Jussie Smollett's trial

[George K]

@kluurs said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

Pretend crimes should have real consequences. Sadly, too often real crimes have pretend consequences.

That is more profound than you think.

Wonderful comment.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

Lyin' Joe:

To be fair, his predecessor lied like a bastard about the "greatest crime in history".

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

To be fair, his predecessor lied like a bastard about the "greatest crime in history".

No question.

But, interestingly, the Orange Man gets called out on it time and again, and Lyin' Amtrak Joe gets a pass.

(he lied about his Amtrak miles again, yesterday)

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

@doctor-phibes said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

To be fair, his predecessor lied like a bastard about the "greatest crime in history".

No question.

But, interestingly, the Orange Man gets called out on it time and again, and Lyin' Amtrak Joe gets a pass.

(he lied about his Amtrak miles again, yesterday)

I'm no fan of Biden, or of the US media's treatment of him, however lying with some stupid anecdote about Amtrak miles, and about having the Presidential election stolen from him really aren't the same thing.

I know, I know, you can say we're just arguing about price. Except we really aren't.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

stupid anecdote about Amtrak miles, and about having the Presidential election stolen from him really aren't the same thing.

Of course they're not.

Neither is his law school prowess, the number of degrees he got, travels with Mandela, or a hundred other things.

But all of them speak to either character or soundness of mind. I'll grant you that Trump lacked the former. Biden lacks them both.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

But all of them speak to either character or soundness of mind. I'll grant you that Trump lacked the former. Biden lacks them both.

I was never that convinced of Trump's sanity either, to be honest.

[Improviso]

@doctor-phibes said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

@george-k said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

But all of them speak to either character or soundness of mind. I'll grant you that Trump lacked the former. Biden lacks them both.

I was never that convinced of Trump's sanity either, to be honest.

So... you didn't like the way he operated. Fair enough. There were many times I cringed at something he said or did, as I suspect many conservatives did. I attributed that to the fact that he was a brash New Yorker.

I overlooked that because I was more focused on what he was doing for this country... his policies, not his methods.

I'm doing the same thing with Biden. His policies are not working for this country.

Now, if you'd like to compare policies over character, I'll engage. Otherwise, talk to the hand.

[Doctor Phibes]

@improviso said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

@doctor-phibes said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

@george-k said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

But all of them speak to either character or soundness of mind. I'll grant you that Trump lacked the former. Biden lacks them both.

I was never that convinced of Trump's sanity either, to be honest.

So... you didn't like the way he operated. Fair enough. There were many times I cringed at something he said or did, as I suspect many conservatives did. I attributed that to the fact that he was a brash New Yorker.

I overlooked that because I was more focused on what he was doing for this country... his policies, not his methods.

I'm doing the same thing with Biden. His policies are not working for this country.

Now, if you'd like to compare policies over character, I'll engage. Otherwise, talk to the hand.

Yeah, this is what always happens. Somebody says something about somebody's character, I respond and say look at the state of your fucking guy. Then the follow up is 'never mind about character, look at policies, otherwise shut up'.

If you don't want to talk about character, then don't bring it up in the first place.

[Improviso]

He got the attention he craved, just not in the way he thought.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-guilty-verdicts-killed-career-experts-hollywood-never-uncancel-him

[Mik]

Lynching would be poetic justice.

Just sayin'.

[Copper]

If cnn thought he would bring a few extra eyeballs, they would give him a prime-time hour every night.

[Improviso]

@copper said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

If cnn thought he would bring a few extra eyeballs, they would give him a prime-time hour every night.

They have an opening for the 9:00 p.m. time slot.

[Improviso]

Anyone heard whether he was taken into custody after the verdict?

Or is he still free pending sentencing?

[kluurs]

@improviso said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

Or is he still free pending sentencing?

He's free until sentencing.

[Doctor Phibes]

@kluurs said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

@improviso said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

Or is he still free pending sentencing?

He's free until sentencing.

Let's hope he's not beating himself up too much over this.

[Improviso]

I'll text him the email address of the Nigerian prince that keeps emailing me.

[George K]

[Improviso]

It still amazes me that they keep jumping to the wrong conclusions, time and time again, instead of waiting for the facts to come out. And as now, crickets when the facts come to light.

<Larry> Liberalism is a mental disease <Larry>

[Horace]

It's just about the messaging impact. It actually doesn't matter too much if they're wrong, as long as the correct impression is left through the "narrative outrage->time->contradictory facts->memory hole" process. The indelible mark is the outrage, that is what leaves the impression on the masses. The white supremacists keeping everybody else down is the memory and the emotional truth. Thank your local progressive white women and feminized men, out to save the fucking world. Idiots.

[Improviso]

@horace said in Jussie Smollet's trial:

feminized men