re: Jussie Smollett Case - All Charges Dropped - Update

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When some observers pleaded for caution in the Smollett case, their prudence was condemned as bigotry. Rewire’s Kieran Scarlett called “the avalanche of speculation that he’s lying” an “attack” on Mr. Smollett’s black and gay identities. GQ’s Joshua Rivera said “America’s choice to embrace the blind rage of late-stage whiteness in decline is an explicit longing for this kind of crime.” Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and chief executive of Glaad, said the actor had been “doubly victimized” by the police investigation. When the conservative columnist Cameron Gray compiled a list of prominent politicians and entertainers blaming America’s political culture for Mr. Smollett’s ordeal, Representative Bobby Rush called it an attempt “to trivialize the attack.” As Mr. Rivera wrote in GQ, when the police described the attack as a “possible hate crime,” it was just another “wound inflicted on Smollett’s battered body.”

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This is the bullshite that I'm talking about. Even the presumption of innocence or ambiguity is considered to be evil. These are the people that control culture, media, and a large chunk of politics. They're all a bunch of authoritarian dickbags.