The Smollett case.

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  1. Ray9

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    Many Americans don’t know who Jussie Smollett is but many do. They watch as a gay-minority celebrity orchestrates a fraud that closely parallels the scam the Washington elites are running to slander, destroy and overthrow the presidential election results. Smollett is apparently emboldened by the corruption he sees in the FBI and Department of Justice and a cast of characters led by James Comey and Hillary Clinton to enact a Coupe against a duly elected president.

    Smollett appears to have seen that none of the coupe perpetrators have been held accountable or indicted so it looks like he just jumped on the bandwagon to smear and gin up violence against Trump supporters while elevating himself to the same level of resistance-victim hero worship he sees Comey and Clinton enjoying.

    The Smollett incident neatly contains all of the tropes used by the president’s opposition: homophobia, racism, bullying, violence and of course, MAGA hats. The president’s political enemies have cleverly fostered a slobbering, visceral hatred of president the by branding him as a racist and homophobe.

    The media was as quick to seize on Smollett’s ploy as it was in its rush to judgement on the Covington episode and in light of Lara Logan’s recent revelations about the liberal leanings of the American press US citizens are beginning to see that the president’s rivals have been burning the Reichstag since election eve.

    If the president wants to strengthen border security with better walls the distorted media lens presents racism as not just axiomatic but automatic. This is not the Fourth Estate acting in good faith; this is blatant propaganda pandering and Logan’s points are well taken.

    The tainted press is not alone in the sedition of the silent coupe. American education infested with and protected by public sector unions is flagrantly inciting students to topple statues, drape black hoods across their faces and attack historical artifacts of American society. It’s chaos and bedlam on an industrial scale and it’s designed to overthrow a presidency.

    Smollett is a much smaller fish than his predatory counterparts and is not afforded the sinister, corrupted deference of a Clinton or a Comey. He could end up paying a steep price especially for playing the overworked and crime-buried Chicago law enforcement authorities.

    If Smollett is eventually charged and jailed Lara Logan’s biased media will immediately set about the task of turning him into a martyr like Bowe Bergdahl.
     
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    The first paragraph of the OP tells me it's b.s. The term "duly elected" doesn't work for trump. It's a known fact Russia meddled in the election, it's a known fact Comey hurt the voting results a week before the elections and it's a known fact trump didn't get the majority vote. Check the definition of duly elected.
     
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    He wasn't competing for the popular vote. Being mad doesn't change fact. I believe your parties overreach helped him more than anything.
     
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    I think this one actively demonstrates the willingness of media to leap to conclusions not consistent with the facts because it "fits" their designed propaganda talking points. All the hallmarks here, minority, persecuted sexuality, in conjunction with popular celebrity and Hollywood actor. It was like the quadfecta...... Everyone was just supposed to ignore all the factual inconsistencies in the story. The glaring behavior of the participants, and just focus on the message. But, unlike a Hollywood script, real life didn't work out that way for Jussie.

    And future folks are going to be hurt because of his callous selfish BS. Future bashings will be regarded as the histrionic acting that Jussie demonstrated to the world to undermine future credibility of future victims of bashings like this. Because dude just didn't get enough of a reaction to a hoax that he had attempted days before on receipt of a "poisoned letter" that he himself was both the author and sender of. So, why not amp it up a little and stage an attack. Oh, and for sure, make sure you buy all of your hemp rope from the Crafty Beaver. Oh, and use folks you know to work you over, and make sure you pay them with pay pal to make sure they get paid....

    That I even spent an iota of real angst about this guy, I feel betrayed. But this is the cheap BS that our liberal comrades are willing to chuck at the rest of us in their effort to undermine our current president.

    So take a bow Jussie. One hopes that this is your last.
     
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    While all of this might be your opinion, or your beliefs, or your wish, it is all far from being "fact".

