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I have a friend who keeps defending him, often deflecting to attack the people writing the article (i.e. BBC) and then ranting about Epstein Island and the Clinton's etc....
Yet here we have a man who has videos of himself talking about trafficking, coercion and abuse of women - and more evidence of them openly discussing it like a grooming gang, yet my friend continues to say words to the effect of "it's the elites trying to take him down for telling the truth"
Honestly, I just do not get it, and would appreciate anyones advice who has maybe faced similar issues how to get through to them.
You can't reason a person out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Your best bet, if you wanted to try, is to probably use emotion. Maybe talk about how emasculating it must be to follow this guy who needs to groom women or something. Idk.
Nicely put.
I think you need to replace this friend.
I'm appealing to help on the internet, I'm pretty much exhausted and this is my last gasp to find a way to help him tbh.
Surely the elitists would be hiding evidence of his crimes and then using his services.
Fucking conspiracy theories can't keep a straight story.
Fuck that "friend".