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Topic subjectAll of this
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12672941, All of this
Posted by Ted Gee Seal, Thu Dec-11-14 04:15 PM
>>i'm sure that there are many people that just want to sip
>>that good old gossip tea and wait for another Black Man to
>>come tumbling down for whatever the reason.
>>
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>practically everyone in America loves Bill Cosby, the Icon.
>and Black folks love him more than white folks, tbh.
>
>Bill Cosby, the icon, is more than a comedian.
>he's a symbol for Black pride. he means something to ppl. he's
>the Anerican Dream come true.
>
>so come off it.
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>even ppl that think Bill Cosby is guilty take no pleasure in
>seeing
>an icon of this status fall from grace. not when he means so
>much to so many.
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>did he piss ppl off with his lectures at Black folks?
>yeah. but none of us wanted this for him.
>dude practically raised a lot of us, tbh.
>psychologically, bill cosby IS our father.
>
>
>so no.
>
>i don't think a group of 40 yr old black ppl
>are gunning to see Bill Cosby fall from grace, nor do they
>find this anything but tragic.
>
>we all love Bill Cosby-- the icon.
>it's Bill Cosby the rapist that we find disgusting.

But I suppose those who played deniers and helped create the social environment that enables abuses of this kind to happen need to find some way to blame others rather than accept their own part in this.

I mean, they've been doing it for so long at the expense of abuse victims, why stop now?