The Problem with the Epstein Files Distraction Discourse

Instagram is my social media drug of choice. I can’t say for sure that it’s happening elsewhere, like in the land of TikTok, but I imagine it is and that you, reader, may have encountered some of the same rhetoric I’ve been seeing and hearing both on- and offline.

“DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES”

“DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES”

“DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES”

“DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES”

repeats one oft-parroted...