"Few issues have inflamed the MAGA right and the Qanon conspiracy theorists quite as intensely as the theory that there is a vast and powerful cabal of politicians and business leaders who traffic children for systematic sexual abuse and enjoy the protection of the police, prosecutors, the media, and the Deep State. For the entirety of Donald Trump’s first presidency, outlandish claims circulated around the fringe right: That children were being sold in Wayfair armoires; that the Clintons were getting their gnarled hands on trafficked children in the basement of a DC pizza parlor. None of this was true, let alone remotely plausible. But it dovetailed with the paranoia that got Trump elected in the first place: That American politicians were not just woefully corrupt but almost unimaginably evil, and it would take a fearless outsider to expose and vanquish them. [snip]
"And now there actually is a vast effort by elected officials and people at the highest levels of government — the FBI, the DOJ, Congress, the Oval Office — to cover up the web of influential men woven around serial child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. The coverup effort is happening right out in the open. And while some MAGA supporters do still seem to want to know what in the heck happened with Epstein, many decided to put the issue to bed the second it seemed Trump might be implicated. This is indeed the height of hypocrisy, and an important insight into the grotesque moral deformities endemic among those who strive to keep Trump in power. It’s also a continuation on a theme: This is an administration that has built its identity on white male power unfettered by 'political correctness' or basic decency, unimpeded by the law or old norms, and unchallenged by the women or racial minorities who were increasingly competing with white men for power..." -- Jill Filipovic, from "The Dogs That Haven't Barked," on Substack. Filipovic's essay discusses why the identity politics in the MAGA/Republican movement explain why it's devolved into a pedophile protection racket. Important insights and great read.
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