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Manufactured hate - Jessie Smollett

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Manufactured hate - Jessie Smollett

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From day 1 this story sounded fishy to me. Turns out it was.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/peo ... topstories
Smollett, who is black and gay, said he was attacked while walking home through Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood late last month. He told police masked men tied a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him and yelled the slurs and “MAGA country!”
Two brothers told Chicago police investigators that they were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage an attack on him, according to a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.
Just pitiful.
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Re: Manufactured hate - Jessie Smollett

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There are two sides to the story. Why choose to latch on to one over the other?

Would you take the story of a bank robbery suspect over the bank teller? Or wait until it plays out?

If things do play out as they appear, it's pretty funny they wore those hats. They are a symbol of evil to many people.
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MWmetalhead wrote: Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:36 am Smollett needs to be prosecuted. Someone probably should slap the shit out of him.
That would be a fitting sentence, though unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment.

He thought that he could pull it off with his Nigerian Scam actor buddies, thinking for some unknown reason that he was a good actor.
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It appears his end game was an unsolved (unsolvable) hate crime. He sure didn't intend on it being solved.
What would he gave done if SJW protests resulted in property damage physical violence and general mayhem? Would he have remained silent?
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Don't hold your breath. No Chicago Jury would convict him. There'd always be a "jury hanger". Expect this to be dismissed because there is "insufficient evidence". Making a big deal trying to prosecute this case would be like grabbing the third rail on the L. It's a no win situation.

And don't expect the Left to start singing. To them, "The End Always Justifies The Means".
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Looks like another celebrity creating news and publicity for career enhancement.
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TC Shuts Up wrote: Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:06 pm Don't hold your breath. No Chicago Jury would convict him. There'd always be a "jury hanger".
Time will tell but in any case it isn't a "Chicago jury" it is a Cook County jury. The Cook County DA has a very decent conviction rate overall so they can get 12 jurors to agree.
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Have you ever watched "Bull"?

If so, you know what Voir Dire is.

With an effective lawyer, they can easily get a jury hanger and a hung jury. The stakes are high. The defendant is Black and Gay. They won't allow him to be convicted. If he is convicted, expect Jussie to be out on appeal in minutes. This will go on for years if he is convicted. If there is a Democrat President (or Governor), if convicted he will be pardoned.

Most of the Republicans and high wage earners have been quickly leaving Illinois. It's Number One in population loss over the last several years. Taxation and crime are two big reasons. Rahm doesn't care. He'll just bring in more illegals to vote.
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"Jussie"-Carly Simon

A song begging for Parody Lyrics.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YmaVN8ATMOA
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If this actor is a liar he has not only destroyed his career - he has helped to delegitimize the injustice and pain which victims of real hate crimes suffer.

And that moves the USA backwards to the recent past - for which Donald Trump and his ignorant mad hatters pine.

MAGA = Make America Ghastly Again
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I had my doubts when I heard this story but thought let it play out and see if they find these guys. They find them and they are from Nigeria and used to work on that show. Hmmm.... and this Jessie guy refuses to show the cops his phone...hmm, sounds like something to hide. He really helps out the cause with other accusers that have legitimate issues. Of course the Media ran with this when it first broke. What a fraud this guy is!
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I cant understand hating a man-President or not- so much that you'd hurt yourself just to blame him or his fans. I knew plenty of people who loathed Obama-thought he was a left wing radical, a traitor, working to undermine the country in the name of the Islamic cause, that he hated white people, etc. None-at all-went this far. I also remember the unbridled hatred of Bush. Again-bo one went this far. I cannot comprehend people literally losing their sanity over a man theyve never met.....and yet, im actually seeing it happen.
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You’re correct when you point to the actor’s sanity. He and Trump have something in common. They both show symptoms of mental illness.

Regarding the news media “running” with the story when it happened - it’s their jobs. As they are now running with the latest on the story. It’s their jobs. And if there’s another twist or turn or update they will run with that. It’s their jobs. Whether you or Trump or Smolett or your dog likes it or not.

Regarding Obama haters and “none at all ever going this far” - how about the congressman at the president’s first state of the union address bellowing “YOU LIE!”? Unprecedented behavior. Shocking.

And there was plenty more where that hatred came from over Obama’s entire eight years.

Get real.
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