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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 4, 2019 16:41:07 GMT
I'm awaiting the inevitable "I was drunk, I need rehab" celebrity defense.Also, let's see if Empire's producers stick to their guns and keeps his character in the show. LOL. Like I said, I stopped paying attention... BUT THIS HAPPENED! He's now saying he has an untreated drug problem. I fucking knew it would happen!
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Post by cherry68 on Mar 4, 2019 16:59:45 GMT
I'm awaiting the inevitable "I was drunk, I need rehab" celebrity defense.Also, let's see if Empire's producers stick to their guns and keeps his character in the show. LOL. Like I said, I stopped paying attention... BUT THIS HAPPENED! He's now saying he has an untreated drug problem. I fucking knew it would happen! When the assault happened, I thought, well, I guess police will investigate before declaring it a racist / homophobic assault, he could have been beaten by a drug dealer because he didn't pay or something like that. But the reality was even worse.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 4, 2019 20:59:26 GMT
Oh honey, I guess that alien abduction gang bang story and sex tape my publicist was preparing will be shelved now... It was going to make me an even bigger star... I was hoping to go intergalactic!
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Post by Kirk-Picard on Mar 4, 2019 21:31:34 GMT
Weird turn of events
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 4, 2019 21:51:37 GMT
I wonder if next time using "alleged" in describing a crime will lead to social outrage. The case is interesting because it so clearly embodies the current climate in US which seems to be dominated by batshit extremes on both sides. We truly live in a era of fake news and social outrage. Any yet, despite Trump, despite Jussie, and every scary/bad thing out there we have never lived in a more peaceful, prosperous and safe times. Huh?
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Mar 4, 2019 22:56:07 GMT
I wonder if next time using "alleged" in describing a crime will lead to social outrage. The case is interesting because it so clearly embodies the current climate in US which seems to be dominated by batshit extremes on both sides. We truly live in a era of fake news and social outrage. Any yet, despite Trump, despite Jussie, and every scary/bad thing out there we have never lived in a more peaceful, prosperous and safe times. Huh? You don't know your history do you?
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Post by agent69 on Mar 5, 2019 9:57:13 GMT
I wonder if next time using "alleged" in describing a crime will lead to social outrage. The case is interesting because it so clearly embodies the current climate in US which seems to be dominated by batshit extremes on both sides. We truly live in a era of fake news and social outrage. Any yet, despite Trump, despite Jussie, and every scary/bad thing out there we have never lived in a more peaceful, prosperous and safe times. Huh? Uh-huh!
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Mar 9, 2019 0:08:52 GMT
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 9, 2019 1:25:56 GMT
Yeah, I don't foresee anything more than probation and a hefty (well hefty for someone who doesn't make $1M just from one show a year) fine.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 9, 2019 13:45:26 GMT
Oh honey, they are saying he could anything get up to 48 years!
I feel really nervous because last night I faked an orgasm... Does that make me a bad person?
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Post by morton on Mar 26, 2019 15:27:13 GMT
I'm no legal expert, so I have no idea what happened here.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 26, 2019 15:29:23 GMT
Oh get the fuck out of here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 15:36:30 GMT
Wtf is happening
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Post by evilbliss on Mar 26, 2019 15:48:19 GMT
It's a stunt, guys. Mark my words.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Mar 26, 2019 16:29:11 GMT
This story from its start up to now (and probably for at least a bit longer) demonstrates the major pitfall of new media: people make and fortify opinions on stories unfolding in real-time. Not just uniquely huge stories like the O.J. trial, but everything and there is a real cost to that when the water cooler is now the entire digital world. It's like if people felt the need to tweet their opinion after every scene of a movie instead of just watching it play out, only these news stories actually affect peoples' lives.
I have little to no clue what the fuck is going on with Smollett, and honestly even if I did know I'm not sure what I'd have to do with that information, so I'm just going to wait until the smoke clears.
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Post by Allenism on Mar 26, 2019 16:42:31 GMT
Just perusing the commentary online...this is like a once-in-a-blue-moon outcome. People are speculating that there must've been a major fuckup on the prosecution's side. Or they just wanted to keep his bond $$$. Or the city of Chicago projected the costs of prosecuting this case and noped the fuck out. Or all of the above.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 26, 2019 16:48:33 GMT
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Post by LaraQ on Mar 26, 2019 18:25:23 GMT
Those two Nigerian men admitted they staged the attack.Jussie said his attackers were white.You don't need to be a genius to know that he's lying.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 19:45:03 GMT
Those two Nigerian men admitted they staged the attack.Jussie said his attackers were white.You don't need to be a genius to know that he's lying. Yeah, what's going to come of those brothers now? I'm so fucking confused
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 26, 2019 19:48:19 GMT
Those two Nigerian men admitted they staged the attack.Jussie said his attackers were white.You don't need to be a genius to know that he's lying. Yeah, what's going to come of those brothers now? I'm so fucking confused I guess they're getting charged with a hate crime and off to join the Trump administration...
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Post by quetee on Mar 27, 2019 3:52:05 GMT
well , looks like we will not find out the real truth on this one. I'm sure someone is behind this mess.
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Post by wattsnew on Mar 27, 2019 3:56:50 GMT
I knew Jussie was innocent all along! Good for him.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 27, 2019 8:16:16 GMT
Oh honeys, this has restored my faith in the power of Celebrity... at least now I can go back to lying about my age without the fear of being arrested... can we take out that last bit?
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 27, 2019 9:07:30 GMT
This story from its start up to now (and probably for at least a bit longer) demonstrates the major pitfall of new media: people make and fortify opinions on stories unfolding in real-time. Not just uniquely huge stories like the O.J. trial, but everything and there is a real cost to that when the water cooler is now the entire digital world. It's like if people felt the need to tweet their opinion after every scene of a movie instead of just watching it play out, only these news stories actually affect peoples' lives. I have little to no clue what the fuck is going on with Smollett, and honestly even if I did know I'm not sure what I'd have to do with that information, so I'm just going to wait until the smoke clears. I know what you're saying here but I disagree rather strongly. First, the traditional media botched this story, CNN etc. - that's what is scary. The initial lie, the "hate crime" was the part they got wrong. CNN etc. got this story wrong, not Twitter, which just served as a big gossip tank but CNN is our National news agency and they get a lot wrong lately - this, Mueller, Covington, etc. But the explanation is far simpler than people are making out on here - a douchebag with no criminal record, played a prank on himself, the city didn't want to bother with it, kept his money, someone in the prosecutor's office flipped the bird to the police. Happens everyday and not just in Chicago. It is part of the color problem in this country, and the color is green. Not only does that color enable the aforementioned douchebag to see himself as "fighting for equality" (um)............ it allows him to not see his rather repulsive unequal privilege at all.
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