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jimnyc
02-21-2019, 04:49 PM
That's what this entire thing WAS about - hatred. Of course, what they intended though, was to label the Trump supporters and blame them for the hate on the attack on Smollett.

It backfired.

And now it proved the hatred on the left, and how their level of tolerance is actually nowhere. They are hate mongers.

TDS and obstruction...

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Jussie Smollett's Hate

Conservative pundits have pointed out that Democrat elites and the so-called "mainstream" media were quick to accept actor Jussie Smollett's story of being assaulted by two Trump-supporters.

It is clear now that he lied. Smollett said his attackers were white and that he would have been believed without question if his assailants had been "Muslim," "Mexican," or "black." They were black.

When asked why he thinks this happened, Smollett answered, "I have gone hard against 45, I have gone hard against this administration." The mainstream media were all too happy to embrace any story that promotes their belief that President Trump and his supporters are racist and "homophobic."

However, Smollett and the leftist media have a broader focus for their hatred than this president. They hate America. The alleged Smollett attack was designed not merely to prove that this president and his supporters are bigots, but to demonstrate once again that America is a hateful place where racism and homophobia run rampant.

The president's slogan, "Make America Great Again," is interpreted as code language for "make America white again." His opposition to illegal immigration is depicted as a racist ploy to keep nonwhite people out of the country. They know that President Trump is not the originator of what they see as America's sordid legacy of hatred and bigotry, but in their minds, he is its latest and best representative.

After the Charlottesville confrontation between white supremacists and radical leftists, the president's condemnation of both sides was deemed "racist." As a black Virginian, I took the same view. When he pointed out that the Mexicans who cross our southern border illegally are not that country's "best," he was stating the obvious, but that too was considered racist.

No matter what this president does to improve the lives of women, minorities, and all Americans, from the left's perspective, he is beyond redemption because he is the symptom. America is the disease. The left views us as a nation of white supremacy, white privilege, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, inequality, oppression, corporate greed, and international imperialism. Instead of "America the Beautiful," they see ugly Americans. Instead of the "land of the free and the home of the brave," they see a land of the selfish and home of the brutal. Instead of compassionate people, they see planetary parasites and climate deniers dragging the world to cataclysmic destruction.

Rest - https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/jussie_smolletts_hate.html


Jussie Smollett’s arrest doesn’t diminish the reality of hate crimes

Smollett was arrested for allegedly filing a false police report in a hoax. But hate crimes are real and widespread.

Actor and singer Jussie Smollett claimed last month that two men attacked him in a hate crime, beating him as they called him racist and homophobic slurs. But Chicago police on Thursday arrested and charged Smollett for allegedly filing a false police report — a felony — following several reports that Smollett had orchestrated the attack himself.

The situation has become bigger than one supposed attack, with conservatives upset about how the incident was first presented — the attackers were initially framed as supporters of President Donald Trump — now citing the initial reaction as evidence that liberals are all too ready to believe the US is suffering from an epidemic of hate crimes.

In a piece titled “Let’s Chill About Hate Crimes,” National Review writer Kyle Smith made the case: “I decline to look at Chicago (or Kentucky, or Oklahoma, or anywhere else),” he wrote, “and put much credence in the idea that vicious Trump-loving attackers are roaming around looking for minorities to assault.”

But hate crimes are still fairly common in the US. As Smith acknowledged, the FBI publishes a national analysis on hate crimes, based on police reports, each year — concluding that there were more than 7,100 in 2017, up 17 percent from the year before. That’s nearly 20 hate crimes a day.

This likely understates the number of hate crimes in the US. When the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) surveyed large segments of the population between 2004 and 2015, it concluded that there are 250,000 hate crimes annually. The FBI, in other words, may be undercounting the number of hate crimes by the hundreds of thousands.

No matter whether you rely on the FBI or BJS to count hate crimes, the numbers are clear on one thing: There are a lot, whether dozens or hundreds, of hate crimes every day in the US. The fact that one well-publicized report turned out to be false shouldn’t distract from the scope of the problem; America is not free from bigotry, regardless of what happened to Smollett.

Hate crimes are real and fairly widespread in the US

The FBI and BJS stats don’t count just any time someone yells a bigoted insult at another person. For something to be a hate crime, it first has to be an actual crime — like murder, assault, robbery, and so on. Then that crime has to be motivated by hate — whether it’s a person’s race, gender, sexual orientation, or some other characteristic.

So if someone just yells a slur, that’s not a hate crime. As detestable as the slur may be, a person’s ability to say that slur is shielded by the Constitution’s protections for free speech. There must be an actual crime, motivated by hate.

Since the FBI’s data is based on police reports, it misses hate crimes that aren’t reported to the police. Based on BJS’s figures, which are drawn from large national surveys, that happens hundreds of thousands of times each year.

According to BJS, the most common reasons for not reporting a hate crime were that it was handled another way, it was not important enough to report, or police wouldn’t or couldn’t help.

Rest - https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/2/21/18229544/jussie-smollett-attack-arrest-hate-crime-hoax-statistics

jimnyc
02-21-2019, 05:09 PM
FLASHBACK: ADL Said Jussie Smollett Attack Showed ‘Homophobia and Racism that Plagues our Society’

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) claimed last month that the reported “hate crime” against Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett was “a disturbing reminder of the terrible homophobia and racism that plagues our society.”

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In a statement, ADL president Jonathan Greenblatt said: “We call on police to investigate this vile incident as a hate crime and work swiftly to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice.”

