Funny how the article doesn't address any of the actual content from the Podesta emails that led people to this conclusion.
And it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, there wasn't anything in Wikileaks that in any way even so much as implied that there was actually a child trafficking ring run by the Democratic party.
I really hope you weren't trying to insinuate that the Wikileaks emails actually said that.
The fact that there even needs to be a discussion about that indicates the sad, sad state of journalism and media in America.
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Also, I'll note that the above commenter's account was created literally three minutes ago, likely to post the comment above.
Insinuating that the Democratic Party is involved in a massive conspiracy to traffic children is NOT the type of thing that flies here on HN, so if you came here expecting to get into those kinds of discussions and spread that kind of misinformation, you're going to have a bad time.
it was fucking bizarre. and pretty sickening what they were willing to post.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McC...
You're only beginning to realize now.
Also, did the people who made this up think it was a joke? I really don't see how else a hair brain idea like this could be made.
No, there are people who have their children removed who sincerely believe there's a shadowy organisation who steals babies for paedophile rings, or to sell babies.
When you look at people who have CPS involved in their families you're going to find a larger proportion of people consumed by conspiracy theory. That sometimes makes them aggressive to people who want to make simple checks, which increases the amount of scrutiny the family comes under.
I hate linking to videos because they often identify the children, but here's one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBv6Z8ZSPQ
A Google search for [cps pedophile] will return many many hits.