![]() ![]() Human trafficking can happen anywhere to anyone (adults too), but it’s more rare that it’s preceded by stranger abduction (less than 1 percent of missing children are abducted by strangers, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NCMEC). ![]() What it means for real-life groups like the Polaris Project () that fight human trafficking, Roose reported, is that hot lines are overwhelmed with calls, and they’re having to spend large parts of their time debunking rumors and myths online time that could be better spent actually working to end trafficking. ![]() And speaking out against child exploitation, no matter your politics, is far from an objectionable stance.” Said Roose: “Part of the strategy’s perverse brilliance is that child sex trafficking is a real, horrible thing, and some politically connected people, including the financier Jeffrey Epstein, have been credibly accused of exploiting underage girls. But, yes, there were QAnon believers among them, though most organizers seemed to try to distance themselves from Q followers, realizing that it takes attention from the real issue. This past weekend there were reportedly at least 200 Save the Kids marches around the world, which is a wonderful way to bring attention to an issue that affects all of us. Among them were QAnon believers, toting signs with messages like ‘Hollywood Eats Babies’.” Recently, some activists have marched in cities around the country demanding an end to child exploitation. 12 in The New York Times: “The QAnon strategy of pushing some unobjectionable, often factual content about human trafficking in addition to wild conspiracy theories has blurred the lines between legitimate anti-trafficking activism and partisan conspiracy-mongering. ![]() The hashtag #SaveTheChildren started out as a fundraiser for the International relief group Save the Children, but over time, QAnon followers managed to piggyback on the hashtag, adding their own conspiracy theories about adrenochrome, Tom Hanks, Hillary Clinton, “panda eyes” (which are generally clinical signs of skull fractures or certain cancers, not trauma from sodomy, as claimed), and anything else they can think of, as well as putting their spin on legitimate stories about trafficking in order to further their own political interests.īecause, of course, politics has to be injected somehow. When some consistently share things that have been thoroughly debunked, I’ll post the debunking or comment with the correct information on the post. My Facebook friends know I won’t repost something that hasn’t been checked out, just like I don’t write anything in this column or on my blog without thoroughly researching it (sometimes too much … research is a crutch and a rabbit hole for me). So I guess that since I refuse to repost all those QAnon trafficking memes, that must mean I’m all in on child abuse. In logical terms, it’s known as a false dichotomy: If you don’t say you support fighting child sex trafficking, you’re obviously for it. Yet QAnon’s hijacking of the human trafficking issue gives that impression: If you don’t believe what they say, you think sex trafficking is hunky-dory. No one of conscience could say that they support child exploitation. ![]()
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