shows, generally tries to write content related to popular events in order to get people talking about the shows and generally stir up more buzz. Anyone seen the new "American Crime" episodes depicting teenage prostitutes? So maybe Dr. Phil is just trying to stir up more buzz, and maybe there's a bigger motive behind it. Most likely, none of us will ever know, and really I think it's better if we give Dr. Phil as little credit as possible. Like Jerry Springer, it does produce the occasional cash-me-outside-like laugh, but for the most part I would just stay away from that kind of garbage.
If I had to guess(which I don't but I will), I would guess that Dr. Phil is going to bring the woman's parents on the show, and they are going to dispute her claim that she was sold at birth. Then Dr. Phil will show that her claims of being sold in an elite trafficking ring were actually a cover for her own choice on how to make money. There has to be at least someone made a fool or it wouldn't be entertaining, right? We will see tomorrow!
VieBleu ago
what do you think about the protests, do you like the sticky that cautions about them at the top of the forum?
PizzaDestroyer ago
I actually didn't realize that the sticky was changed until you pointed it out. I would love to see a big protest bring attention to pizzagate/pedogate. After reading the sticky, I do agree that it is important that the community doesn't leave itself open to being portrayed by the media as a group that promotes violence, and the voat moderators may have to be especially careful in what they promote to keep the site from being shut down. That being said, the sticky is still making people aware of the protest just by mentioning it, and in my mind the concerns raised by the sticky are not a reason not to go out and participate. Hopefully a big group turns out on the 25th!
VieBleu ago
I agree. with most of what you said and basically it is a positivie outlook so we need that. But the first protest was probably hurt by this post which was wrong and there is no reason to leave it up as our main sticky when it is so inaccurate.
Anyway I'm glad you took a look. crossed fingers for 25th!