Posted on 02/20/2019 11:20:16 AM PST by blam
If a fair and thorough investigation establishes that Jussie Smollett faked the attack he claimed was perpetrated by white men wearing MAGA hats, then he should be charged with a hate crime.
Fake hate crimes are hate crimes. If hate crime laws are merely instruments of totalitarian political power, rather than sound legal principles applicable to Americans of every color and creed, then it is long past time to get rid of them.
Smollett’s offense went far beyond wasting the police department’s time with a false report, as if that wasn’t bad enough in crime-ridden Chicago. If that is the only charge he faces, he is likely to walk out of the courtroom without paying much of a penalty at all. The law is not exactly coming down on him like a ton of bricks, as he is apparently still free to blow off investigators when they request follow-up interviews.
A federal hate crimes prosecution would make it clear Smollett deliberately targeted a group of Americans with the intention of inciting hatred against them. This cannot be considered acceptable from anyone, no matter how many boxes they can cover on the intersectional victimhood bingo card, and regardless of the skin color or political affiliations of the targets.
It is time to formally acknowledge that left-wing hate hoaxes are one of the most prevalent and dangerous hate crimes in America right now. They’re exceptionally dangerous because they instantly benefit from the combined power of credulous news media and celebrities.
We’re all supposed to be very concerned about information warfare, disinformation, and “meddling” in our politics and society. Hate-crime hoaxes are prime examples of all of those things, and they are far more influential than Russia buying $1000 of Facebook ads or whatever.
No farm-raised Russian troll could dream of whipping up...
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Chicago police spokesman to @ABC on Smollett case: “We got information and we want to run (it) by him. If the opportunity is not taken [to come in], we’re going to go with other methods to create a culture of accountability.”
12:33 PM - 20 Feb 2019
The concept of a Hate Crime shouldn’t exist in a free society. Don’t buy into Cultural Marxist Right-Think.
There are only two criteria to define a hate crime
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White male vs any minority = Guilty of hate crime.
Straight White male vs any sexual deviant = Guilty of hate crime.
If the races were reversed in this same scenario with a white man coming up with a story that 2 black panthers jumped him, there would have been waling and gnashing of teeth when the story started to fall apart and suspected to be a hoax. That’s all you would hear from the media and celebs is that it was a hate crime. I hear crickets right now.
This guy is DEFINITELY guilty of a hate crime - he put a noose around a black man’s neck!
I remember reading at some point that “the rope’” was clothesline. Reallly?? Smh.
ROFL ..........
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LOL ..... and he paid for the rope.
Okay,
So,
Let’s review.
Hate the Hater but
Have a bad feeling
about murder?
No, that ain’t right.
No one should be - period.
Enforce the law objectiveky, impartially.
I’ll say it again, Hate is a Motive, not a Crime.
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