As shown in the Epstein case, Trump’s magazine faithfully cared for only one sexual crime victim | Emma Brockes

oOn Monday, Donald Trump appeared in two unrelated stories about sexual abuse by women. First, the ruling of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals, Adhere to an earlier verdict Among them, the president is considered to be liable for slander writer Jean Carroll. Rule in the Civil Court in 2023once sexually abused by Trump. On the same day, Trump allegedly contributed to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s “Birthday Book” Shared by Democrats On social media, lustful forms attracted the president to deny what he did. Jean Carroll news has no inconvenience to Trump. Epstein’s story rises like a mushroom cloud, which has become the most dangerous episode of his presidency.

By then, what was the difference between sexual abuse Trump had responsibility in civil courts and the trafficking and abuse of victims by Epstein? For this reason why Trump’s record Total reference To catch the “cat” and Call them “Fat” and “ugly” have barely caused a shrug of supporters, and his friendship with Epstein, a man mentioned in the media, is”Billionaire pedophile“, “Ododophile financier”, and at some point must have come down from Pike, “Hell-based pedophile currency manager” not only sparked anger among Maga devotees, but also accusations of covering up by Trump?

Trump people would say it’s a degree problem: Epstein occupies the worst and most taboo category of sex offenders – a child abuser, where there is no gray area. This assumes that the existence within the magazine circle is continuous, from pedophile sex trafficking (very bad) to other categories of sex crimes (less bad but still bad) to “dating rape” and the whole #MeToo (very little bit). But that’s not how Trump supporters calibrate their anger. Instead, we see Mass, Margomar hysteria on Epstein, and even Tucker Carlson Already charged Oppose Trump, totally indifferent to all other allegations made by women against the president.

Of course, this is a characteristic of misogyny, and another of abuse of women and cuts its rights is selective sentimentalization. The animation that makes the magazine movement is a desire to return to traditional gender roles and integrity, which is driven by a frustrating sense of male rights that has built up the achievements of the women’s movement over decades. Hate of women seen in the current Republican movement requires a moral weight. What better source of moral clarity – which calming moral question, question of no objection or imitation to anyone compared to the defense of abusing girls? In the right-wing media, the only story, like the one about Epstein’s crime, is about violent crimes committed by immigrants.

As a result, the use of “child abuse” in the right-wing ecosystem is not only a bat signal of conspiracy theory, designed to increase the influence of each story, but also an excuse to make it feel to everyone in this world, perhaps turning around, perhaps to oneself, morally full of oneself, in a terrible world, morally crusaders. Take Epstein as an example, there is a reward with a free name on the network. In Epstein’s “Birthday Book”, Bill Clinton It seems to be leaving behind a whimsical message It refers to Epstein’s “childish curiosity” and “the motivation to make a difference.” and Peter Mandelson Appear in a bathrobe Call Epstein “my best friend.” (Sidenote: There are few situations that are an advantage in gayness in public life compared to being straightforward – but it is an understatement that involvement with Epstein is definitely one of them).

What’s weird about all of this is how to view sexual abuse victims, according to prejudice, E Jean Carroll A very good victim: an older woman (who was 52 when Trump abused her in 1996), doing ordinary trivia (shopping) in public places (Bergdorf Goodman). However, the civil court’s verdict in her favor in 2023 has not attracted sympathy from Trump supporters, within or outside Congress, and since then, the president has not significantly reduced his political destiny.

But here is Rutt: Carol is an adult woman, liberal, successful, fashionable and expressive – everything that threatens and triggers Trump’s base. The only female victim worthy of defending is the Depraved Girl, a figure who comes directly from Victorian lithographs and a passion that inspires this kind of aristocratic delusion, who might win Trump if it involves a straight game.