Pulling no punches here.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/donald-trum...ghts-hero/

"...Meanwhile the most prominent gay member of the Trump administration is taking real action to help gay people around the world – and the same professional gays who unquestioningly bought Jussie’s shaggy-dog story are, out of sheer irrational Trump-hatred, distancing themselves from what may well be one of the most significant human-rights initiatives in decades.

Such is the state of gay activism in the Western world today. Even as the lockstep soldiers of the gay-left establishment (which has never been about helping people, but about using gay-rights rhetoric to win gay support for Democratic politicians and “progressive” policies) keep promoting the transsexual agenda and keep denying that Islam is an existential threat to gays, the president whom they’ve cast in the role of their #1 enemy is taking on Islamic regimes in an attempt to help gay people around the world to whose plight that gay-left establishment is indifferent. They call themselves gay activists; but Trump is the real gay-rights hero – an objective fact that they’re obliged to deny in order to keep their tiny heads from exploding...."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2...950146002/

"...Doing research for a book, Hate Crime Hoax, I was able to easily put together a data set of 409 confirmed hate hoaxes. An overlapping but substantially different list of 348 hoaxes exists at fakehatecrimes.org, and researcher Laird Wilcox put together another list of at least 300 in his still-contemporary book Crying Wolf. To put these numbers in context, a little over 7,000 hate crimes were reported by the FBI in 2017 and perhaps 8-10% of these are widely reported enough to catch the eye of a national researcher...."

<suggesting that 300-400 of the 550-700 "widely reported" may be hoaxes>

When violent inter-racial crimes do occur, whites are at least as likely to be the targets as are minorities. Simply put, Klansmen armed with nooses are not lurking on Chicago street corners.

In this context, what hate hoaxers actually do is worsen generally good race relations, and distract attention from real problems...."

Wilfred Reilly is an associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University, a historically Black institution located in Frankfort. He is the author of the upcoming book Hate Crime Hoax, as well as The $50,000,000 Question, a book dealing with how people value identity.

Quote:Two Chicago aldermen on Saturday blasted 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly faking a racist and homophobic attack on himself, and demanded an apology from celebrities who publicly supported the tv star's claims without knowing the facts.

"We believe that the officials and celebrities who rushed to support Jussie Smollett should retract their statements and apologize for their haste in supporting him to the detriment of others," NIcholas Sposato, Chicago 38th ward aldermen and Anthony Napolitano, Chicago's 41st ward alderman, said in a joint statement.

The local leaders also took Smollett to task for thrusting Chicago back into the national spotlight over simmering racial tensions.

"The reputation of our city has suffered irreparable damage during these troubling times," they said. "Chicago did not need or deserve the unfair publicity that resulted from these seemingly false accusations."

The aldermen said the Smollett case should "serve as an example of how rushing to judgment without proper facts and investigation can hurt all of us."

"If our city is to heal, we need to not be so quick to rush to judgment, let the police do their jobs and begin treating each other with respect and dignity," they said. "Are you listening, Mr. Smollett?"

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., were some of the high-profile politicians who spoke out on behalf of Smollett after the attack was first made public.

Among celebrities who spoke out, director Rob Reiner initially tweeted: "The horrific attack on Jussie Smollett has no place in a decent human loving society. Homophobia existed before Trump, but there is no question that since he has injected his hatred into the American bloodstream, we are less decent, less human, & less loving. No intolerance! No DT!”

Reiner has deleted his tweet.

On Jan. 29, actor Billy Eichner tweeted that Trump and "all MAGA lunatics" should "burn in hell." He, too, has deleted the tweet.

Singer Katy Perry tweeted on Jan. 29: "Standing with and sending love to @JussieSmollett today… this is a racist hate crime and is disgusting and shameful to our country.”

Actress Olivia Munn also weighed in, tweeting, “Jussie Smollett was violently attacked by two white men who poured bleach on him and put a noose around his neck. He was targeted for being black and for being gay. THIS is why we have to have zero tolerance against homophobia and racism. Jussie’s life matters.”

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(02-23-2019 02:01 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Never commented in this thread because I wanted to see how it played out before drawing pitchfork. I am VERY disappointed in Jussie. He and other false victims do a huge disservice to real victims of bigotry and violence and make their journey to restitution that much harder. I hope he is fully prosecuted if (and likely when) found guilty by his peers.

it's just ******* irresponsible to dismiss this episode as being "disappointed". in the most favorable interpretation, he tried to foment racial tension. in a less favorable perspective, he was trying to instigate race riots.

this ******* guy belongs in prison.

(02-24-2019 02:08 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(02-23-2019 02:01 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Never commented in this thread because I wanted to see how it played out before drawing pitchfork. I am VERY disappointed in Jussie. He and other false victims do a huge disservice to real victims of bigotry and violence and make their journey to restitution that much harder. I hope he is fully prosecuted if (and likely when) found guilty by his peers.

it's just ******* irresponsible to dismiss this episode as being "disappointed". in the most favorable interpretation, he tried to foment racial tension. in a less favorable perspective, he was trying to instigate race riots.

this ******* guy belongs in prison.

So you ignored the las t sentence of my post....?

(02-24-2019 02:39 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(02-24-2019 02:08 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(02-23-2019 02:01 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Never commented in this thread because I wanted to see how it played out before drawing pitchfork. I am VERY disappointed in Jussie. He and other false victims do a huge disservice to real victims of bigotry and violence and make their journey to restitution that much harder. I hope he is fully prosecuted if (and likely when) found guilty by his peers.

it's just ******* irresponsible to dismiss this episode as being "disappointed". in the most favorable interpretation, he tried to foment racial tension. in a less favorable perspective, he was trying to instigate race riots.

this ******* guy belongs in prison.

