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‘Pain & Anger:’ ‘Empire’ Creator Finally Admits Truth About Smollett
newsbusters.org ^ | 3/21/2019 | Gabriel Hays

Posted on 03/22/2019 8:47:20 AM PDT by rktman

Empire creator Lee Daniels is finally backing off his defense of the boy-who-cried-MAGA, Jussie Smollett, and has admitted the “frustration” he and his colleagues have felt since the hate-hoaxer’s criminal charges. Took you long enough, man.

At the time he said, “Jussie you are my son. You didn’t deserve, nor anybody deserve to have a noose put around your neck, to have bleach thrown on you, to be called ‘die f—–, n—–,’ or whatever they said to you.” He then admonished the country for being so open to racism, as if Smollett’s “assault” was just part of the social fabric. “America is better than that. It starts at home… Hold your head up, Jussie. I’m with you, I’ll be there in a minute. It’s just another f—ing day in America.”

Right. Well, as they say, womp-womp. Daniels should have read the countless reports that were absolutely thrashing Smollett’s crackpot story at the time instead of pouring more fuel onto the ‘America is racist’ bonfire. Then again, that’s one narrative that Hollywood lefties have completely sold themselves on.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: California; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: california; chicago; cryforhelp; hoaxer; illinois; jussiesmollett; leedaniels; smollett
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To: rktman

It escapes me why people insist on calling the case “complicated” and “ever-evolving” when it’s actually extremely simple - Smollett lied. The only complications that occur happen when people try to make this part of the grand and largely fallacious narrative of Racist America. If this sort of thing threatens their entire worldview - and it does - then maybe that worldview could use some serious reconsideration.


21 posted on 03/22/2019 10:55:25 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Cuttnhorse
I never understood why the bleach thing wasn’t questioned.

His "white attackers" were so racist, they wanted to bleach Smollett white.

22 posted on 03/22/2019 10:57:57 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: rktman

Let me know when Jussie ends up in Prison and is ruined Financially after paying back the costs of the Hoax Investigation.

All I see now is the Case fading away and not being discussed breathlessly by the DNC Media in the same fashion it was when it happened (or should I say didn’t happen).


23 posted on 03/22/2019 10:59:17 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: Billthedrill

Hmmm. Collusion? Better get ‘muledeer’ on it when he completes not finding anything against PDJT.


24 posted on 03/22/2019 11:00:40 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: treetopsandroofs
According to this article, the only “truth” the Empire creator admitted was: “The past few weeks have been a freakin’ rollercoaster,”
he admitted, adding that “me and my cast have experienced pain and anger and sadness and really don’t know how to deal with it.”

This is PR. They know the show is going down in flames and anyone remotely connected with it will be considered
persona non grata by the Hollywood PTB. All their once-promising show biz careers are in the toilet.

25 posted on 03/22/2019 11:04:45 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: rktman

Smellit was just creating a narrative.
For leftards, a narrative does not have to be factually true. It only has to advance the leftard agenda.


26 posted on 03/22/2019 11:52:00 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: treetopsandroofs

These people have pretty dainty dispositions!


27 posted on 03/22/2019 12:08:25 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: Liz
His "white attackers" were so racist, they wanted to bleach Smollett white

I got that...I was saying that when bleach comes in contact with skin, it is very caustic and causes obvious burns. Why was this not originally questioned?

28 posted on 03/22/2019 1:01:23 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Never fear the cow)
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To: rktman

Since Smollett has been charged with the Hoax has anyone seen any news of him in the grocery store checkout line tabloid racks?

I’ve not seen his name on any of the covers.


29 posted on 03/22/2019 1:05:31 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Cuttnhorse

Well, possibly because it was only “allegedly” bleach. Unknown liquid. Uh, yewwwwwwwww!


30 posted on 03/22/2019 1:08:19 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Empire creator Lee Daniels needs to check out this site... hundreds and thousands of fake hate crimes designed to trash conservative Americans.

http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/


31 posted on 03/22/2019 2:02:45 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Bernie wants CommieCare... period.)
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I’m with you, I’ll be there in a minute.

Looks like that minute has come and gone.

32 posted on 03/22/2019 2:32:10 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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