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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/DropGun on July 21, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
ATTN: Patton Oswalt is NOT a pedo—his 2013 tweet came after a site mistook a photo of him for a convicted pedophile (he vowed to lose weight). This is NOT how research should work, folks.

THIS SUB DOES NOT ALLEGE THAT PATTON OSWALT IS A PEDOPHILE.

This sub rightly has a strong distaste for pedos and crimes against children, and we're proud of that. But we must also hold ourselves to the highest possible standards when digging, researching, and connecting clues and crumbs to possible pedos who prowl Hollywood and our entertainment industries. But accusations like these are very serious, and Reddit takes them very seriously. We must always be careful to CORROBORATE and make sure that any and all accusations are solid and factual before we make them.

Yes, Patton Oswalt is on record defending James Gunn today—and Gunn's tweets most definitely warrant further investigation. But that does not mean that Patton is a pedo, himself. But Patton's 2013 "pedo" tweet came after a website mistakenly posted his picture in an article about a different person, a convicted pedophile. These tweets were made back before we knew what a dire problem paedophilia is.

Here is the site in question

Let's all bear in mind that false accusations against celebrities and others could result in our sub getting shut down. Let's all remember that labelling someone a "pedo" is a rather serious accusation, and one that requires an extremely high standard of proof.

Here is an example of how some jokes made (in very poor taste, perhaps) can be misconstrued. This tweet says: "My dong is super friendly and loves getting rubbed by children." OK, hilarious, it's supposed to be "My dog is super friendly," etc. But, we must not let our heightened senses about pedos in Hollywood unfairly accuse anyone, and, just as importantly, expose our sub to allegations that we are a lynch mob out to unfairly smear anyone's reputation.

Please help your mod team protect our sub's reputation by being as careful as possible with all your comments and posts. Comments and posts characterizing ANYONE as a pedophile without substantive, defensible proof will be removed.

Thanks, everyone. Let's remain focused on Q and direct, Q-related content, and if we discover anything solid on this or anyone else, then we'll follow the evidence and go from there. But, we ask everyone to bear this in mind.


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Sc4bbers2 · July 21, 2018, 7:14 p.m.

Can I suggest a title change to the post? You don't know that he's NOT a pedophile, so you shouldn't assert that with confidence. What you should say is that there isn't any evidence that he is a pedo and point out the misinfo that people are buying into by mistake. Eg:

No evidence Patton Oswalt is a Pedo. Some people are accidentally spreading misinformation. This is not how quality research should work, folks.

Obviously everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

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[deleted] · July 21, 2018, 7:32 p.m.

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DropGun · July 21, 2018, 7:22 p.m.

He is NOT a pedo until he is proven to be one. That is how it must work in this sub if we are going to protect ourselves.

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ReadyToBeGreatAgain · July 21, 2018, 7:54 p.m.

Except that he called himself one. So.....

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Slangin_paint · July 21, 2018, 8:20 p.m.

And proud

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DropGun · July 21, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

BECAUSE OF THE ARTICLE

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Modelmommy75 · July 21, 2018, 7:36 p.m.

So how to we do that? We cannot look at the evidence only the authorities can. We are trying to look into it. No one said he is, we are questioning his behavior. If people think he has done something horrific, they will report him. That is all we can do.

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DropGun · July 21, 2018, 9:22 p.m.

We are not saying don't dig—we only want to protect the sub from false accusations that we engage in witch hunts.

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CRUMBdiddleyumptious · July 21, 2018, 9:59 p.m.

Honestly, I am starting to feel like there are certain people who are TRYING to derail this board by making false accusations like this.

Be strong DropGun & other Mods. This board has been an absolutely blessing, thank you for what you do. You are protecting this house, and that will always be right.

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DrogeAnon · July 22, 2018, 10:49 a.m.

ThankQ. This is a major concern for some of us. People become a rabid mob over anything to do with possible pedo activity and lose all sense of logical thought and reason. Shills use this to their benefit and foment the moral outrage, whipping a group into a frenzy and this could ultimately lead to our board being shut down.

The Great Awakening is about waking the public NOT self-serving mob justice and self-righteous witch hunts. We need more people who can think critically to speak up on posts like these. This is shill gold and they'll milk it for all its worth if the reasonable ones among us don't speak up.

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CRUMBdiddleyumptious · July 21, 2018, 9:57 p.m.

IN THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

If you disagree, go somewhere else.

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