Detectives leaking information about high profile cases is pretty common. Accusing them of racism is uncalled for.

You wanted to believe him because you hate white people 

Careful, you’re on the Root. Everything is racist, and I don’t see the bloggers recanting any of their “white people are evil” after jumping on this bandwagon. 

I hope all the regulars here who called the naysayers racist, or homophobes, and got behind this douchebag just because he’s black or gay even though this was the most outlandish story ever, actually read these grays and post their walk backs because anything less is just cowardly and gives the worst possible asterisk…

“The safest thing to do was to remain silent about it until actual suspects were confirmed or charges were handed out (professional reporting notwithstanding), as the entire narrative appeared to stand on shaky ground.”

So many things to unpack here.

I think one reason many gay men, black or otherwise, have been skeptical of Mr. Smollett’s story from the start is that many of us have been attacked — some of us multiple times, over lifetimes much longer than Mr. Smollett’s — merely for being gay, or for being assumed to be gay by our attackers, and the…

So apparently you haven’t heard about the two Nigerian ‘Empire’ extras they raided and took into custody in Chicago today. You fuckin gullible shit for brains. When your main source of news is the Root, you’ll go through life like Mr Magoo. Don’t be a lazy fuck, do your research open your fuckin eyes and apologize for…

Can’t wait to see them battle with Mclaren for second to last.

Honestly was all of the nation’s shoe polish going to Virginia in the 80s? 

What racist taunts? I was told they chanted “build the wall” at him, that never happened. It appears that they joined in on the drum chant after Phillips got in the face of one of their students.

If you actually watch the long-form videos only one group engages in racist, homohobic taunting, and it’s not the high…

He had to be fired, but... BRAVO GOOD SIR! That was fucking awesome!

As a family physician, your take is utter bullshit.

If my kids start buying coke they better be buying it for me.

They should have nuked the speeder from orbit. That’s the only way to be sure.

Yes, there should be term limits. They should be long, but they should exist.

Conservatives do not have a monopoly on racism or defense of racism.

This is a great example of why people hate liberals.

She is 100% native politician, though.

I hate the democratic party more than most right-wingers. (I refuse to donate to DCCC or any other Washington-based “liberal” consortium.) Hell, why should right-wingers hate them? The national democrats are policy centrists and easy as hell to beat. Why the fuck do we (or did we) not fill these courts with true…