Originally Posted by
gimmick
Select quotes from Druff...
"But I'm not talking about the politicians who simply wished Jussie well, or commented the attack itself was terrible. I'm talking about the idiots on the left who then used it as evidence of "the rise of hate", "increased racism", "an example of Trump's America", etc.
That's where it bridges from the necessary political pleasantries to willfully ignorant idiocy."
“We are talking about something completely different here, where non-politicians have learned that they can play victim and easily manipulate the left into both making them famous and donating big money to them."
"Instead, she says she's "confused" about Jussie getting off, and then immediately launches into the typical left wing "but OMG hate crimes are increasing so much" rhetoric."
"Yes, there were some smart people on the left who smelled a rat with all of this and held back comment, but there were plenty of dummies who jumped on this, and then equated it to the Trump era of this country"
"Can you point to a similar situation occurring recently or semi-recently on the right, where a fairly obvious hoax was accepted as fact, yet many prominent right wing figures ran with it anyway?"
"I'm talking about a case where a very suspicious hoax occurs, and the right falls for it, and sanctimoniously uses it as an example as to why they've been correct all along. I don't recall that happening anytime recently"
"The left should have taken a realistic look at this one, realized it smelled funny, and avoid commentary until the facts came out. However, too many of them are trained like monkeys to jump at the first opportunity to vilify Trump and the right, so they threw caution to the wind. "
"The criticism here is of both Jussie himself (for obvious reasons) and the media/liberal politicians who jump on these "Trump supporter making racist attack" stories, without knowing the facts."
...just from the Smollet thread and i didn't really bother going through all of them.