Jussie Smollett
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I'm sorry, I thought about what you wrote first. About his mental state. But with everything I think it's very clear what the case was here.
Imagine the scenario where he succeeded. He would be trumpeted by all media as martyr, he would get engagements on books, he would get movie deals, he would be the ultimate victim the left wants him to be, he would be on all morning shows and interviews, due to this he would become one of the most valuable people on the Empire show and his contract with Fox would go through the roof if anything simply because of the spotlight and his status at that point.
This has nothing to do with his mental state. He knew exactly what he was doing and it was all driven by greed and fame. The way things are right now in the States, the left making it out to be that we live in Hitler era and slavery, MAGA people running "crusades" against gay people, he thought it would have been a slam dunk and nobody would really even really question his words. They would just interview him, believe him and that would be it and he would get all of the things I mentioned.
That's all there is to it. Anyone with 2 brain cells can see it. Left or right leaning.
So I'm sorry if I don't have any compassion to his "mental" state now. He tried to make a lynch mob scenario where he painted half of the country as racist, anti-gay lynch mob that could have led to serious consequences and physical violence on the streets. All it would have taken is that some people started rioting, attacked a person or physically attacked someone wearing MAGA, that person could have tried to defend themselves and shoot someone or they could have killed that person and then I assure you the rest of the country would wake up. The consequences of his actions could have been terrible.
That's why he deserves to go to jail for a long time. As an example to anyone who tries to play this card, wasted police time and influenced other investigations and crime that might have been investigated.
I couldn't give 2 shits about his "mental" state at this point. The smirk he had on the ABC interview and outrage because people don't believe him seemed very planned and he had no mental issues doing that. He enjoyed and loved the spotlight you could have seen it on his face.
If he came out right away when he was busted and said I'm sorry, I made a huge issue and I wasn't thinking and was just straightforward, I would have said I guess he should be punished but I would be fine with community service or some kind of lower punishment. But this dude kept on doubling down on his lies and scenario deliberately.
For that, he has lost my compassion. People make mistakes, they do stupid stupid shit, and I'm willing to forgive, but this guy, man.. I really hope he gets it.