So you ignored the las t sentence of my post....?

your last sentence was a post-amble that started with an apologia. I read it, but was otherwise motivated to post the way that I did.

he belongs in prison. I understand he may be quite happy there.

(02-23-2019 02:01 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Never commented in this thread because I wanted to see how it played out before drawing pitchfork. I am VERY disappointed in Jussie. He and other false victims do a huge disservice to real victims of bigotry and violence and make their journey to restitution that much harder. I hope he is fully prosecuted if (and likely when) found guilty by his peers.

Oh so you were the dolt who voted legit then.

(02-24-2019 02:39 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(02-24-2019 02:08 AM)EagleX Wrote:  

(02-23-2019 02:01 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Never commented in this thread because I wanted to see how it played out before drawing pitchfork. I am VERY disappointed in Jussie. He and other false victims do a huge disservice to real victims of bigotry and violence and make their journey to restitution that much harder. I hope he is fully prosecuted if (and likely when) found guilty by his peers.

it's just ******* irresponsible to dismiss this episode as being "disappointed". in the most favorable interpretation, he tried to foment racial tension. in a less favorable perspective, he was trying to instigate race riots.

this ******* guy belongs in prison.

So you ignored the las t sentence of my post....?

Well, that and the first sentences of your post as well.

Quote:CHICAGO -- At a time when other celebrities are pulling their support for "Empire" actor Jussie Smollet, the 36-year-old's TV dad is doubling-down on his, lashing back angrily at social media users who have slammed Smollett for allegedly faking his own attack.

In an Instagram post, Howard shared a video of Smollett playing with Howard's son, Hero, on a private plane. Hero breaks into giggles when Smollett tickles him.

"All your lil homies got you...We love the hell outta you," Howard wrote along with a heart emoji at the end.

The posting had more than 105,000 likes by 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday.

Howard also fired back when a fan criticized him for supporting Smollett.

"Sorry you feel that way but that's the only Jussie I know," he posted. "The Jussie I know could never even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly. His innocence or judgment is not for any of us to decide. Stay in your lane and my lane is empathy and love and compassion for someone I've called my son for five years. It's God's job to judge and it's ours to love and hope, especially for those that we claim to have loved."

Chicago police charged Smollett this week with filing a false report for allegedly staging a Jan. 29 attack on himself and making it look like he was the victim of a hate crime. Smollett has denied the charge.

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I'm actually okay with Terrence Howard's position, so long as he hasn't gone off the deep end towards people whose views he doesn't support... and I'm unaware that he has

It's okay to be supportive of people, even when accused of wrongdoing etc... It's just not okay to pick and choose based on something OTHER than 'what they are accused of'.

Grand jury returns 16 felony counts against Jussie Smollett

Embattled TV star Jussie Smollett's legal problems have just become significantly more serious as a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against him in connection with his alleged falsification of a hate crime in Streeterville in late January.

CWBChicago has learned that a grand jury has now returned a total of 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct-false report against the former star of Empire on Fox.

https://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/03/exclu...elony.html

(03-08-2019 04:55 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Grand jury returns 16 felony counts against Jussie Smollett

Embattled TV star Jussie Smollett's legal problems have just become significantly more serious as a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against him in connection with his alleged falsification of a hate crime in Streeterville in late January.

CWBChicago has learned that a grand jury has now returned a total of 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct-false report against the former star of Empire on Fox.

https://www.cwbchicago.com/2019/03/exclu...elony.html

Good!

16 felony counts.....he's toast

(03-08-2019 04:55 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against [Smollett]

I admit, I’m surprised.

When the chips are down, I don’t believe the judge is going to impose much jail-time - and possibly none at all. But I do believe the fines and the restitution are going to be... extreme.

Pussie Smellit is reaping the rewards of false accusations. About damned time.

(03-08-2019 09:14 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-08-2019 04:55 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against [Smollett]

I admit, I’m surprised.

When the chips are down, I don’t believe the judge is going to impose much jail-time - and possibly none at all. But I do believe the fines and the restitution are going to be... extreme.

I could see that, but I could see him getting a year or two. The reason he did this, to try and enhance his earning ability, is why. This wasn't some perceived noble cause, so motive could come in to play.

(03-08-2019 09:14 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-08-2019 04:55 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against [Smollett]

I admit, I’m surprised.

When the chips are down, I don’t believe the judge is going to impose much jail-time - and possibly none at all. But I do believe the fines and the restitution are going to be... extreme.

Agree.


Where he;s going to face serious time is when the federal charges drop for the letter with the powder in it. The feds don't treat a hoax any different than an actual terrorist attack so he's facing hard time for the letter.

(03-08-2019 09:14 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-08-2019 04:55 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  a Cook County grand jury has returned a 16-count true bill of charges against [Smollett]

I admit, I’m surprised.

When the chips are down, I don’t believe the judge is going to impose much jail-time - and possibly none at all. But I do believe the fines and the restitution are going to be... extreme.

The Soros funded DA stepped aside from the Grand Jury stuff, the replacement could have sought 1-2 felonies and that did not happen. They got the max indictment.

CLICK HERE to read full indictment

(03-08-2019 07:13 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  16 felony counts.....he's toast

He'll get 4 months and probation. Just wait. Cause...