As Jussie Smollett's account of his alleged assault falls apart, it is important to note that politicians, the media and influential voices did their best to fan the flames of outrage, based on nothing but the dark premise that conservatives and Trump supporters are evil.
Presidential hopefuls Cory Booker and Kamala Harris each labeled the supposed attack a "Modern-day lynching," with Harris adding that, "We must confront this hate."
Kirsten Gillibrand tweeted, "This is a sickening and outrageous attack, and horribly, it's the latest of too many hate crimes against LGBTQ people and people of color. We are all responsible for condemning this behavior and every person who enables or normalizes it".
"This attack was not 'possibly' homophobic. It was a racist and homophobic attack It is no one's job to water down or sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes."
Director Rob Reiner tweeted, "The horrific attack on Jussie Smollett has no place in a decent human loving society. Homophobia existed before Trump, but there is no question that since he has injected his hatred into the American bloodstream, we are less decent, less human, & less loving. No intolerance! No DT!". The media has comported itself badly as well.
Almost immediately after getting the Covington Catholic story so wrong, many in the news industry immediately accepted the Smollett story as true.
Astonishingly, a Washington Post writer named Nana Efua Mumford wrote this: "If Smollett's story is found to be untrue The incident would be touted as proof that there is a leftist conspiracy to cast Trump supporters as violent, murderous racists. It would be the very embodiment of 'fake news.' And that reason, more than any other, is why I need this story to be true."
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/19/alleged-chicago-hate-crime-hoax-a-bad-look-for-many/
Presidential hopefuls Cory Booker and Kamala Harris each labeled the supposed attack a "Modern-day lynching," with Harris adding that, "We must confront this hate."
Kirsten Gillibrand tweeted, "This is a sickening and outrageous attack, and horribly, it's the latest of too many hate crimes against LGBTQ people and people of color. We are all responsible for condemning this behavior and every person who enables or normalizes it".
"This attack was not 'possibly' homophobic. It was a racist and homophobic attack It is no one's job to water down or sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes."
Director Rob Reiner tweeted, "The horrific attack on Jussie Smollett has no place in a decent human loving society. Homophobia existed before Trump, but there is no question that since he has injected his hatred into the American bloodstream, we are less decent, less human, & less loving. No intolerance! No DT!". The media has comported itself badly as well.
Almost immediately after getting the Covington Catholic story so wrong, many in the news industry immediately accepted the Smollett story as true.
Astonishingly, a Washington Post writer named Nana Efua Mumford wrote this: "If Smollett's story is found to be untrue The incident would be touted as proof that there is a leftist conspiracy to cast Trump supporters as violent, murderous racists. It would be the very embodiment of 'fake news.' And that reason, more than any other, is why I need this story to be true."
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/19/alleged-chicago-hate-crime-hoax-a-bad-look-for-many/
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