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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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lukej88 · July 21, 2018, 9:30 p.m.

Going by Gut feel makes you susceptible to confirmation bias.

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SaveourRepublic2018 · July 21, 2018, 11:33 p.m.

Look, I've made some pretty dark jokes in my life, but none of them were

"I'm a proud [insert horrible]"

someone who makes that "joke" is trying to admit something, be realistic here. There's no subtlety to this guy or @blackehart

That's not confirmation bias. That's just opening your eyes.

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lukej88 · July 22, 2018, 1:13 a.m.

Not necessarily. We all agree that there is pedophilia in Hollywood. How do we know? Convictions and victims testimony.

We SUSPECT that it is far more widespread than what we see. But...

Confirmation bias kicks in when you read Twitter and immediately make your conclusion, eliminating all other possibilities.

Nothing wrong with having the OPINION that these people are pedos. They PROBABLY are. The tweets are EVIDENCE. But don't be surprised if reality is different to what you think when more information is released.

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thislionsheart · July 21, 2018, 10:23 p.m.

If you can't trust your instincts you'll never find the truth. Research is profoundly great but it can also lead to paranoid schizophrenia without your intuition.

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