It's irresponsible to not provide a correction/clarification here because her platform is so large, her statements of fact were so unqualified, and there are so many people who rely on her for informationpic.twitter.com/UgGpxEbpDV
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I agree with you, but also agree with her point. Based on her specific message, I think she linked the "possible" not to the word "attack" as you're doing but the words "homophobic and racially charged." Just the phrase "racially charged" itself is ridiculous.
Like most of the time, I think your overall complaint, the hastiness in assuming the verdict of an alleged crime and then making public statements based on that assumption, is totally right. I just think pressuring her for an immediate response/retraction is equally hasty.
She could always say "I apologize for taking Smollett at his word, but stand by my initial point about the language we use when describing hate crimes," but I'm not sure how that would go over.
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