

Large number of shill bots indicates considerable resources going into this anti #pizzagate push - 1st-Fruit Harvester December 5, 2016īelief in any unsubstantiated theory-including big ones, like those surrounding the JFK assassination, 9/11, or birtherism-“maxes out at 25 percent” of the population, Dr. #MSM telling #PizzaGate investigators the story is #FakeNews is worse than calling supporters #deplorables /zzXfpBz5q3- Santo Stefanus December 5, 2016 Explain away Pizzagate all you like-and publications have done so again and again and again-but doing so only emboldens its adherents and further entrenches the narrative. The entire theory is based on “coincidences” and invented lists of codewords speculators use to give nefarious meaning to decontextualized emails and photographs that they don’t otherwise understand. While a gunman storming a pizza restaurant based on something he likely read on an internet forum is big news, Pizzagate itself is not even worth explaining or fact-checking.

‘To me, it really is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.’ As BuzzFeed News reports, the unsubstantiated Pizzagate speculation started with a few tweets and festered into a full-blown community that spans the likes of 4chan, Voat, and Reddit, the latter of which eventually banned the r/Pizzagate community for violating site rules against doxing. Largely ignored by established media outlets like the Washington Post and CNN until this week, Pizzagate believers contend that Comet Ping Pong is the hub of a child-sex ring that reaches its slimy tentacles into the belly of the Democratic party’s elite, including Hillary Clinton and her former campaign chairman, John Podesta. The man, Edgar Welch, reportedly told police he was “self-investigating” the Pizzagate theory. Pizzagate rocketed into the mainstream media this week after a 28-year-old North Carolina man burst into the Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C., on Sunday armed with an assault-style rifle and fired at least one shot. But calling it “fake news” is only making the problem worse. with the intent of helping people.Pizzagate is, according to all available evidence, an imaginary scandal believed only by skeptical idiots. In a letter to the court, Welch stated that he was "truly sorry for endangering the safety of any and all bystanders who were present that day." He claimed that he "came to D.C. In court documents, prosecutors said they were seeking a sentence of four and a half years, while Welch's defense had requested a sentence of one and a half years. Nobody was injured, and he ultimately surrendered to the police. Welch also shot through the lock of a closet, damaging a computer. He terrified an employee who inadvertently returned to the restaurant during his "investigation," briefly pointing a gun at him before the employee ran for his life.

Employees and clients fled the pizzeria while Welch looked around the restaurant and moved furniture. He was brandishing the 3-foot-long rifle and had a loaded revolver in a holster on his hip. Welch then drove to Washington and entered Comet Ping Pong, where numerous children were present. He said he believed it would involve "sacraficing the lives of a few for the lives of many," according to court documents. Welch unsuccessfully attempted to try to persuade friends to join him. "The defendant then took it upon himself to act in what he believed would be a violent confrontation at the restaurant," the statement reads.
