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Long before divorce, Bill Gates had reputation for questionable behavior, including an affair with an employee and multiple meetings with Jeffrey Epstein
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- Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior
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- May 16 2021
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- 2043 words
There are some informations in this article that are relevant to the public, but a lot of it is well written gossip that only concerns Bill and Melinda. Including the meetings with Epstein -- unless one aids or participate in wrongdoing, meeting a criminal is not in itself criminal or even immoral.
When the news of their divorce first broke I was pretty curious about what happened, but seeing this flood of Bad Boy Bill Gates articles drop recently have turned me off that.
This article about his known associations with a guy who died years ago, the other article about an affair 20 years ago that was reported to the board 2 years ago, and the rest of the speculation of the personal life of two people I don't know. Most of it coming from unnamed sources, "according to people close to the matter", which Gates' lawyer strongly outright denies as a fabrication (which lawyers are wont to do, of course). All these stories waiting for the divorce to get published, I guess.
I think it’s only relevant in a parasocial sense. There’s a lot of content online with Bill Gates as a guest. He’s got plenty of speeches out there. He’s in the news periodically. So when this person you’ve heard a lot from ends up willingly hanging out a dozen times with a man who’s been charged with child prostitution... well if my friend did that I’d want nothing to do with them.
Granted, Bill Gates is not my friend. But parasocial relationships are strange.
Are we really talking about a friend then? Or more of an acquaintance? When something as life altering as being charged with a sex crime happens, that's when you need friends the most.
I have no idea what Gates knew or didn't know back when he spent time with Epstein, or if they could even be called friends. Maybe it's evidence that Gates is scum, maybe not, I don't have anything approaching enough information to judge.
So, straying from what I imagine was the spirit of your comment, I think the question of what we'd do in a comparable (though necessarily less egregious) situation is interesting. What Epstein did was so completely evil that there's not much grey area available for conversation.
Putting Epstein aside... If a friend was charged with something awful, personally I'd consider being there in some way for them. It wouldn't mean I approved of what they were alleged to have done, it would mean that a human being I care about was alone and afraid. I would (likely) be on a very short list of people who might show up.
If they were convicted, and I believed they did it, that would be different. Even then, though, maybe I'd write, or visit. Being there for a broken person doesn't have to mean you think what they did was acceptable.
I'd have to consider what the potential guilt by association might do to my own life, and the lives of people close to me. I'd be potentially risking cancellation. Which feels wrong.
To be frank, the only thing a close friend could do to make me not want to assist them in any way would be to harm myself or someone close to me. Just because in that case I don't think I'd be able to, psychologically. Other than that I would be there for them, 100%. Which is absolutely not the same as approving or endorsing their behavior.
I'm really not a fan of assuming guilt by association, especially when the association wasn't exactly a strong or frequent one. And I personally think this other bit of news adequately explains why Gates likely met with Epstein, given who else was at some of those meetings and the philanthropic moves that the Gates Foundation took immediately after them:
Bill Gates Thought Jeffrey Epstein Was His Ticket to a Nobel Prize, Ex-Staffer Says
cc: @post_below, since you wanted to know more.
IDK what are parasocial anything but some things work like a curse which is transmitted by contact or communication. If I'm in any way in contact to certain kinds of criminals or "monsters", I become cursed too. It's not at all rational -- the curse is not lifted even if you're proven innocent. It follows you. That is true for both criminals and those who catch the curse from them.
There is only one reason to fly on Epstein's Lolita Express to Orgy Island.
Correction: Gates did fly on the Lolita Express, but there is no evidence he ever went to Orgy Island.
False Claim Targets Gates Using Epstein Connection
Yes, you are right. Gates flew on the Lolita Express, but there is no evidence that he ever went to Orgy Island. I will add a correction to my comment.