The Problem of Child Molestation in Entertainment Is Very Real, But Not in the Way Q Thinks

I was listening to QAnon Anonymous, my new favorite podcast when a TikTok teen drawn to the magic of Q excitedly explained that the Justin Bieber song “Yummy” was the pop star using coded language to discuss being sexually trafficked by the cabal of cannibalistic, pedophile monsters who secretly rule the world. 

It was the usual Q nonsense but I couldn’t dismiss it outright because I’d seen horrifying clips, on Youtube fittingly enough, where a clearly inebriated Diddy talks about how Justin Bieber’s mom basically gave him her 15 year old child for two days so that he could help mentor the budding pop star. 

Diddy was similarly gifted a teen Usher  Raymond by his mom for unsupervised “mentoring sessions.” 

I don’t think you have to be a crazed conspiracy theorist to speculate that there is a pretty good chance that Diddy did things to the impressionable, ambitious working class kid that crossed all sorts of lines legally, morally and otherwise. 

The Diddy scandal is yet another horrifying reminder that sexual abuse of children is rampant in the entertainment industry and that there are all kinds of rich, powerful elites who abuse that power to sexually assault children and teenagers. 

Diddy’s downfall echoes the equally dramatic, equally steep falls of R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Jeffrey Epstein. These were all incredibly powerful figures within politics and the show business community who abused that power and sexually assaulted women, sometimes underage, for decades before being punished. 

What horrifies me about Diddy, more than anything is the massive nature of his criminal organization. A whole elaborate system had to be in place for Diddy to spend decades trafficking sex and drugs with total impunity despite being one of the most famous people in entertainment. 

Diddy had all kinds of helpers. He was empowered to be his worst, most toxic, and destructive self by an army of sleazy opportunists willing to look the other way or actively participate if it suited their needs.

The same is true of Epstein. He likewise had an elaborate system of enablers that made it possible for him to do what he did for as long as he did.

Hollywood is full of pedophiles and predators. Q is right about that, but they’re wrong about everything else. Instead of engaging with the reality of child molestation, they live in a bizarre fantasy world where molesting children is just the beginning. It’s as if Q feels like describing Hillary Clinton as a pedophile can’t begin to do justice to the depth of her evil. She had to behave like a witch in a fairy tale or worse. 

The witch who finds Hansel and Gretel noshing in her home puts the kiddies in an oven, but she does not sexually assault them, remove the skin from their faces, or feast happily on Adrenochrome. 

Child molestation in entertainment is a very real problem for which Q has come up with the most preposterous possible solution: Donald Trump leading a holy war against the cabal and the Deep State with the help of “white hats” aiding him on his righteous quest. 

I will never understand how Trump, a man as cartoonishly evil as the cabal is accused of being, came to be seen as a Christ-like savior of our nation’s children. Trump is a thirty-four-time felon who has been found legally liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll and has been credibly accused of sexual harassment and/or assault over a dozen times. 

Trump is, is, after all, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein. He’s on camera talking about how his good friend is quite the lady’s man, and they say he likes them on the younger side. When asked whether he thought Ghislane Maxwell would expose powerful men as pedophiles, his response, and his only response, was to wish her well. 

Not only did he not condemn Epstein’s top lieutenant in the strongest possible terms as a monster who should be punished to the full extent of the law, but he sent her good vibes and talked about running in the same social circles before she went to jail, and he went to the White House.

Trump would seemingly be the last person to lead a crusade against pedophiles. Yet Q nevertheless looks at this broken, hateful shell of a man, this feeble, toxic villain, and sees all that is pure and good about God’s own United States and humanity. 

Q doesn’t bring down people like Jeffrey Epstein or Diddy. They’re too busy playing make-believe and scouring pop songs for secret confessions. Law enforcement and the media brought down Epstein and Diddy. Q had nothing to do with it. 

The thing that’s tricky and maddening about Q is that they cheapen real, important issues by roping it into a LARPing exercise where they’re the heroes because they decipher the drops and discern hidden messages in pop culture and hit songs. 

The problem is real but not in the way Q thinks. Not only do they not help the children they profess to care about so deeply; they hurt them by turning a genuine problem into a surreal circus of Alt-Right propaganda.