Why is this guy's stupidity being politicized?

Because he got political first by claiming the attackers wore those politically charged red hats.

I think so many people have taken offence because they feel that his hoax was an attack on them. His hoax was giving them a bad name (or, to be more accurate, a worse one).

Have other celebs done much worse things? Without a doubt. But they've often been limited to a smaller pool of victims or people affected, even if the degree of harm done was of a greater magnitude.

Although I'm personally inclined to argue that we all go easy on Jussie, I do understand the outrage, even if I do not share it. White MAGA-hat Trump supporters felt they were being misrepresented, and, in this particular instance, it appears they were.

I think there are several ways to answer this, because there is no one answer.

1.) The media is being used as a weapon by the President's enemies, and they'll do anything to score points with their Democrap masters, even telling as many lies as possible to the American Public, even if they get caught. They themselves are so stupid and delusional, they will believe their own lies instead of looking at the facts.

2.) The Left will do ANYTHING to prove their point that Trump supporters are always white, always racist, always homophobes, always xenophobes, and always behaving like fascist drones of the president. More than once they have faked hoaxes to show proof of this point, since they have yet to find solid proof of it elsewhere, and frankly, nobody with an IQ higher than 40 is taking their lies seriously anymore.

3.) Jussie Smollet doesn't strike me as the sharpest crayon in the box. Sure, he can memorize lines and pretend to be someone else on a tv show nobody watches, but any idiot can do that. Chances are, someone probably gave him ideas or inspired him. No way he could come up with this scheme on his own and out of the blue. It's entirely possible that some slightly craftier liberal put this idea in his head, knowing he would be the one with public relations nightmare and not them. It's always easier to sacrifice a pawn than lose a good piece on the chessboard of intrigue and politics.

He knew he wasn't famous, or that many people even knew his name or his show, so he wanted to do something that would possibly boost his career. Sadly, like many blacks in this country, he swallows the lies about how Evil Old Whitey is always responsible for keeping him down (despite being able to get an acting part and earning more money than everyone in his home 'hood collects in welfare checks in a year).

4.) Being homosexual or black is a hot thing on the Left. Even now, with all the privileges they are enjoying, they STILL see themselves as victims, because ordinary people do not bow down and worship their perceived "awesomeness." You get bonus points among Liberal bigwigs if you can check more than one box of the Liberal Pet Victim list, and Jussie is BOTH black and homosexual, making him a more desirable pet among the Loony Left.

So there you have it.

I don't remember such shameless playing of victimhood when Ashley Todd did the same thing, a matching hoax racist assault with symbolism (carving a B into her face, for Barack) against Obama a week before the 2008 election.

She was called an idiot and we were done with her, even though she was literally a Republican operative with the McCain campaign who was attempting to influence the election against Obama.

I guess if she had been some random actor, and it was two years after the election, it would have been a bigger deal?

No clue. Maybe the Left wingers aren't the ones who actually love to play victim.

Because all the people politicizing him are equally stupid....

its pretty funny to hear his hate crime got exposed. i heard about it once before it got exposed and i thought it sounded very fishy. now that he is in trouble it is really funny news

BOO Stupid white men and their whiteness!!

turn it in to a liberal vs conservative issue?
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You are a gem. I thought I was the only one to question why everything is turned into a political party issue. What do you think is it plain simpleminded or posters wanting to seem intellectual and topical? I do not get it. And is it done mostly by younger types or everyone? It's kind of eerie, actually. Depending on whether someone is tight or left handed would then be turned into his/her political party.