Despite all the overwhelming circumstantial evidence, Pizzagate has been labeled "fake news". So why are people dismissing this story when children are being abused?
Per Rules 2&4
Updated to add link to assertion of fake news:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985
"The saga of 'Pizzagate': The fake story that shows how conspiracy theories spread"
@Blacksmith raised an interesting question and it made me wonder what people really think, so I reposted it in v/politics where I thought it would get more attention.
If you are also curious, here is what they are saying.
https://voat.co/v/politics/2213331
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insecteyes ago
I would say it's partly because of the name. It's easy for people to hear it and be like "Yea that's stupid."
Also the classic reason, people don't want to think that normal-seeming people torture and murder children sometimes just for the hell of it.
I try to explain the problem to people in a way that's difficult to deny, asking why they feel human beings aren't capable of such evil. Most people come around if they're allowed to come to conclusions more on their own. Not bombarded by flashy hashtags and an idea that's kind of limited to one group of asshole pedophiles. People need to understand too that it's everywhere. Not just in DC.
Also I'm a survivor. Don't think I'm just being a dick.
2impendingdoom ago
the name is stupid until you see the Katy Perry videos and the pizza theme kid pajamas, and then you realize, shit, this really is everywhere. Like pizza, it is ubiquitous.
ps: Welcome to Pizzagate.
witch_doctor1 ago
I would respectfully submit that pizzagate was chosen as the name of the movement because A) Cheese Pizza was a well-established term prior to the Wikileaks dumps. B) Pizza sure appeared pretty frequently in said dumps. C) It's kinda catchy.
As someone who was here from the beginning, I hate the spliiting hairs of pedogate/pizzage verbage...if people can't grasp the meaning of pizzagate, then it means that we aren't conveying it properly. Further, pizzagate objectively scared the fuck out of the elites...why change the name at their request?
Are_we_sure ago
Cheese Pizza is a term that never appears in the Podesta emails.
witch_doctor1 ago
I'm well aware of that Sherlock.
Are_we_sure ago
It undermines your point B above
witch_doctor1 ago
Only if you are an obtuse dullard.