The Smollett hoax has deepened my distrust in the media.

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  1. gamewell45

    gamewell45 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As a rule I never condemn anybody's viewpoint unless it contains violence against other people; otherwise I realize that others may not believe as I do but I still respect their opinion as such.
     
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    Polydectes Well-Known Member

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    That's a good way to look at it. I don't necessarily respect other people's opinions but I respect their right to their opinion.
     
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  4. bricklayer

    bricklayer Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    He paid them with a CHECK. At some point, we need to just let natural selection kick in.
     
  5. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    yep, I wrote that post before that came out, I said early on that bank records would crack this case.... just thought woudl be a withdraw vs a check... the guy sure is stupid
     
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  6. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Hmm... interesting.

    No wait... surprising.
     
  7. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    We do know that he paid one of them $3500.

    The reason for the payment is only alleged.
     
  8. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    yep, I wrote that post before that came out, I said early on that bank records would crack this case.... just thought woudl be a withdraw vs a check... the guy sure is stupid
     
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  9. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    "But the fact is that the MAGA hat is becoming the modern-day equivalent of the Svastika."


    Due to slanders, such as this.

    "I'm not saying that Trump supporters are out to get anybody or are comparable to Nazis. But it is true that they follow a very powerful racist leader."

    Horsepucky! More slander.

    "And that instills fear in many people."

    The hate-Trump propaganda is manufacturing fear. I wish people would stop falling for that crap.
     
  10. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    regardless of why, many would say it was due to Trump and his supporters, others say different

    either way, I would not want to wear such a hat so many see with distaste anymore then I would burn a cross on my front lawn - just not that important to me that I would risk being mislabeled a racists

    same with the n-word, the first Amendment gives us all the right to say it... but I would prefer no one say it regardless of their race - I stay away from black or white people that use the word as most are racists
     
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  11. Darthcervantes

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    Lol you guys are still in denial? This dummy couldnt even hire white people to try and frame white people? And then the summy writes a check? Does he buy his drugs with checks also?
     
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    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    You talkin' to me?
     
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    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Your comparisons are not valid.
     
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    You might not be aware of this, but in order for something to qualify as "slander", it needs to be false. There is nothing false in the statement you quote. Trump is a racist. Do you really need me to point you to instances in which he has shown this?.

    From birtherism, to re-tweeting white supremacists, to "s-hole countries", to "islamist terrorists" among the refugees, to.... I don't want to go on... It's not that I don't want to post the evidence. It's just that I don't want to contaminate the board with Trump's racist garbage.

    We all wish many things. Myself, I wish we didn't have a racist in the Presidency.
     
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  15. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Haaahahahahaaa!

    Oh please, post more such vile racism.

    I love it!

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  16. FreshAir

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    they are valid to many, to you and I it's just a hat, but obviously to many it's more then that
     
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    no one is in denial, people are just responding to old posts before the news of the check came out

    this guy will be an outcast for life... he may as well have Leprosy.. the stink of this lie will never wash off
     
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  18. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Those other views are not legitimate. It's incumbent upon society to demonstrate that such bigotry is unacceptable.
     
  19. FreshAir

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    they are legitimate, their perception of reality is based on facts too, Trump has done very little to change those views

    the reality is, you could have a non-racist Christian group burn a cross as a campfire fun thing... and technically it's not racist... but others will see it that way.... and they are also justified even though it may not be the case this time
     
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  20. Thought Criminal

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    Nope. It's bigotry.

    They are simply a bunch of hateful bigots, who shouldn't find comfort in polite society.
     
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    You all act like Ginsberg is already dead.
     
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    I don't get why the right wing is so obsessed with the SC, they act like Roe V Wade will go away which it won't and we will always have gun rights. I hate the progressive left, but these damn conservative ***** have no business what she can or can't do with her own body and no taxpayer money doesn't go to fund abortions.
     
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    just because they wear a red hat?
     
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    Sounds like you just misinterpreted the media coverage. All I saw in the media was that he had reported being attacked by some pro Trumpers. I didn't see the media taking sides. That said, I don't watch Don Lemon. And I'll be he had something stupid to say about it.
     
  25. Thought Criminal

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    Why did you post that?
     

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