Jussie Smollett conviction overturned

[BSR]

10 hours ago, CuriousByNature said:

There are times when society makes me shake my head.  What Smollett did was wrong and very stupid, and the level of vitriol that was directed at him when the story first broke was pretty high.  Completely out of proportion for his crime, compared to many people's reactions to Luigi M who murdered someone on the street.

The Chicago PD spent more than 3,000 hours investigating Smollett’s false police report, time they could and should have devoted to investigating real crimes, of which Chicago has plenty.  Chicago taxpayers had every right to be angry.  I can only imagine the hurt & frustration of families of victims whose cases gathered dust while CPD wasted valuable time & resources on Smollett.

Hate crime hoaxes abound, and every bullsh*t claim, especially one as high-profile as Smollett’s, casts doubt on all future reports.  Blacks & gays were right to be furious at Smollett.

The comparison to Luigi Mangione is problematic for many reasons.  For one, while no civilized person (I hope!) condones murder as the solution to a problem, Mangione tapped into a deep-seated and long-festering rage about the greed of health insurance corporations and the dysfunction of our health care system.  Please remember that for every Luigi supporter/groupie (yes, his physical beauty factors in), there is at least one detractor if not many who unconditionally condemns what he did — they just tend to be a lot more quiet about it (imo).

[CuriousByNature]

21 hours ago, BSR said:

The Chicago PD spent more than 3,000 hours investigating Smollett’s false police report, time they could and should have devoted to investigating real crimes, of which Chicago has plenty.  Chicago taxpayers had every right to be angry.  I can only imagine the hurt & frustration of families of victims whose cases gathered dust while CPD wasted valuable time & resources on Smollett.

Hate crime hoaxes abound, and every bullsh*t claim, especially one as high-profile as Smollett’s, casts doubt on all future reports.  Blacks & gays were right to be furious at Smollett.

The comparison to Luigi Mangione is problematic for many reasons.  For one, while no civilized person (I hope!) condones murder as the solution to a problem, Mangione tapped into a deep-seated and long-festering rage about the greed of health insurance corporations and the dysfunction of our health care system.  Please remember that for every Luigi supporter/groupie (yes, his physical beauty factors in), there is at least one detractor if not many who unconditionally condemns what he did — they just tend to be a lot more quiet about it (imo).

You and @d.anders make some good points.  I hadn't thought about the many hours the police were focused on solving a crime that never occurred.  Or the effect the whole thing had for the gay community.  Perhaps the reaction was not out of proportion.  I suppose it may be more accurate to think that the reaction to Luigi's crime hasn't been strong enough among certain people, rather than the Smollett reaction being too harsh.

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