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“It is absolutely essential that we believe Jussie Smollett. If we don’t, other people who haven’t been attacked might not have the courage to come forward.” h
by bhk 5y ago
“It is absolutely essential that we believe Jussie Smollett. If we don’t, other people who haven’t been attacked might not have the courage to come forward.”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2019/4/wokes-on-you https://newcriterion.com/issues/2019/4/wokes-on-you
- renewiltord 5y agoThat’s a Titania McGrath quote. She’s fictional. A parody.
- xbar 5y agoClearly. Effective parody exaggerates reality, which she does. The quote works because it sounds like a large number of similar, genuine ones.
- SamBam 5y ago"I'm passing this quote around, not attributing it to being satire, and then when that's pointed out saying it's exaggerated and it works because it accurately represents people's beliefs, even though I said it was exaggerated."
- JPKab 5y agoIt's blatantly obvious that it's satire, and the link makes that clear.
- alisonkisk 5y agoAnd yet people in this thread are using it as evidence.
- stnmtn 5y agoCan you provide proof on even just 1 similar, genuine statement?
- bhk 5y agoHere's just one I found with a quick search: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/believing-jussie-smollett-hate-crimes_n_5c7008d5e4b06cf6bb250524 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/believing-jussie-smollett-hat... The article itself sums it up as: "Believe victims. Don’t let this story plant doubt in your mind when it’s possible that unconscious bias already lives there." You must not apply critical thought to accusations, because, of course, you are racist/sexist/whatever and cannot be trusted to think critically.
- goto11 5y agoI see this so often with fake news. People spread it because they want to believe it because it confirms their worldview. So when you point out the story is fake, they insist that it might as well be true.
- harambae 5y ago>other people who haven’t been attacked >who haven’t been It's clearly a parody