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[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 260 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 123 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

thank you!
jesus christ i’ve never seen “14 year old woman” in writing before this insane headline…

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting that they always seem to do this when it's about trump's child rape victims

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 2 weeks ago

They're afraid of being sued by him

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You must not be paying much attention to this - it's unfortunately FAR from the first time the media has done this in relation to the Epstein files. I figure they're trying to avoid Trump's wrath - at least I hope that's the reason.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i’ve seen “underage women” but and references to young women as women…
but 14 can’t even be stretched to “young woman” (it’s an idiom, don’t hit me)…
that’s just plainly a child.
i have been paying attention but now i understand your username.
it’s incredibly obvious that this is FAR from the first time…. this is just the biggest exaggeration ive seen so far… especially it being in one short sentence like that.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not condoning in any sense Donald j Trump and his love of fucking children. But 14 year old girls are often called young women, it's not even a stretch. Just to go off your comment. That doesn't change the fact that the current president of the United States of America, Donald j Trump, best friends with Jeffrey r Epstein, raped and killed children.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 weeks ago

You're not wrong. Young adult literature is typically written for ages 12-18

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right? Or at least teen or girl, not "14 year old woman." 🤮

And people argue that these rich pedophiles don't own the media.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tbf I doubt rich people own or control the esteemed WTFinvestigations.blog website

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

You'd be surprised how many small publications are owned, controlled, or at least heavily influenced by the wealthy.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If it were a boy, nobody on earth would call him a 14 year old man. This headline is bananas the more I think of it.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Only if he was palestinian

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Israel would

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Middle schooler.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a weird blog that gets posted waaaay too often to be authentic all the time

[–] GooseGang@beehaw.org 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“woman” in the title, but “girl” in the description… ???

[–] riverSpirit@thelemmy.club 18 points 2 weeks ago

I didn’t write the title.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The proofs that Cheeto is a raging pedophile are circling so close to him, it's amazing that he hadn't been impeached yet. A tenth of a hundredth of the outrageous pies this guy has had a finger in would have been career-ending for any other POTUS. He really is made of teflon...

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He has been impeached, twice. And yet he's still President.

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

Because republican senators did not have the balls to convict him

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's because Fox News is a hell of a drug.

My Dad thinks the Epstein thing is dramatized. He posited, to paraphrase, "the girls weren't really that young."

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And I want to be clear, my Dad is highly intelligent and an upstanding person.

It's just that all news in the US is bisected.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I gotta say, most of these “news” channels are awful. The pandering to either side of the isle is crazy. Fox especially - they just straight up lie.

[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

repubs probably waiting until 2 years and a day into this term to impeach trump so that Vance could have a shot at 10 years in office.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, they’re waiting for him to die so they can start talking about how much they never really liked him

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago

Fix the fucking title. A 14yo is not a woman.

Unless your name is Trump, ofc.

[–] rottenmummy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

That's a kid, not a woman. WTF?!

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Guys guilty as fuck. The way he treated Ghislaine said it all.

[–] tehsillz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

does it even matter? nothing will happen and people of the world will still suck up to him.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Child not woman.