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LGBT activist 'burned down his own home because he was annoyed there was no prejudice to campaign against'
This is Horrible! USA people are not committing enough Hate Crimes against LGTBQ, and are Literally FORCING them to make Hoaxes themselves. Doesn't everyone have a Right to be Victim?
Everybody also has a Right to be a Hoaxer.
In an extensive, Ford Foundation-funded study on Mexican-Americans published in 1970, UCLA researchers were baffled and frustrated that their subjects interpreted their reversals as setbacks that were remediable through individual action and felt no need for group mobilization.
The lived experience of this group, they wrote, had produced “a long and bitter controversy among middle-class Mexican-Americans about defining the ethnic group as disadvantaged by any other criterion than individual failures.”
This was the time when the foundations of victimhood culture were first being laid, and activists understood that resentment was a powerful bonding agent. They therefore had to convince a proud people who had been in the Southwest for generations that they were and would always be targets of invidious, racially based discrimination unless they mobilized as a group.
This was a task made all the harder, however, by the fact that, according to the UCLA researchers, even among those Mexican-Americans who had experienced discrimination, “quite a few … fail to generalize their resentment about it, but continue to particularize incidents.”
A culture that rewards victimhood produces ever more self-proclaimed victims, and ever fewer individuals willing to try to overcome adversity through individual effort.
http://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/25/jussie-smollett-and-the-wages-of-victimhood/Completely pathetic that this guy staged this attack because he was unhappy with his wage, allegedly.
I heard somebody make an interesting prediction:
He will not work for a few years and then there will be a TV show that isn't doing well in the ratings and will hire him in order to get views via the controversy.
And they'll probably hire him to play a bad guy.
Reasonable Doubt wrote:
Still looks like a weakling wrote:
If he paid $3500 for 5-weeks of training/nutrition, IMO he got ripped off.
... his claim the $3,500 check he wrote to Abel was for training. The check was written to Abel on January 23, 2019, six days before the "attack." The memo line reads, "5 week Nutrition/Workout program Don't Go."
Sources connected to Jussie say the $3,500 breakdown is as follows -- $600 a week for the workout plan for 5 weeks, and $100 a week for the nutrition plan for 5 weeks.
Then there's the inconvenient fact that Abel + Ola would be in Nigeria for two (2) of these 5 weeks.
Note: Grand jury for the 'bros was to make sure their story wouldn't change. Wasn't necessary for the indictment. ^
Jussie Smollett is adamant he IS a victim of a homophobic attack, and now some key evidence has surfaced in the form of past comments made by the Nigerian brothers’ that may prove they had a homophobic sentiment. The public comments were made on Twitter from an account used by the brothers, and Jussie’s defense may include the statements to show Ola and Abel Osundairo allegedly have issues with homosexuality.
In 2013, the Nigerian man was scolding someone for being a fan of R&B artist, Frank Ocean. “Why you following Frank Ocean … you know that ni**a gay right,” Ola tweeted at the man. Another message stated, “YOU’RE GAY THATS WHO YOU ARE,” although it’s unclear who Usondairo was speaking about.
The brothers will also have trouble justifying the comments if brought up during the case, and would have a hard time explaining why the comments were made.
http://theblast.com/jussie-smollett-nigerian-brothers-homophobic-tweet-defense/GayGoose != GayGander wrote:
with 500-odd sexual partners per annum), )
Culture wars are moral wars. It is about imposing your morality on the other side, no matter what it takes. It’s why radicals have had no qualms about using violence against their perceived enemies. It’s why Antifa exists. They’re not trying to prove their case or win arguments. They are about clubbing the doubters into submission.
From the perspective of the Left, this Smollett affair was a big win. They reinforced an important point They control the morality and they will impose it on society.
The other side of this dynamic is the civic nationalists are close to a frenzy, trying to prove the next hoax false, confident that this time will do the trick. The Left, confronted with the reality of these hoaxes, will throw down their weapons and finally admit, that yeah, these things are fake. The fear of the secret invisible Hitler people is all nonsense. During every one of these, the CivNats start blinking to one another, working the details of the puzzle, confident that their “eureka!” moment is at hand.
It is a good example of the central challenge of this age. Guys like Steve Sailer truly believe they can turn the tide with facts and reason. He probably has 25 posts on this Smollett thing. He has been working the hate-hoax angle for close to two decades now, yet here we are anyway. He is no closer to unriddling the hate hoax puzzle than he was twenty years ago. If anything, the hoaxes have become more outlandish. Even so, he will keep trying to use facts and reason to address a matter of belief.
