People Like Jussie Smollett Show That Progressives Do Not Care About Bigotry – Opinion

At this point, it isn’t clear whether former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett actually believes an appeal will save him from facing charges, or if he thinks America is stupid enough to still believe he did not pull off the nation’s most infamous hate crime hoax. He is confident that he won’t be charged with the crime, and he continues to assert his innocence.

Nenye Uche, his lawyer, stated Thursday that:

“We feel 100 percent confident that this case will be won on appeal. Unfortunately, that’s not the route we wanted but sometimes that’s the route you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100 percent confident in our client’s innocence.”

The lawyer continued, noting that the entertainer was “disappointed” but that he will end up clearing his name. He stated:

“He’s a human being, he’s disappointed — but I will tell you this: I am very proud of him, I’m very, very proud of him. He’s holding up very strong, he’s committed to clearing his name and he’s 100 percent confident that he’s going to get cleared by the appellate court.”

Smollett was sentenced to five of six disorderly conduct charges related to making false claims about law enforcement. The false incident occurred in 2019 when he was accused of being attacked by Trump supporters in Chicago. Abimbola Obsundairo is one of Smollett’s hired brothers to perpetrate the fake attack.

Uche, on the other hand, said that the brothers attacked actor because they had homophobic opinions, even though Smollett was a friend of the brothers. His innocence was proven by the defense attorney who claimed that he wasn’t found guilty of one charge. “Jussie was not accused of doing two different things,” he said, “and he was accused of doing one thing, and charged multiple times for the same incident, a jury cannot come out and say guilty of lying, but not guilty of lying. It doesn’t make sense.”

Uche ended by saying that he was confident in the court system. He stated:

“But we are confident in our appellate system, we’re confident in our Illinois Supreme Court and we’re confident that at the end of the day, what’s out there in the news media, and in the gossip forums are not going to stand a chance in court.”

It is clear that Smollett will not be able to escape. The evidence against him was far too strong for any court to entertain the idea that two blacker-than-black Nigerian brothers who were previously friends with the actor all of a sudden decided they didn’t like members of the LGBTQ community and thought it would be a good idea to disguise themselves as MAGA folks and rough him up on a cold morning in Chicago. This is beyond all logic.

Smollett’s continued lying about the incident, even though he was convicted, speaks volumes about what he and others think about homophobia and racism. It reveals the views of others who committed false hate crimes.

To put it simply, they don’t give a rip.

If Smollett and his ilk truly cared about victims of legitimate hate crimes, they wouldn’t bother trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes just to get attention. Because people like these make it harder for victims of bigotry-motivated violent acts because they are less likely to be believed when telling their stories.

It will be more difficult to fight homophobic and racist violence if you refuse to believe the stories. Americans are not to blame for becoming skeptical when they see hoax after hax after another. It is possible to only cry the wolf so many more times.

People like Smollett and members of the left-wing chattering class, which is suspiciously silent on the matter, benefit those who carry out these acts more than the people who are genuine victims – and they do not care. But this reality is reminiscent of an observation I’ve made frequently: Progressives do not view bigotry as a problem to be solved. This is because they see it as an instrument to attack their opponents. It will prove difficult to resolve these problems in a constructive manner if this continues. This may be what they desire.