Either these code words are real and must be taken seriously -- even when people like Obama use them -- or they have no meaning and these lower-level child predators aren't doing anything wrong.
Classic false dichotomy. Taken literally, anyone who's ever ordered a pizza without toppings should be investigated.
Entirely coincidentally, the Tony Podesta story links back to Paul Manefort:
The key figure in all of this is Paul Manafort, President Trump’s campaign chair during the summer of 2016, who was involved in setting up the campaign for the non-profit, the European Centre For a Modern Ukraine. Manafort’s longtime deputy, Rick Gates, directed the Podesta Group’s work — and the work of a GOP-leaning firm, Mercury LLC — for ECFMU...
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It's not a false dichotomy because right after the paragraph that you quoted I said:
It's the context that make these words "code words" in the first place. You wouldn't say that any time someone says "cheese pizza" they're talking about human trafficking. I kind of feel like not recognizing that is an exercise in purposeful obtuseness...
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what a "Pizza Related" Map is...
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I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what a "Pizza Related" Map is...
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