Jussie Smollett was found
guilty by a jury. This is an opinion column. So . .
. my opinion is that it's an
unambiguously good thing. What, though, if the verdict had gone the
other way? What if Smollett had been acquitted despite the
overwhelming sentiment across America that he had gotten away with
what he so inexcusably did?
Simply, virtually
everyone now recognizes that Jussie Smollett is guilty —
he deliberated set about creating a false narrative to publicly say
that he was victim of a racist, homophobic attack. And his purpose
was to somehow advance an arguably faltering career.
Will there be
consequences to him for his crimes? For sure. He is already a
laughingstock among those outside the dwindling number of
progressives that still support him as having
been falsely accused
and wrongly convicted. Will the others who
supported him when he first concocted his complaint —
including the then-future president of the United States —
turn on him? Maybe. Maybe