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More Evidence of Police Corruption wrote:
Teasing More Evidence wrote:
FULL @ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chicago police Superintendent speaks with @RobinRoberts about the Jussie Smollett investigation.
“There’s a lot more evidence that hasn’t been presented yet,” Johnson told Roberts, “that does not support the version that he gave.”
Typical Pig Tactic. Try to get the innocent to plea.
I remember 22 years ago, there were so many dirty cops in Chicago PD, FBI had to clear many out. Chicago cops then were throwing gang signs inside police stations.
E Johnson is attempting to taint jury pool. E Johnson is applying pressure. E Johnson thinks he can get Smollett to roll over and take a guilty plea. E Johnson knows what I know. E Johnson's two star witnesses are going to get Crucified under cross-examination.
Sources saying Jussie @ 65K$ / episode were lo-ball by 2x
If "Empire" money was Jussie Smollett's motivation to allegedly stage an attack, he certainly never showed his cards to the people who could actually make it happen.
"Empire" production sources tell TMZ ... none of the brass -- producers or EPs, including Lee Daniels -- heard even a whisper from Jussie grousing he was underpaid.
Our sources say, if Jussie was upset about his salary, he kept it to himself. He was in the middle of a long-term contract and the executives, who are in a position to bust the deal or sweeten the pot, say neither Jussie nor his reps ever asked.
Jussie was pulling in a reported $125,000 per episode. We're told that's on par with actor Bryshere Y. Gray, who plays his brother, Hakeem. Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard reportedly make $250,000 an episode.
We're told Jussie's main focus recently was the release of new music. He was upset his first album didn't do well and was stressed out over the debuts of his new songs and music videos.
So $65K after taxes wrote:
Sources saying Jussie @ 65K$ / episode were lo-ball by 2x
If "Empire" money was Jussie Smollett's motivation to allegedly stage an attack, he certainly never showed his cards to the people who could actually make it happen.
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We're told Jussie's main focus recently was the release of new music. He was upset his first album didn't do well and was stressed out over the debuts of his new songs and music videos.
I 'll Buy his music now that i know who he is, a new gay icon.
Ellen Page has now admitted her privilege as a white cisgender woman.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ellen-page-jussie-smollett-fallout-guest-column-1191006
“But listen everybody that knows, he’s adamant that he’s telling the truth.”
“Everybody that knows him that I know, they all say he’s not the type of person that’d ever do that. So, it’s pretty confusing.”
“Listen, he is so adamant about it, and he’s so convincing in his story that I’m just hoping and standing with him hoping that it all turns out in his favor for sure.”
... an odd comment made by Jussie Smollett last summer in a Billboard article on how aspiring artists could “maintain their mental health.” Smollett at the time advised artists to start “admitting things” in order to stay real:
I wish I had something really deep to say but I’m in my 30s and I’m trying my best to learn that I can’t bend anymore. I’m about to break. Also for me, it’s about finding the joy in what we do. I don’t believe in happiness because I feel like happiness is an emotion that can be taken away. Joy is something that lives deep inside of you. That’s why I find joy in my sadness, frustration, love, hate, excitement, whatever emotion I’m feeling at that moment — joy is always there.
It was meant to raise consciousness about a “ubiquitous” problem in the hip-hop community: a widespread lack of awareness about the importance of mental health.
On Jan. 19, the actor tweeted, “Depression is a real thing y’all.” Three days later, a threatening letter targeting Smollett arrived at the Empire production offices in Chicago. ...
“You are so afraid of becoming a has-been or yesterday’s news that you might do something desperate.” (Fame and Celebrity psychologist specialist expert Donna Rockwell)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/im-break-jussie-smollett-pressure-hollywood-fame-1190649The 'attack' on Smollett was obviously a hoax from the very beginning. The details were simply unbelievable.
Sadly, the majority (the majority) of hate crimes are fake ...
semsur wrote:
The 'attack' on Smollett was obviously a hoax from the very beginning. The details were simply unbelievable.
Sadly, the majority (the majority) of hate crimes are fake .../
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You actually WANT Hate Crimes to be Real instead of Fake?
Isn't it a GOOD THING they aren't happening (in the majority)??
https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/01/love-hip-hop-hollywood-milan-christopher-jussie-smollett-hoax/Jussie Smollett being attacked in a hate crime sounded fishy and far-fetched from the jump -- according to a guy who has no love for the "Empire" actor -- Milan Christopher.
The ex-"Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" star and model tells TMZ ... he believes the "Empire" star's alleged attack was an elaborate plot to grow his brand, and it's actually working -- at least on social media.