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Baitball Blogger

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23. I don't see him starting the discussion.
Fri Nov 21, 2014, 01:55 PM
Nov 2014

He is too old to weather the storm it would create and his lawyers will strongly recommend that he just fade into the sunset.

I like Cosby too, and grew up on the messages of that early era. But something sometimes happens to people who reach that pinnacle of success. They assume that their power is absolute and they are untouchable.

I guess we must remember that he was an actor and entertainer who was successful for playing a role. The real Cosby was the person whose opinions were harsh and critical against his own people. Because he didn't live that struggle any longer, it stopped existing for him. You can say the same thing about Morgan Freeman.

Some thoughts about Bill Cosby. [View all] logosoco Nov 2014 OP
Never ever happen, but if it did, I doubt it would start a conversation about rape. cali Nov 2014 #1
I guess I am thinking and not paying attention! logosoco Nov 2014 #5
Admit to drugging and raping nineteen women and spending your waning years in the hoosegow DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #2
Well, people get out of crimes all the time by paying fees and restitution. logosoco Nov 2014 #3
Bill Cosby CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #4
Don't know how old you are. HERVEPA Nov 2014 #12
I'm probably older than you are .... CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #16
Even the Noah skit? HERVEPA Nov 2014 #17
OMG - I love that bit cyberswede Nov 2014 #20
Noah! What Lord? How long can you tread water? HERVEPA Nov 2014 #21
Lord, what's a cubit? KamaAina Nov 2014 #27
I've always liked him. cwydro Nov 2014 #18
Ego is a bitch!! That is why he is where he is right now. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2014 #6
He should be in jail, not getting a teaching certificate for rape talks. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #7
Yes shenmue Nov 2014 #11
This brings up a good point. logosoco Nov 2014 #13
I don't know. That seems rather trivial to me at the moment. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #14
we needed him to be a hero and a symbol samsingh Nov 2014 #8
He probably couldn't. There are likely to be more women who have stayed quiet till now pnwmom Nov 2014 #9
I think that type of discourse can be appropriate. It depends on the degree of the infraction. Happyhippychick Nov 2014 #10
Perhaps that is too far. logosoco Nov 2014 #15
Sadly, I wouldn't hold my breath. Xyzse Nov 2014 #19
He was a role model on tv. NCTraveler Nov 2014 #22
I don't see him starting the discussion. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #23
+1 n/t KMOD Nov 2014 #31
Celebrities may be household names but bottom line is we don't know these people bklyncowgirl Nov 2014 #24
Another example of "the banality of evil" KamaAina Nov 2014 #28
I jumped off his bandwagon after the Autumn Jackson "affair" rocktivity Nov 2014 #25
I am k&ring because I agree it would be a really good thing for him to do, to live up to previous uppityperson Nov 2014 #26
He should do the right thing and confess and turn himself into the law. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #32
I'm avoiding having a kneejerk reaction to all of this Jon Ace Nov 2014 #29
Yeh,, right. Kind of a huge coincidence so many women telling such a similar story HERVEPA Nov 2014 #30
The Shunning of Bill Cosby in America – Reasserting White Cultural Standards in the Media? BFreeFranklin Nov 2014 #33
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