Bill Cosby… his problems and his past

adjensen,

Investing in others always carries a risk.  Having idols is dangerous because everyone has flaws, everyone does things that may not be appropriate.

Lately, however, it appears that people are taking great delight in knocking down past heroes, role models, idols.

Perhaps it has something to do with his message.

Cosby has been an advocate for personal responsibility in the black community.  Maybe if he was touting a different message, it wouldn't have even made the news.

Indeed Dirk. The same thought occurred to me. He has pissed of some libs and race hate peddlers so severely, they probably blew gaskets and went off like the Tasmanian devil a few times in the past. He's told some hard truths in a way only he could and get away with ..and some have vowed to destroy him some day. Some seems to have come, as it's 'dog-pile on Cosby time'.

I read the accusations from the first one when it first broke...and I would want to note something important here. Cosby is a Super-Star of the world class variety for his accomplishments. This we all see and know, and so its easy to imagine him doing dirty deeds and being covered for it. However....He wasn't ALWAYS a Super-anything, and our nation hasn't always been anything remotely close to the race tolerance we are now.

Those factors BOTH play into this, in my view, because he wasn't quite the same legend (altho not a starving actor either) back then ...he also would have been counting on no one taking issue with the race side of it, in thinking it may HAVE happened. I think that could have been explosive in dangerous ways back then, and a very good reason why I don't believe he'd have done it. Its his life, he may have risked...not merely his career. I don't quite see it.

I think it may be simpler than any vast conspiracies. Every celebrity gets a % of things run against them by people seeking money, grudges or whatever else. It doesn't surprise me he's had women in his past accuse him. Others have had women claim more including kids that weren't. Is there anything where physical proof was documented? That would mean more to me than a dozen women showing up now with accusations from the 1980's.

He's got deep pockets, won't be around a whole lot longer by nature and age alone, and this is a closing window to take a shot for a payoff or settlement. See how many turn to lawsuit, and that may say a lot too.

The fact he's told criminals they have themselves to blame for their problems and their race isn't an excuse these days is what makes him unpopular enough in the right political circles to make it a safe and feasible shot to take, IMO. I don't know how much it would be directly motivated that way, but he's not popular to defend in the modern climate, to say the least.

I have to agree with Mr. Gently on this one he has touted personal responsibility for some time now, and this isn't the first time they have gone after him. He would do much better to talk trash and not pay his taxes like sharpton. I wonder if Wesley Snipes is pissed that Sharpton gets a deal still owing millions and Snipes spent 3 years in prison. You just have to be on the right side of the political ideology of the time. Thats why Charlie Rangel got investigated and got off with a hand slap he to was on the right side. To be conservative and black is to be ostracized by your own minority.

Absolutely and how do you ever get that back? In some cases it's all out to discredit you to keep quiet. Until you get a retraction, lawsuit, or printed satisfaction it could cost you financially and personally with family with false accusations.