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Would be a SHAME if this was retweeted a lot (Original Post) Roland99 Apr 2022 OP
Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #1
Hey, let's imply people we don't like are pedophiles! AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #2
His side does it, and they're not making light of it at all Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2022 #10
Agreed SledDriver Apr 2022 #21
I see it as a pos that likes to hang around slime. Then again Musk is a pos trump supporter rockfordfile Apr 2022 #22
Kick. GoCubsGo Apr 2022 #3
Why would you want to retweet this? AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #4
It's not about being funny. GoCubsGo Apr 2022 #5
So you think Clinton is a pedophile as well? AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #6
I'm not accusing Musk of being a pedophile. GoCubsGo Apr 2022 #9
Or he didn't know it AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #14
No. But I wouldn't be surprised now when it comes to musk. rockfordfile Apr 2022 #24
Thus, do not lie with dogs. H2O Man Apr 2022 #23
Get back to me when "they go low, we go high" actually works. Lucky Luciano Apr 2022 #31
It is ironic. Didn't Musky call that guy that saved children trapped in a submerged cave, Peado? JanMichael Apr 2022 #43
Bingo. geardaddy Apr 2022 #44
Two very rich people Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #7
It would be a shame if anyone thinks this is a gotcha AnyFunctioningAdult Apr 2022 #8
Apparently it's okay here AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #12
A never ending race to the bottom AnyFunctioningAdult Apr 2022 #17
It's time to fight fire with fire LW1977 Apr 2022 #29
No, a bunch of leftists voting for a Russian agent gave us 4 years of Trump AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #36
not everyone who hung out w those 2 is a pedo, but i'm pretty sure close to 100% of them mopinko Apr 2022 #20
Not even necessarily hung out. Got caught in a picture in what might be a passing moment. LakeArenal Apr 2022 #39
Dammit! I just retweeted it! 🤣🤣 madinmaryland Apr 2022 #11
Let's leave those kind of games to the MAGA and QAnon crowds eallen Apr 2022 #13
I'll refer you to post 29 LW1977 Apr 2022 #33
OMG 😳 dweller Apr 2022 #15
I'm guessing this photo is at least 20 years old FakeNoose Apr 2022 #16
Date night Fullduplexxx Apr 2022 #18
I prefer the truth on this photo. Maxwell gets around, even appearing at Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Hoyt Apr 2022 #19
Okay Katcat Apr 2022 #26
Okay Katcat Apr 2022 #27
Actually, I'm against trumpish BS. And the photo is just that. Hoyt Apr 2022 #30
Gotta agree with this. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #38
You know it's possible to think someone is a piece of shit without implying they're a pedophile AZSkiffyGeek Apr 2022 #37
EXACTLY! ShazzieB Apr 2022 #40
You will know them by the friends they keep. paleotn Apr 2022 #25
Just this once I will body shame! BidenRocks Apr 2022 #28
I was about to address that elephant in the room Leith Apr 2022 #35
I think it is just the fabric. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #42
Who is the woman in the background behind Musk? nt Samrob Apr 2022 #32
Two people I think I'd want my family to avoid. Torchlight Apr 2022 #34
Is she grooming him or vice versa. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #41

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
2. Hey, let's imply people we don't like are pedophiles!
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:31 PM
Apr 2022

Nothing like making light of something that horrible.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. His side does it, and they're not making light of it at all
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:40 PM
Apr 2022

And they don't even have pictures like this to post, they just make that kinda shit up about Democrats out of whole cloth, and spread it across the world from their far-right internet cesspool.

There's also the fact that he's the one that posed for the picture.

And it could be posted without comment, let the pic mean whatever it means to whomever views it.

Even if a bit unfair, it's nothing compared to the bullshit we get from the other side.

Plus, I think the world's richest man can suck it up.

MHO ... fair game.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
3. Kick.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:32 PM
Apr 2022

I'm not on Twitter, but this almost makes me want to change my mind about that, just so I can retweet this.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
4. Why would you want to retweet this?
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:33 PM
Apr 2022

Do you believe Musk is a pedophile, or do you just think it's funny to accuse people of being pedos?

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
6. So you think Clinton is a pedophile as well?
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:36 PM
Apr 2022

Just being clear that if hanging out with Maxwell makes you a pedo....

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
9. I'm not accusing Musk of being a pedophile.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:39 PM
Apr 2022

Just hanging out with one--which means he's okay with it. And, shame on Bill Clinton for doing the same.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
14. Or he didn't know it
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:44 PM
Apr 2022

But hey, innuendo is fine, as long as you don't "accuse him" it's perfectly okay to imply it. And trash a leader of the Democratic party in the process.

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
31. Get back to me when "they go low, we go high" actually works.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:40 PM
Apr 2022

I hate to say it, but playing very dirty wins. Being nice loses…maybe even loses a 245 year old democratic republic.

