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The last question for Edge has turned out to be, “when do people realize we are funded by Jeffrey Epstein?”

I don't understand the downvotes. Whenever you find out that an institution you interact with was used to enable a child prostitution scheme, it should cause a moment of reflection, not a reflexive downvote.

I'm becoming increasingly unhappy with reflexive downvotes. There must be a reason people react like this.

Maybe it's an instinct against making waves, or disturbing the image of a respected institution.

I'm not happy when respected institutions are treated almost as if criticizing them would be improper.

Criticism is the most counter intuitive kindness.

Citation needed

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