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Post by Dave25 on Mar 30, 2019 14:14:54 GMT
I was wondering what the folks on here think of this travesty and recent developments.
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Post by sparky5000 on Mar 30, 2019 14:23:37 GMT
The whole thing is an absolute mess. It just reeks of privilege that the charges were dropped and the prosecutors made a complete hash of the whole thing. From what I’ve read, imo he’s so clearly guilty of fabricating the whole thing, and all he’s done is made it harder now for real victims of racial hate crimes to be believed. 😩
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Post by Dave25 on Mar 30, 2019 15:01:50 GMT
I think at the moment the FBI is investigating who's responsible for this deal/favoritism, as that in itself is prosecutable and also investigating the letter he sent to himself. Hopefully there will be some justice.
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Post by sparky5000 on Mar 31, 2019 23:43:32 GMT
I think at the moment the FBI is investigating who's responsible for this deal/favoritism, as that in itself is prosecutable and also investigating the letter he sent to himself. Hopefully there will be some justice. What I hate is that it’s now become a political issue. Trump and his far right supporters have managed to turn this whole shambles into an attack on the liberal left, and so whatever Jussie was trying to achieve in doing what he did has only succeeded in fuelling the hate and distrust even more, and given Trump a political weapon going forward. Of course I know this is jmo that Jussie is guilty of this, and other may feel differently .... |
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Post by Dave25 on Apr 1, 2019 9:49:43 GMT
What I hate is that it’s now become a political issue. Trump and his far right supporters have managed to turn this whole shambles into an attack on the liberal left, and so whatever Jussie was trying to achieve in doing what he did has only succeeded in fuelling the hate and distrust even more, and given Trump a political weapon going forward. Of course I know this is jmo that Jussie is guilty of this, and other may feel differently .... Of course this is a big political thing. It's the issue people have been fighting for years. And here comes a guy trying to take advantage of it and insulting millions of people and spreading hate in the form of a made up attack. That's what happens if you commit crimes like this. It creates a bigger gap. Jussie did this, nobody else. You can call it "an attack on the liberal left", but what Jussie did was an attack on the right. Their reaction is fully justifiable, what he did is not. |
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Post by sparky5000 on Apr 1, 2019 11:53:14 GMT
What I hate is that it’s now become a political issue. Trump and his far right supporters have managed to turn this whole shambles into an attack on the liberal left, and so whatever Jussie was trying to achieve in doing what he did has only succeeded in fuelling the hate and distrust even more, and given Trump a political weapon going forward. Of course I know this is jmo that Jussie is guilty of this, and other may feel differently .... Of course this is a big political thing. It's the issue people have been fighting for years. And here comes a guy trying to take advantage of it and insulting millions of people and spreading hate in the form of a made up attack. That's what happens if you commit crimes like this. It creates a bigger gap. Jussie did this, nobody else. You can call it "an attack on the liberal left", but what Jussie did was an attack on the right. Their reaction is fully justifiable, what he did is not. Oh I agree that it was an attack on the right, and they have a reason to be angry. But my point was that in doing what he has done he has given Trump and those of his far right followers a kind of victim status which they are going to use going forward to undermine legitimate concerns going forward about the rise of hate crime and white supremacy. Jussie did that with his moronic actions. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Apr 1, 2019 13:10:31 GMT
He may have "got away with it" and not gone to prison but surely his career is over?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 1, 2019 16:49:50 GMT
He can build a career on being a professional victim... sadly
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Post by sparky5000 on Apr 2, 2019 13:54:10 GMT
One person who is defending Jussie, even still .... Cynthia Erivo!
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Post by sf on Apr 2, 2019 17:57:50 GMT
He may have "got away with it" and not gone to prison but surely his career is over?
A statement that prescription painkillers made him do it, a well-publicised stay in some kind of expensive "clinic" in Arizona, and a tear-stained confessional interview with a suitably airheaded entertainment journalist MAY be enough to put him back on the map.
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