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Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by thursday0987 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @10:33AM (#24858435)
how is being concerned about child sex trafficking pro right wing?
Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by AftHurrahWinch on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:44AM (#24859252)
You may be unaware that there is a predominantly Trump supporting movement called qanon which coopted an existing hashtag, #SaveTheChildren to allege that the cause of child sex trafficking is "Satan-worshiping, child-molesting criminals led by prominent Democrats".

https://archive.is/HSKiG#selection-549.281-549.352

Now, some portion of attempts to #SaveTheChildren on social media are people concerned with child sex trafficking, and some portion are people who think that their political opponents are literal monsters... and it is often not immediately clear which is which.

Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by thursday0987 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:26PM (#24859801)
ah. i'm not in either of those political bubbles and i'm not on twitter.

guess i'm not missing out if being against child trafficking is somehow either a) a conspiracy theory on the left or b) a conspiracy theory on the right.

child trafficking is wrong. full stop.

Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by roflc0ptic on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:21PM (#24860516)
You don't really have to be in those bubbles to know about it - there was a much publicized shooting in a pizza shop circa 2017, motivated by baseless fears about a pedophile ring - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/pizzagate-attack-sente...

Full stop, child trafficking is wrong. But then, so is baselessly accusing people of something as heinous as child trafficking.

Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf] by pjc50 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:09AM (#24858843)
It's not intrinsically, however linking to spurious allegations (like Pizzagate) seems to be a rightwing tactic. Actual substantial allegations (qv Maxwell/Epstein) seem to be less partisan.