Pumpkinhead said:

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What a bizarre thing for this guy to do.

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Not really. His best buddy politicians wanted a test case to spurn hate crime legislation and further inflame race relations.

What a freaking idiot, telling them to pour gasoline on him? Too bad they didn't do that and light up a smoke.

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UncleNateFitch said:

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johnnyblaze36 said:

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Believe it or not this is actually really good, especially the end.

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Paraphrasing "He said people hated him because he was black and gay.

Now people hate him because he's an *******.

So we're judging him by the content of his character, not the color of his skin, which is progress"

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But, actually, it's not really that much progress. The vast majority of Americans have been judging others by the content of their character for decades. Im so sick of this narrative.

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Pretty sure ThatsTheJokeRanierWolfcastle.jpg

Smollett fatigue has to setting in on most of us by now, but I came across the mini-tweet thread linked below. Interesting...

I'm starting to think the liberals are going to end up with a third party and split their own vote. They're just cannibalizing themselves to an extreme here recently.

justcallmeharry said:

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Job hunting sucks.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/22/twentieth-century-fox-television-says-it-is-removing-jussie-smolletts-character-from-final-two-episodes-of-empire.html

"Twentieth Century Fox Television says it is removing Jussie Smollett's character from final two episodes of 'Empire'

No other details posted at this time.

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#LearnToCode

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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What a bizarre thing for this guy to do.

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Not really. It's become quite commonplace. Much more common than actual "hate crimes." Smollett's TDS was off the charts.

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There are dozens and dozens of examples the libs are blissfully unaware of

https://instagr.am/p/BuMn2fogCIT

Here's what I want to know. They were told to buy masks and red hats. We saw the video of them purchasing these items. However, he said in his interview they were not wearing the red hats during the assault - only the masks.

Did they realize you can't wear a baseball cap and a ski mask at the same time? We know he would've preferred they wear the mask to hide their (cough, color) faces for the video he thought was recorded.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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What a bizarre thing for this guy to do.

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Not really. It's become quite commonplace. Much more common than actual "hate crimes." Smollett's TDS was off the charts.

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Yep agree. The popular narrative out there is that he did this to raise his profile and get more money out of the show. But I think his own TDS, helping Kamala with her bill, etc played likely an even bigger role in his motive.

And yet can't see the hate most Muslims have for gays.

Lucky #007 said:

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I'm starting to think the liberals are going to end up with a third party and split their own vote. They're just cannibalizing themselves to an extreme here recently.

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We may get this in 2020 if Schulz runs as an independent because I could see him appealing to the more moderate Dem voter. That would leave Harris/Booker/Warren/Sanders to duke it out for the nomination and running on the Dem Progressive/Socialist agenda. And then you have Trump as the Republican.

Sine poena nulla lex.

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Love Gun said:

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Did they realize you can't wear a baseball cap and a ski mask at the same time?

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absolutely incorrect.

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Prove it then

Sine poena nulla lex.

C@LAg said:

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Love Gun said:

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C@LAg said:

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Love Gun said:

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Did they realize you can't wear a baseball cap and a ski mask at the same time?

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absolutely incorrect.

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Prove it then

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have to wait until I get home this evening,

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Yep, mentioned the drug dependency angle a few pages ago when it was revealed the Nigerian was his source for Molly.

Agree that the premeditated aspect of it would seem to rule out that this was done spur of the moment in some kind of drugged up state.

total copout to fall back on some kind of drug dependency defense but I won't be surprised if that angle gets played.

Love Gun said:

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Here's what I want to know. They were told to buy masks and red hats. We saw the video of them purchasing these items. However, he said in his interview they were not wearing the red hats during the assault - only the masks.

Did they realize you can't wear a baseball cap and a ski mask at the same time? We know he would've preferred they wear the mask to hide their (cough, color) faces for the video he thought was recorded.

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What do you mean you can't wear a ski mask and a hat??? Just adjust the hat to make it bigger so that it fits over the ski mask. Unless they bought fitted hats it would be very easy to wear a hat and a ski mask.

Sine poena nulla lex.

My concern is that I hope prosecutors see through the "drugged up state" BS. What ELSE did he do during that time period from when he wrote that letter to the time he reported the assault?

Let's see. We know he (no order)
- Gave an interview with GMA
- Tweeted
- Flew on a plane to and from NYC
- Performed a concert
- Drove a vehicle

What else? Crimes committed under the influence are temporary and do not consist of several incidents over a period of 3 weeks. That's some Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde crap.

Jussie will give an interview shortly to clarify.

Sine poena nulla lex.

C@LAg said:

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I actually believe that even a jury of his peers (blacks from Chicago) have got to be pissed off at him and his bull*****

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Yeah I don't see many sympathetic jurors when they learn he's making $65K an episode and pulled this stunt, and gave the city of Chicago a black eye (MUCH worse than what he received) in order to get a raise (I left out the political angle as that likely won't resonate with most jurors there, at least not in the way we would want it to).

3000 comments on this idiot and only 99 on the Coastie Lt. shows how screwed up our priorities are. Goes for the media, too. Oh, but this is sensational (sarcasm)!

C@LAg said:

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I actually believe that even a jury of his peers (blacks from Chicago) have got to be pissed off at him and his bull*****

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From what I've read on the local news (WGN) they are.
A local "pastor" is irate at all the police resources used for this while real crimes go unsolved .
I can't find that link but here is one from the CPD Superintendent:
https://wgntv.com/2019/02/21/its-simply-shameful-chicagos-top-cop-angry-over-alleged-jussie-smollett-hoax/

C@LAg said:

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Animal72 said:

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3000 comments on this idiot and only 99 on the Coastie Lt. shows how screwed up our priorities are. Goes for the media, too. Oh, but this is sensational (sarcasm)!

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Lib talking point identified.

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I found this gem. It looks like he just believes what he is fed from his "news sources" without giving a critical though to it.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/2667293/replies/44122576

Lots of people like that in the world.