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• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s like saying that a lot of people get murdered in Stephen King’s stories, so he must have homicidal fantasies.

  Horror writers look for ways to shock and shake up their readers, and judging from the comments here, he succeeded.

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  • spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Jonathan Swift must have really wanted to cannibalize poor children!

    I’ll never forget bringing that up in a classroom and realizing adults had no idea it was satire.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … This isn’t satire and King is in the Epstein files.

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      • spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Did I say King’s writing was satire? I said Jonathan Swift’s short story was satire.

        As for King being in the Epstein files, do you have a source for this? I can’t seem to find it.

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  • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep when your job is to shock, gross out and give people very specifically a moral and ethical panic attack

    You tend to do some fucked up stuff.

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• Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I assumed that there was a reason that he agrees with trump on not releasing the Epstein files.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, King does not agree with Trump not releasing the Epstein files.

    King doesn't believe there is a document that clearly lists who is guilty of being a pedophile because that isn't how long running and successful criminal activity works. They have lists of contacts and hints, which have already been released, but not something so cut and dry as a client list.

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    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even if there is an explicated log book. It’s likely filled with worthless pseudonyms, chicken scrawl or some other worthless data.

      Making it worthless and basically what we already got

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but it’s exactly how long running CIA/Mossad blackmail operation works

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    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      but not something so cut and dry as a client list.

      Right. I know that. I assumed the ‘list’ people were talking about was able to be made with the actual information. Especially with the financial information on where the money was flowing.

      The idea that there was 1 specific list that was found isn’t the idea being pushed when people say ‘Release the Epstein file.’ King said he doesn’t think a definitive list is real, but we sure do have a lot of information that can be used to create a list. That list can lead to questions that might have valid answers. It will also lead to a lot of pedos…so I’m assuming protecting them is the point of Trump’s delay.

      King might have his own reason for not wanting a list of people not having to explain their connections with Epstein in the past, but I don’t care. Explain it and then move on, if you are innocent. It just feels King is arguing a red herring (about an actual list) instead of the meat and potatoes of going after pedos. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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