(February 21, 2019 at 7:17 pm)Yonadav Wrote: My problem is that the media keeps reporting that his motive was to get attention and cash in on that. They keep ascribing a profit motive to it. I think that his motive was to incite hatred. When someone false flags a hate crime to incite hatred-- that's a hate crime.In today's political climate, it's not surprising to think he might've hoped to get more pay after an incident like this.
But I agree and would also probably classify this as a hate crime in and of itself.
(February 21, 2019 at 7:22 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Fox News ain't going to let go of this for a while.Why should they let it go? Why shouldn't they "eat his lunch?" Jesse Smollett deserves everything he gets right now. What is Don Lemon's point? What's yours?
Don Lemon:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/...lunch.html
Quote:I have nothing but the utmost respect for my friends at ABC and other things. Robin [Roberts] did a terrific job on that interview. I'm just talking about how you respond to this sort of crisis. That doesn't really work anymore, and I think that is old school. This is playing out every single moment in cable news.
Sean Hannity's going to eat Jussie Smollett's lunch every single second. Tucker Carlson is going to eat Jussie Smollett's lunch every single second... the president of the United States is going to eat his lunch. And who does the president of the United States watch every night? Cable news. So that's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying.
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