JanMichael

(24,846 posts)
43. It is ironic. Didn't Musky call that guy that saved children trapped in a submerged cave, Peado?
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:17 PM
Apr 2022

I'm sorry "pedo guy". And that guy wasn't ever photographed with a convicted trafficker of minor girls.

That type of barb is obviously something that Musky thinks is funny. What's even better is that Musky won the defamation suit using and coining the JDart defense...great. Say anything and then delete it and say "sorry" and it didn't count.

As an aside Lin Wood was the "pedo guy" attorney. Coincidence?

8. It would be a shame if anyone thinks this is a gotcha
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:38 PM
Apr 2022

Is everyone who ever appeared in a photograph with someone now guilty of something? If so, I have some very bad news about the list of people who are in pictures with Maxwell, Epstein, and Trump, etc.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
36. No, a bunch of leftists voting for a Russian agent gave us 4 years of Trump
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:52 PM
Apr 2022

But hey, I'm sure you're fine with the right calling Biden a pedophile since you're willing to do it about Musk.

mopinko

(69,803 posts)
20. not everyone who hung out w those 2 is a pedo, but i'm pretty sure close to 100% of them
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 06:13 PM
Apr 2022

are entitled twats.

eallen

(2,950 posts)
13. Let's leave those kind of games to the MAGA and QAnon crowds
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:43 PM
Apr 2022

Do you have evidence that means anything other than they were at the same party?

I agree with the previous poster, that it wrongly makes light of child abuse, to use it so cavalierly, to slur those you don't like, even though you have no reason at all to suspect such. That's the game the MAGA and QAnon crowds play.




https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-photo-ghislaine-maxwell-floods-twitter-after-deal-1700789

FakeNoose

(32,328 posts)
16. I'm guessing this photo is at least 20 years old
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:48 PM
Apr 2022

... just by looking at Maxwell's face, and Musk's hairline. So does a 20-year-old photo that was taken at a fancy party mean anything? Not much, it doesn't even prove that they know each other.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
19. I prefer the truth on this photo. Maxwell gets around, even appearing at Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 06:02 PM
Apr 2022

?s=20&t=1D1MIjiOiHr0R8eLcuUXow

The photo of Mr Musk and Maxwell was taken at an Oscars after-party in 2014 organised by Vanity Fair magazine.

Mr Musk attended alongside his second (and then third) wife Talulah Riley, a couple of years before the pair divorced for the second and potentially final time.

Mr Musk also denied rumours that Epstein had been given a private tour of SpaceX several years after his 2008 conviction for procuring an underage girl for prostition.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/elon-musk-defends-photo-with-ghislaine-maxwell-claiming-he-was-photobombed/news-story/e36a769f65b00f4da5ea22763bdc3ae1


And here she is at Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Point is, she's been photographed with a lot of people, some perverts, many not.

https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9704b6f-6dd4-416f-bbed-1c2f7b75ad5e_1230x1322.png

?itok=PWSTL_xc

ShazzieB

(15,952 posts)
38. Gotta agree with this.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:01 PM
Apr 2022

Just because someone happens to be photographed with someone at a party doesn't mean they're bosom buddies, that they share common interests, or that they even actually know each other. Especially someone as high profile as Musk.

I can't stand the man, but I think we should stick with criticizing him for real reasons (of which there are plenty). Starting unsubstantiated rumors is tacky and not something I want to see Democrats associated with. What the "other side" does is irrelevant.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,787 posts)
37. You know it's possible to think someone is a piece of shit without implying they're a pedophile
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:55 PM
Apr 2022

You could consider that instead of attacking another DUer.

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
25. You will know them by the friends they keep.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:23 PM
Apr 2022

The law and even common decency doesn't apply to the ultra wealthy.

Leith

(7,802 posts)
35. I was about to address that elephant in the room
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:49 PM
Apr 2022

It looks like she's trying to sneak out a watermelon. Is that just how the fabric happened to drape at that particular moment?

ShazzieB

(15,952 posts)
42. I think it is just the fabric.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:16 PM
Apr 2022

I don't know the term for that sort of baggy bodice, but it's not flattering on anyone, imo.

Also, body shaming a woman, even a monster like her, honestly leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and I'm not down with it. She's a horrible person who did horrible things. Shame her for that. Who even cares how her clothes fit.

If someone wants to make fun of his chipmunk cheeks, otoh, I'm all in. Double standard? Yes, but I'm sure he doesn't care. With that kind of money, he could buy himself a whole new face if he wanted to instead of walking around with that ugly mug.

Torchlight

(3,232 posts)
34. Two people I think I'd want my family to avoid.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:44 PM
Apr 2022

I guess I just don't have enough faith in sacred cows to hold the guy in the same esteem his flock gives him. Oh well: twitter today, myspace tomorrow.

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