I have the full quote below, but there are three parts I wanted to respond to separately.
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
All this reminds me of what was done to poor Michael Jackson when he was alive.
One accusation settled out of court (AGAINST MICHAEL JACKSON'S INITIAL DESIRES) and the rest just seemed to flow in.
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"poor Michael Jackson?" I'm not sure what to make of the accusations against him, but most of it was his own doing. It's not like the media forced him to have slumber parties with little boys. No one but MJ is responsible for the questions and accusations which came against him.
Bill Cosby has the same problem. He settled out of court and has suddenly become quiet about the accusations, and even demanded a question about it be "scuttled" from the interview. So any questioning and seeming rush to judgement is his own doing.
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
All of the accusations seem suspect to me-- why come forward now?
Why pile on top of him now?
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The question has crossed my mind. It seems these women were content to remain silent until Cosby had a new TV show and Netflix special. And as usual in these kind of cases, when one comes forward, there's usually a dozen or more who follow. I'm just glad I haven't seen the name "Gloria Allred" with any of these alleged victims. At least not so far.
Did the TV show and Netflix special have anything to do with them coming out? I would say so. Cosby was said to be on a comeback. Perhaps they couldn't live with him becoming America's beloved family patriarch again.
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
There are black people being freed seemingly everyday now from botched trials and false testimony from the 70's and 80's-- where their accusers were or where the only witnesses were white AND LIARS OR MISTAKEN.
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Angela Leslie is black. So is La’Chele Covington. Both accuse Cosby of sexual assault. Do not make this a race issue!
Speaking of liars, you do remember (maybe not), Cosby lied about having an affair for years before finally confessing to it.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
All this reminds me of what was done to poor Michael Jackson when he was alive.
One accusation settled out of court (AGAINST MICHAEL JACKSON'S INITIAL DESIRES) and the rest just seemed to flow in.
All of the accusations seem suspect to me-- why come forward now?
Why pile on top of him now?
What I do find interesting is the phenomenon of conservative media praising Cosby on multiple occasions before this season of accusation and now they are the ones that appear to be carrying on the most to stone him BEFORE anything can be proven.
There are black people being freed seemingly everyday now from botched trials and false testimony from the 70's and 80's-- where their accusers were or where the only witnesses were white AND LIARS OR MISTAKEN.
Where are the police reports for all of these so-called victims?
The racial climate in this country in the 70's would have ensured that Cosby, if guilty or even just plain accused, never would have seen the light of day in Hollywood back then. His acting career would have been done.
The 80's weren't much better for black people in many parts of country once accused of something sexual close to rape.
What does this have to do with anything? It goes to show the climate of the country at the time when it came to an unjust justice system.
If they were truly raped or wronged in the 70's or the 80's, blacks were put in jail for much less! They should have went to the law enforcement officials back then. I am very confident that something would have been done about it back then-- all it would have taken is just the accusation!
If Cosby is that much of a sexual predator, all they did was enable him-- FOR YEARS AND YEARS!
That is why all of the accusers are full of mularkey!
Who comes forward to tell that they willingly mantained a relationship with the guy that raped him?!
GET REAL!
They want his money! |
Things with which I agree:
The accusers should have filed police reports;
Their silence these past decades could indeed have enabled him to commit even more assaults;
The woman who maintained a relationship and now is accusing him will have a hard time proving she was abused as her actions are not typical of victims
Things with which I do not agree:
I do not agree the victim's race has anything to do with this;
I do not agree money is the motivator, else there would be more than one civil lawsuit currently against him from one of his victims;
I do not agree big, bad, evil conservatives are the one's throwing stones against Cosby (Read the DB or HP at all lately, not to mention the Boston Globe and The Atlantic, among other liberal toilet papers);
Other things:
Were you around in the 70s to know what the racial climate was? I admit, I was too young to really know much during that time.
I do know Cosby was an icon in the 80s, and as such, Hollywood looked past his skin color so any accusations back then would have been swept under the rug in order to keep the cash money flowing in. Cosby made the network and recording studios rich. The only color which matters in Hollywood is Green.
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