Good show Alex. I guess I'm in the minority here, but I appreciate you talking about this. No one wants to. It's exactly as you said, bring up the subject at all, you don't even have to say "Pizzagate" and people run for the hills stuffing cotton in their ears lest they hear something they don't want to hear.
It breaks my heart how many people have come forward and talked about the abuse they've suffered at the hands of politicians, celebrities or others in positions of relative power or influence, only to be ignored, ridiculed or dismissed.
There are three, amazing documentaries that just touch the tip of the iceberg of this monstrous evil that lurks. Who Took Johnny Gosh, The Franklin Scandal and An Open Secret.
But there are loads more victims, stories and lives ruined than just portrayed in those three films.
The truth is, pedophilia is a massive problem. And it rises to very top of society.
Has anyone bothered looking into the Dutroux scandal? How about Hastert, Epstein? What about the Presidio? Or the over 400 arrested in California as part of a bust of a massive pedophile and human trafficking ring. Did you see how many children were saved as part of this bust? 28. 28 children, in one ring. But there have been rings busted everywhere.
But hey, let's not talk about it, because it's ugly, it's scary and you might hurt some feelings. It's amazing to me how people care more about the feelings of the alleged perpetrators than the victims. Unbelievable.
Not to say that accusations shouldn't be supported with evidence. But we have to acknowledge that the vast majority of sexual crimes go unpunished because they are notoriously difficult to prove. Notice, that doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just means it cannot be proven in court. If I said I was abused by my cousin when I was 5, what proof could I provide? How could I convince anyone? I couldn't. It would be my word against theirs.
But here's my question, for those who have spoken out as victims against very powerful people, what do they have to gain by this? They're often put through the court of public opinion in which they are often ridiculed or dismissed. They're called loons, opportunists, liars, gold diggers, etc. Never mind the fact that very few pursue any kind of monetary compensation, and even when they do (as with Paul Bonnaci) they will never see a dime. So yeah, how's that for justice? Endure abuse, speak up about what happened to you, proceed to being vilified, called names, have the worst assumed about your character, or just plain ignored. Yep, sounds like a winning situation for them. Is it any wonder that it is that the vast majority of victims never tell anyone?
But by all means, let's worry about the perpetrators. Let's make sure they're treated well and with dignity. Who cares about the victims? No one, because then you'd have to confront the truth. That evil exists. Monsters exist. And that you just might be one of them. Perhaps not explicitly, but implicitly because you refuse to look, refuse to see, refuse to understand and certainly refuse to do anything to stop it.
Evil exists. It exists in the darkest recesses of mans soul. It doesn't even need to exist in a supernatural sense. I see humans bringing copious levels of evil into existence every day. Not the least of which being the fact that so much evil is ignored. As long as it doesn't come knocking on your door, who cares? You have the luxury of deleting the likes of this podcast from your mind. But what if it does come knocking on your door? Will you then ask yourself, why doesn't anyone care?
But, hey, I'm just a loon, a nutcase, because I do care. Because I want to know the truth, no matter how ugly. How can anything change for the better if we aren't willing to face the demons that not only lurk among us, but perhaps within our own hearts?