Was Jeffrey Epstein murdered?

[jberryhill]

34. You should have been around when the 9/11 forum was in full swing

The "Creative Speculation" forum used to be the 9/11 forum. During the Bush administration, it was where you could come to DU and learn about silent nano-thermite explosives, fake planes, fictional death tolls, and all manner of "facts".

Because "Creative Speculation" is not as clear as to "what stuff goes here", then the tinfoil hat stuff goes in GD now.

But, as the poll indicates, this one is popular because it involves the centuries-old hook of a secret cabal doing harm to children, which is always popular - from the "Franklin Scandal", the "Satanic Panic" and back into its medieval origins as anti-semitic propaganda, this particular trope is deeply hooked to some aspect of social psychology:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse

The SRA panic repeated many of the features of historical moral panics and conspiracy theories, such as the blood libel against Jews by Apion in the 30s CE, the wild rumors that led to the persecutions of early Christians in the Roman Empire, later allegations of Jewish rituals involving the killing of Christian babies and desecration of the Eucharist, and the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries.Allegations of horrific acts by outsider groups—including cannibalism, child murder, torture and incestuous orgies—may have served as a form of othering for minority groups, as well scapegoat explanations for complex problems in times of social disruption.