Right Wing Fantasy Island

Apparently Aaron Spelling's exasperated pitch to ABC for Fantasy Island, after several other series proposals had been rejected, was 'What do you want? An island that people can go to and all of their sexual fantasies will be realized?'  Which I'm assuming was also the pitch that those behind all those crazed conspiracy fantasies that currently pass for political discourse amongst the US right-wing made to the crackpots for their ultimate utterly ridiculous masturbatory fantasy.  And so 'Epstein Island' was born.  That mystical place where plane loads of liberals and celebrities are flown to in order that mysterious millionaire Mr Roarke, sorry Epstein, can make their most perverted sexual fantasies come true.  Perhaps Donald Trump was there acting as his sidekick Tattoo, shouting 'It's the plane!' before waddling over to Epstein to greet that week's tranche of guests.  (Because, of course, that's the only rational explanation as to how Trump's name appears on passenger lists for Epstein's private jet - he was merely an employee following orders).  Yes indeed, with that 'Epstein List', (actually simply a list of everyone mentioned in a court case related to Epstein, with no indication that any of them are actually guilty, let alone accused, of any wrong doing), which the right-wing nutters have been wanking themselves silly over on social media this past week, we know that they were all there partaking in underage orgies.  Even Stephen Hawking.  Now, to most rational human beings, the inclusion of his name on this so called 'list' is confirmation that the majority of the great and the good who were wooed by Epstein, were there to boost his ego by association and to help him try to spread his influence by offering to 'assist' them with various charitable, scientific or humanitarian projects.  

I mean, what the fuck do you thing Hawking would have been able to actually do in terms of sexual depravity?  Such a question doesn't deter the demented, of course, who all started screaming that he could have been a voyeur, getting his kicks from simply watching kiddies being sexually abused.  Obviously, bearing in mind that in Fantasy Island Mr Roarke was apparently able to perform supernatural miracles in order to allow his guests to fulfill their fantasies, even temporarily giving them superhuman powers in some cases, maybe Epstein was similarly able to temporarily restore Hawking to full health.  Or perhaps he was able to temporarily transfer his mind to the body of some strapping male porn star.  Then again, perhaps he was simply able to create a 'sex machine' which would do the deed while transmitting all the sensations directly into Hawking's mind - if it was successful, Hawking would doubtless have been doing 'donuts' in his electric wheelchair, while his electronic voice box blared like a ship's horn.  But, in reality, he was most likely simply the guest of a shady millionaire business man trying to gain influence.  As were the majority of the other people being linked with Epstein.  Not that I'm denying that Epstein was involved in criminal activity, including procuring girl, possibly underage, for some rich clients.  But, in reality, the likes of Epstein often spend a lot of time making out sure that they are seen to be associated with all manner of other politician, industrialists, businessmen and celebrities - not only is it a way to get access to influential people, it also generates great publicity.  Best of all, it provides a sort of insurance: while the contacts might be quite innocent, their association with Epstein means that if he runs into trouble over his shadier activities, they will likely be implicated too.  Which, in theory, would mean that they would move to head off any investigations before they became public.  At least that, I'm sure, is what Epstein hoped, but the real world rarely works that smoothly.

But hey, no matter how crazed all the 'Epstein Island' bunk might sound to the rational, it has got the right-wing freaks foaming at the mouth.  They love it because it all seems to play into their own fantasies that anyone who doesn't stand somewhere to the right of Adolf Hitler is a depraved murderer and peadophile.  It gives them licence, they think, to spin all kinds of wild allegations about public figures they don't like on the basis of no evidence whatsoever.  What fascinates me is just how depraved and warped some of the activities they ascribe others actually are - what kind of mind can come up with such fantasies?  Is this whole Epstein affair some kind of mass projection of the extreme right's own darkest and most repressed fantasies onto their enemies?  Are they just disappointed that they weren't the ones allegedly being invited to Epstein's version of Fantasy Island?