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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 day ago

I mean, there is almost certainly no "The List", "2003-02-23: Donald John Trump, 3 pedophilia, paid by bank transfer".
There are terabytes of call logs, text messages, videos, photos, location logs, witness testimonies, whatever samples, and fuck knows what else.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Of all the things to publicly tell on yourself with. Damn man.

[–] Bytemite@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Stephen King is absolutely the next person I think is going to have some heinous shit come out about him, like happened with Gaiman. Too many years writing in a cocaine haze, on record defenses of Woody Allen marrying the step daughter he raised, the whole thing with the ending of IT.

Not commenting on the Epstein List, tbh it's political football and I don't know if we'll ever have anything confirmed until well after anyone who could be impacted by it is gone. King's just one of those people who if you look close enough there's reasons to be suspicious, but who is such an industry giant that I think no one wants to say anything.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

It's definitely real, even if it is just the list of 150 Epstein associates that were unsealed years ago. If there was anything more, it ceased to exist during the first Trump administration.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Stephen King is on the list.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I think that's the only reason for this change in tune from the guy.

IMO, it's blatant and transparent.

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[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Nobody is going to release a real list because it will exclusively hurt the rich and powerful.

Trump Part 1 didn't, Biden didn't, Trump won't do it now.

There definitely is a list. Probably not a spreadsheet or a black book, but you have to make schedules and appointments work. Double booking diddlers is bad business. There are records.

What has been established by the media is that there is a list (whether true or not) and being on that list is damning. Unfortunately we're at a point where if a list is released, anyone with a brain would have to doubt it as being nothing more than a political tool, and anyone without a brain will immediately try to crucify anyone on it.

All the back and forth and hemming and hawing buys time to figure out who to put on the list. Get all the Democrat names you like, but finding enough Republicans to put on the list, but not anyone who'll rat (preferably dead) is the tricky part. Gotta make it halfway believable.

It's sad that instead of bringing the worst people in our society to justice, this will either be swept under the rug or set fire to the Reichstag.

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I'd like to remind this thread not to jump to conclusions. It's not exactly unheard of for a notorious coke addict to be confidently wrong about something. I'll believe he's a sicko when I see his name on the list and not a second sooner.

Edit: Am I really being downvoted for not immediately joining a mob and instead waiting for proof? "We did it ~~reddit~~ lemmy!"

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

I have a suggestion: Just assume every billionaire diddles kids anyway.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

We believe the rumored client list is real now? Case documents for Giuffre v. Dershowitz have already been unsealed & released. I thought everyone was calling claims of secret, unreleased documents a right-wing conspiracy theory a few months ago. It's really hard to follow what we're supposed to think here. What's going on?

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[–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 156 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (53 children)

Man, who would've thought that the guy who wrote a child orgy scene would turn out to be a pedophile? Edit: Didn't expect this to blow up and result in multiple bans... whoops.

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[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago

It's nice of the people on the list to out themselves. At this rate we can just compile it ourselves.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 days ago (8 children)

That part of IT might make a whole lot more sense all the sudden

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[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This isn't surprising really, especially after the Neil Gaiman thing, but it is disappointing.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

??? Oh no what Gaiman thing?

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

Aww man. I hate being the bearer of bad news. Turns out Neil isn't quite the feminist he pretended to be. :(

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I knew he wasn't an angel but damn. Oh well.

[–] uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, he wrote IT so idk if this would surprise anyone lol

[–] Event_Horizon@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You telling me there's a chance that a writer, known for snorting enough cocaine to kill an elephant whilst writing a story where a group of boys run a train on a young girl, might have visited an island known for its drugs and sex trafficking young girls?

🤔

[–] uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

I know it sounds like a stretch, but yes.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lol. Guess who's on the list. 🤣🤣

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Wow, what a massive POS, and misusing "UFO" to boot. Yeah, everyone has seen something flying that they couldn't identify at some point or another. "UFO" does not automatically mean "extraterrestrial spacecraft."

[–] Gaylactus@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that analogy is a pretty shitty one. There are legitimate reasons to be skeptical about UFOs/UAPs/Flying Saucers, or whatever you want to call them, even if I do not believe in batshit crazy conspiracies related to them. There are no reasons to believe that Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy can be real, that is just folklore.

Shocking that someone like him, would do such a ill-conceived analogy, even if anyone considers that in modern society, alien shit can be considered folklore, it is still very much within the realm of possibility.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Shocking that someone like him would do such a ill-conceived analogy

It really was notable. I agree with another commenter who said King's substance abuse past seems to be catching up with him. He sounds like a snarky right-wing asshole, and he used to be better than that.

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[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 266 points 2 days ago (7 children)

This is giving strong "I hope nobody finds out I went to Epstein island" vibes.

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[–] jve@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Huh. I thought he publicly quit twitter and moved to ~~blue sky~~ threads?

https://xcancel.com/stephenking/status/1857165864346267891?s=46&t=PJVWm80PofrGWNJIfp3Bsw

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Wow, the replies on some of King's tweets are really telling....

No chance that chode isn't a trump supporter.

E: also, I didn't realize just how many of King's books involve child abuse... I knew about the obvious ones, but goddamn...

[–] boomzilla@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's interesting. I read most of his books and I really can't recall anything in that regard. Between he's famous for being a horror author although he wrote a few non-fiction books. The human psyche and inner monologues of the character along with descriptions of villains and why they became the monsters they are, are recurring topics in his books. Might it be that this is the reason why they involve child abuse? Remember Dutroix? He was abused as child.

Anyways I can't really recall any scenes in his books where he delved more into that topic than appropriate.

Edit: I'm trying not to have idols or parasocial relations and it's been years since I read the last SK book. So my memory may be clouded a bit. Other than the scene from "The Jaunt" (which I haven't read), I haven't found anything after a quick search. If it turns out he's a pedo I won't defend him. But regarding from what I know about him as person from the biographical texts, and stuff he wrote on social media and how meticulously he deconstructed evil personalities in his books, I can't imagine this being anymore than a witchhunt.

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The "orgy" mentioned is almost certainly the gross group kid sex thing from IT. How do you defeat the evil clown demon, kid orgies apparently :(

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Sounds a lot like Stephen King is very likely to be a pedophile that has raped children on Epstein's island 🤔

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[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 101 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's really funny how all this denial is focused on the existence of a concrete "list." What everybody means, and what anyone honest knows, is that the request is for the release of a list of the people who went to the Epstein island and were associated with the convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein himself.

If you can convict Maxwell, there is evidence of what happened. Whether or not someone has already written a list is completely irrelevant.

There are exactly two types of people who would deny this:

  1. Die hard, believe-anything-Trump-is-saying-today, MAGA faithful
  2. paedophiles or people otherwise on the list

I wonder which one Stephen King is....

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[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Tell me you're on that list without telling me you're on that list.

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