Posted on 12/10/2021 10:33:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Whenever fake hate crimes are exposed — and as my PJM colleague Victoria Taft points out, there are hundreds of them — the argument is always advanced that we shouldn’t pay attention to the exposé because it would make reporting of “real” hate crimes more difficult.
We hear the same argument when a woman fakes a sexual assault. We have to treat the assault as real because not doing so would make women reluctant to report a rape.
Why should this be so? In fact, exposing hoaxes doesn’t appear to deter anyone from trying again. Why should it deter anyone from reporting a serious crime?
The Smollett “attack” played into every myth of progressive advocates: that gangs of white supremacists roam the streets of our nation, looking to attack African Americans. Everything fits into that narrative. Older Asians attacked by mentally ill black men on the subway. White supremacy! White guy kills two other white guys in self-defense? White supremacy! Two Nigerians sprinkle bleach on a D-lister? White supremacy!
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who never met a crime she couldn’t dismiss, knew the Smollett case was embarrassing, so she dropped it. Jussie’s backers took that as vindication.
“Being queer and black is like having a target on your back every time you walk out the door,” “The Chi” creator Lena Waithe said. “I don’t really believe police. I tend to believe black people first.”
This is why it’s ludicrous to try and make the argument that hate crimes will go unreported because the meanies on the right-wing are lying in wait to leap upon the victim and call into question their victimhood. There will always be the belief in the victim — even he isn’t a victim.
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Maybe they could stop it all by not being gay. People get picked on all the time for a host of reasons. Deal with it and quit looking at the police and the law, who they probably hate, to punish others for dissing you.
there has been thousands of “hate-crime” hoaxes since that Orwellian law went into effect, the Smollett case won’t slow down the steady stream of lies. If anything, it will increase the hoaxes, because everyone will see that you can do it, become famous, and when caught won’t face any serious consequences.
Watch and see, Smollett will get probation and 100 hours of “community service” if that.
Will Gays Be Less Likely to Report Fabricate Hate Crimes Because of Jussie Smollett's Hoax?
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