Posted on 11/02/2021 4:05:53 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
On Jan. 29, 2019, the world got a first-hand glimpse into just how devastating the effects of cancel culture can be and its glaring hypocrisy for Black, queer people. On this day, Jussie Smollett, award-winning actor and former star of Empire reported his assault to the Chicago police, citing racist and homophobic slurs being hurled at him while being physically beaten.
Prior to this incident, Smollett, an openly queer and Black man, would captivate audiences week after week in his role as fictional musical legend Jamal Lyon on Empire. Slowly making his rounds to becoming a legend in his own right via his promising music career, Smollett quickly found himself on the other side of public scrutiny. His swift transition from America’s golden boy to alleged criminal mastermind gave the country a masterclass on cancel culture and its brutal take on the Black queer community.
Smollett would soon face allegations of orchestrating a hate crime for attention which led to him being charged with 16 felony counts including filing a false police report.....
As this case continues to unfold two years later, the latest update finds the actor’s request to have the case dismissed due to his cooperation in paying the $10,000 bond and completion of community service hours. While it is unclear what exactly happened and whether he is (or isn’t) telling the truth, one must acknowledge the painstaking reality of it all.
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That is a lovely little story. Thanks.
“southern Whites use it, too.”
Yes we do. ALL the time. It’s a handy word. I find that it can serve to soften a statement that otherwise could sound sharp.
The only reason the author can eke out a small rhetorical point here is that the local prosecutor declined to push the prosecution. Had the prosecutor done that all the author would have is a complaint about name-calling on social media. Zzzzzz!
He should be in jail and he still can’t act.
Sounds like the young waitress did The Lord’s work.
What’s really despicable about this whole crap he pulled, is that if there had been two white guys spotted walking any near where this happened, they would have been arrested, charged and in prison for life, if not dead, because of the actions of this Smollett rat.
Brothers to take center stage in Jussie Smollett trial
Whether the Black and Smollett testifies remains an open question. But the siblings, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, will take the witness stand where they are expected to repeat what they have told police officers and prosecutors — that they carried out the attack at Smollett’s behest.
More like a legend in his own mind. Without this crime making the news I would have never known who this loser is, and no one in my circles would have known either.
I’m from the South, and I seldom use “y’all” ever, except in the most informal personal exchanges.
I refuse to call this collection of degenerates a “community” at all. They are a population which cannot procreate their own without extraordinary outside help, and they are exponentially more prone to various health maladies than the general public. That’s not a community. It’s a psycho ward.
Book, Chapter and Verse? You are what The LORD labels as the natural man, and blind: John 8, 1Corinthians 2:14, 2Corinthians4:2-5, et cetera. Repent and believe now, before it is forever too late: Acts 20:29, Romans 10:9-10
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