.@NewYorker @jelani9 thanks for this v important story. Why not use @BillCosby's handle in yr tweet? Few do. Doesnt that also shield #Cosby?
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@NewYorker@foolsinthehalls Cosby was famous, the women weren't; he chose his victims very well -
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@foolsinthehalls exactly, he knew what he was doing and who to do it to
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#BillCosby shielded from rape accusations?@jelani9 on our collective capacity for denial: http://nyr.kr/1FluM8d@NewYorkerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 Rape is the only crime that society says the victim has to convince people s/he is not responsible for the crime!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 The media also has a collective capacity for denial. Much left unsaid in favor of sponsors, money, political correctnessThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 Probably the fact that they occured ages ago.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker: What shielded Bill Cosby?@jelani9 on the recent accusations and our collective capacity for denial: http://nyr.kr/1FluM8d ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker get that memory of a late night talk with Bill Cosby... that and The Darnest Things Say... (3/3)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Billcosby, "What did you do to the assistant in the green room. ?" Sincei have heard of the rape accusations. I cannot (2/3)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 Ferguson County for one. And the Black Journalist Union.... I remember either J.Carson or J.Leno telling (1/3)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 The more interesting question (and crucial for our societal evolution) is what "un-shielded" him. (#Ferguson context.) -
@NewYorker@jelani9 (A younger black comedian#undermining Cosby's moral authority to tell youth to e.g., pull up pants and stay in school.) -
@NewYorker@jelani9 Anyone preaching#responsibility of youth (instead of excusing/legitimating crime&violence) will be piled-on if possible
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@NewYorker@jelani9 Ah. We had a tweet debate on this very subject -- re Mike Brown vs. Cosby. Gotta factor fame and power in 2Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@jelani9 Frankly as a young girl in the 70s, Everybody was a sexual predator.You were considered uptight if you didn't go along.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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