On Thursday, Smollett surrendered to Chicago police to face a felony charge of filing a false police report. He is believed to have staged the attack.

Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson, who is black, blasted Smollett for taking “advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career,” adding: “Celebrities, news commentators and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was choreographed by an actor.”

Neither the ADL nor Greenblatt have responded since Smollett’s arrest.

Under Greenblatt, a former Obama administration official, the ADL has led the charge in painting a portrait of an America consumed by rising bigotry since President Donald Trump’s election.

Even after a spate of hundreds of hoax bomb threat were shown to have been carried out by a disturbed Jewish American teenager in Israel and a left-wing journalist, the ADL still included the threats in its 2017 “audit” of antisemitic incidents in the U.S.

Without the hoax threats, the reported increase in antisemitic incidents was far more modest. The number of physical assaults against Jews dropped by almost half.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/flashback-adl-said-jussie-smollett-attack-showed-homophobia-and-racism-that-plagues-our-society/


Chicago Police Chief: Jussie Smollett Likely Scratched, Bruised His Own Face

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday that the scratches and bruises on Empire actor Jussie Smollett are likely “self-inflicted.”

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“As far as we can tell, the scratching and bruising that you saw on his [Smollett’s] face were most likely self-inflicted,” Johnson told reporters in a press conference.

The Chicago police chief on Thursday detailed how Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career.

Before the attack, Smollett also sent a threatening letter that targeted himself to the studio in Chicago where “Empire” is shot, Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.

Smollett turned himself in and was arrested earlier Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said. Smollett was expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon.

“He took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career,” Johnson told reporters at a news conference.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/chicago-police-chief-jussie-smollett-likely-scratched-bruised-his-own-face/


Chicago Police Chief Shocked Jussie Smollett Would Cheapen ‘Symbolism of a Noose’

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson expressed shock in a press conference Thursday over Empire actor Jussie Smollett using the “symbolism of a noose” as part of a staged hate crime against himself.

“This announcement today recognizes that ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career,” Johnson told reporters. “I’m left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone, especially an African American man, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations.”

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Johnson made the remarks during a press conference in which he detailed how Smollet staged a racist and homophobic assault against himself because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to boost his career. Johnson said Smollett also mailed himself a threatening letter to the Chicago television studio where Empire is filled. He reportedly carried out the staged attack after the letter failed to garner a big enough reaction.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/chicago-police-chief-shocked-jussie-smollett-would-cheapen-symbolism-of-a-noose/


Chicago Police Superintendent Blasts Celebrities, Media, Presidential Candidates over Jussie Smollett Hoax

Thursday Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson criticized celebrities, the media and presidential candidates for commenting on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s allegedly staged hate crime.

Johnson said, “I’m left hanging my head and asking, why? Why would anyone, especially an African-American man, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? How could someone look at the hatred and suffering associated with that symbol and see an opportunity to manipulate that symbol to further his own public profile? How can an individual who has been embraced by the city of Chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims? Bogus police reports cause real harm. They do harm to every legitimate victim who is in need of support by police and investigators as well as the citizens of this city. Chicago hosts one of the largest pride parades in the world, and we’re proud of that as a police department and also as a city. We do not, nor do we ever, tolerate hate in our city, whether that hate is based on an individual’s sexual orientation, race or anything else. So I’m offended by what has happened, and I’m also angry. I love the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, warts and all. But this publicity stunt was a scar that Chicago didn’t earn and certainly didn’t deserve.”

He continued, “To make things worse, the accusations within this phony attack received national attention for weeks. Celebrities, news commentators and even presidential candidates weighed in on something that was choreographed by an actor.”

He added, “First, Smollett attempted to gain attention by sending a false letter that relied on racial, homophobic and political language. When that didn’t work, Smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drag Chicago’s reputation through the mud in the process. And why? The stunt was orchestrated by Smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. So he concocted a story about being attacked.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/02/21/chicago-police-superintendent-blasts-celebrities-media-presidential-candidates-over-jussie-smollett-hoax/

jimnyc
02-21-2019, 05:32 PM
I think the most I ever made - which was because of mad overtime and being a contractor... was about $95k per year. I thought I was a millionaire!! At least until taxeth time cameth and reminded me that it wasn't so great after all. :(

But getting to act, and getting to sing - which I know are tedious, but are also the very things that he grew up, dreamed of doing! A cool million dollars per year! That's $19,230 if you were to figure it on a weekly schedule somehow!

And he's complaining? :rolleyes:

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Jussie Smollett ‘Dissatisfied’ with over $1,000,000 Annual ‘Empire’ Salary

Empire actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack on himself last month because he was dissatisfied with his salary from the hit drama, a salary that was over $1 million per year, according to new reports.

Jussie Smollett was arrested Thursday morning for once charge of “felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.” According to Chicago police, the actor also sent a threatening letter to himself because of dissatisfaction with his salary.

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Smollett’s salary was reportedly over a million dollars before taxes — $65,000 per episode — according to a report from the Huffington Post.

The “Empire” actor on Wednesday was charged with a felony for filing a false report in the racist and homophobic assault he claimed to have suffered in Chicago last month. He turned himself in to police custody early Thursday.

Smollett was paid $65,000 per episode for his co-starring role in the most recent season of “Empire,” a well-placed source told HuffPost. On average, there are 18 episodes of “Empire” per season.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/21/report-jussie-smollett-dissatisfied-with-over-1000000-annual-empire-salary/

darin
02-21-2019, 05:51 PM
I really LOVE The Mayor said "....will never TRUMP Chicago's spirit."


:D