Epstein asked Chomsky for advice over 'putrid' media coverage, files show
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Apparently the founder of Microsoft caught viruses as easily as Windows.
[1] it's not exactly how she framed it but we can connect the dots: email leaks shows he got STD from easter women he met through Epstein, Billy Boy probably lied to her wife at first, then she got STD too, went to the doctor, learn she had a STD and now says: "His relation with Epstein is why we got divorced". That's not far-fetched and has to be close to what happened. Until she literally means Billy Boy and Jeffrey were gay but I doubt it.
Bill building Microsoft into a predatory corporation found to be a monopoly in court was cool with Melinda.
These people are Jerry Springer trash too. Media has convinced us otherwise, that's all.
Wait, did anyone ever particularly like Gates?
- In the early days of Microsoft he attempted to screw his co-founder Paul Allen out of his shares after Allen had treatment for cancer.
- Dirty trick monopolist as a CEO.
- Bully as leader. Admitted it in his memoirs.
- Young female employees were advised to not be alone with him. Was finally removed from Microsoft board after sexual exploits. Same thing continues in his charities.
ps. The whole idea that people you don't know personally can or should be "liked" or "disliked" is idiotic.
Young people are moved by some idiot mogul doing "charity" for tax-breaks and political influence?
Not a novel observation. But when you throw in the draw of private islands and illicit sex romps Epstein was a one-stop shop of gratification for the depraved and sophistic.
So many intellectuals that appear to dedicate their lives to developing coherent and consistent models of how to think and how to act in this world, who nonetheless decided that conversing with a known child rapist is A-OK.
The only people I've seen who have come out ahead morally are Nassim Taleb and Norman Finkelstein.
Don’t make heroes out of people. Many have significant flaws, even unforgivable flaws.
Of course, there are more common measures like how they treat people they don't necessarily need to respect, but even that can be conjured on demand according to situational needs by cunning people. Getting to know people and drawing conclusions about them should be a longer process than it tends to be.
In any case Bill Cosby on TV was a good role model -in life, out of the public eye, he was a bad dude who drugged and SA'd victims. The public has little chance to "know" him. One might hear rumors but one needs factual info to make judgements.
If you're ever interviewed by the news, you have a moral imperitive to say "They were always such a good kid. I would have never suspected this." regardless of if you know the kid, or you would have suspected it. A) who needs reporters in neighborhoods digging up dirt like this. B) if it were you, or your kids, you'd want people to say the same thing for you.