    1. Yes, Russia did attempt to influence the election, but there is no proof that they "meddled" with the election results. The idea that Russians flooding social media with false claims is a grievous act, when we are constantly bombarded by many people in our own country doing the same, is absurd. We have Democrats making stuff up about Republicans and Republicans doing the same to Democrats. People believe that which fits their beliefs and ignore that which does not. Very seldom are beliefs changed just because of a tweet on Twitter or a post on Facebook.
    2. When the Comey thing came about, it was late in the election. Most people had likely already decided where their vote would be placed. Crying "foul" because some negative press was released on a candidate you might have supported is just a part of life in this country where we have a Free Press and a pit-bull mentality in politics.
    3. Majority vote does not matter in a Presidential election. The "duly elected" candidate is selected by electorates....for good reason. Maybe you should check the Constitution and find out how Presidents are "duly-elected".

    You may be disappoint....or upset....or even outraged, but Trump was duly elected.
     
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    The left has created an enviroment where people like this actor think this sort of behavior is ok, and that they will be able to get away with it. The left has taken us to a dangerous place. This is just one episode
     
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    The liberal media eats up phony hoaxes like this if it fits a certain narrative. When it is discovered to be a hoax then the media drops it unless it serves a purpose. Honest reporting is dead. The propaganda machine is alive and well.
     
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    I love that you guys are still clinging to the "Russia Russia Russia" narrative.
     
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    A: We don’t elect presidents by popular vote.
    B: The Russians didn’t make Democrats nominate a sorry candidate like Hillary. The Russians didn’t make the DNC disenfranchise a portion of their own electorate, by rigging the primaries.
    C: Clinton was under investigation do to her own incompetence, or illegal activity.
     
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    The OP is just another instance of disinformation aimed at eroding American opinion of the Democrats and our faith in our government and institutions. We are under constant assault by the Russians and their asset in the White House.
     
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    Dude... sorry to have to inform you.... but....... Obama left office in 2017.... in case you weren't aware...
     
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    States elect 538 electors who elect the president. Nothing more, nothing less. Duh Trump won in a landslide too :D

    Out of curiosity, what's the latest definition of duly elected inside the liberal TDS infected bubble?
     
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    Off topic, but I was as happy as everyone else who had no particular love for his out-of-touch, race-centric, ineffective governance. I dared to have hope in Trump. What a profound disappointment he turned out to be, and an alarming one for the future of our way of life as well. He keeps leading all who will follow him right down the path to dictatorship. I dared to hope that he would stop campaigning and actually be the deal-maker he sold himself as, and I hoped he would at the very least not side with adversarial dictators over our own intelligence agencies and close democratic allies.
     
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    Lefties buy into these hoaxes because they want them to be true. Turns out that America is not the racist, homophobic, sexist, etc...place they say it is so they need to make crap up.
     
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    That’s the sort of thing dem leadership needs to promote division and hate...that’s what they depend on for votes
     
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    Oh that is right - he may want to change into a woman. This character sent a fake letter attacking himself with MAGA as return address to Empire set. They made nothing of it and it made him mad. So he paid the Nigerian brothers to fake attack, slight scratch on his cheek., but, he was admitted to hospital. This person is mentally ill. He should pay the full price for this. Now he will be fired by Empire.
     
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    What a great country this is:

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    Always love when morons think that the actions of .00000001% of any group are representative of said group.
     
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    And that is specific to any one group? Because it's not. But the KKK is treated like it's the majority of right wingers.
     
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    The MEDIA has exposed each and every step of Smollett's slimy story exactly as it unfolded, from his accusations to the police investigation and the questioning of the two brothers and their pointing the finger back at Smollett,they have told the story exactly as it unfolded.
     
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    I would not say that.

    A majority of KKK are right-wingers, but that only defines the KKK, not right-wingers.
     
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    I think the problem is that many mistake the talking heads of CNBC, Fox, MSNBC as representing "news". They are entertainers on entertainment shows doing OP ED - not newscasts.
     
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    When the fact that this thread didn't follow any Current Event thread creation rules is what tells me it's B.S.

    Also capitalizing and misspelling "Coupe"...

    Where be da Mods??

    P.S. Since this thread will get shut down sooner or later, I'll take my opportunity to state once again - Trump is an idiot... Me and Ann Cougar...... err.... Coulter..... birds of a feather.
     
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    And here I thought he was talking about Hillary/Comey running Trump over with a car.
     
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