Bill Cosby meme generator, what could go wrong?

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Ruptga

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I didn't even know anything about any rape allegations against him. Great job Cosby PR department! :thumbsup:
Me either.
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GagHalfrunt

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At this point, Cosby has no outs (except suicide).

No outs? Is there a single shred of forensic evidence against him? Okay, there's enough smoke that it's easy to believe there's a fire, but he's not in any real trouble yet. He apparently bought off enough people that the remaining accusers do not seem all that credible. That one actress chick is claiming that he drugged her and raped her dozens of times flying her all over the world to do it. How is that going to play in court?

Yes your honor, he roofied me and raped me, but the next time he poured me a drink I was sure he was okay, so I drank it. Turned out it was drugged and he raped me. But the next time he invited me over for a drink it had to be safe, nobody would drug and rape me three times in a row, so I went. To make a long story short, by the 25th time he drugged and raped me I started getting wise...
 
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Mai72

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When there are multiple women coming forth and saying that they were raped, I think we can safely say that he probably did it. If it was just 1-2 women I might think differently. A lot of women have come forth, and it goes all the way back to the late 60s.
We also don't know the truth. Celebrities are notoriously targeted by gold diggers.
I generally have little trust in women who go into celebrities bedrooms and cry rape.
 

sportage

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Can safely say he probably did it ????
I grew up understanding that simple legal concept, innocent until proven guilty.
And that includes the highly reliable, always believable, written in stone, internet judgments.
 

Ruptga

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When there are multiple women coming forth and saying that they were raped, I think we can safely say that he probably did it. If it was just 1-2 women I might think differently. A lot of women have come forth, and it goes all the way back to the late 60s.

It's just as easy to assume that they smell blood in the water and are constantly coming out of the woodwork, that's the problem with assumptions.

In any case it doesn't matter, not to you. Why do you care? Let the legal system handle it, that's its job (or so I hear).
 

Ns1

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Jun 17, 2001
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When there are multiple women coming forth and saying that they were raped, I think we can safely say that he probably did it. If it was just 1-2 women I might think differently. A lot of women have come forth, and it goes all the way back to the late 60s.

gold diggers - when you see one there's bound to be more hiding.
 

olds

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When there are multiple women coming forth and saying that they were raped, I think we can safely say that he probably did it. If it was just 1-2 women I might think differently. A lot of women have come forth, and it goes all the way back to the late 60s.
Stop sending me PMs asking if you can blow me.
 

WelshBloke

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Can safely say he probably did it ????
I grew up understanding that simple legal concept, innocent until proven guilty.
And that includes the highly reliable, always believable, written in stone, internet judgments.

I grew up understanding that people with lots of money are able to cover up pretty much anything they want.

Kudos to the internet that I'm able to make my mind up on something rather than just letting the establishment tell me whose right and whose wrong.
 

zinfamous

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I think a lot of people labeling the accusers as gold diggers fail to realize that the accusations started before Cosby was anything--back when he was touring college campuses in the 60s and earlier, and really wasn't known outside of a very small scene.

Also, bear in mind that such reporting was few and far between in those days, well out of sync with actual incidents.
 

SlitheryDee

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I think a lot of people labeling the accusers as gold diggers fail to realize that the accusations started before Cosby was anything--back when he was touring college campuses in the 60s and earlier, and really wasn't known outside of a very small scene.

Also, bear in mind that such reporting was few and far between in those days, well out of sync with actual incidents.

Not only that but it's pretty well known that rapists, when left untreated, are usually repeat offenders. It stands to reason that there would be multiple people to come forward with stories for anyone of the rapey persuasion. If Cosby is one such person, this should come as no surprise.
 
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It's also disturbing that every accuser has told the same specific details about Cosby traveling around with a bag of pills and offering them to help the women "relax." That's pretty specific, and it makes it seem far less likely that it's just a bunch of "me too!"ers looking for attention. I'm not saying he's guilty, but it's certainly getting easier to believe he is.
 

KeithTalent

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An out for what? His career is pretty much over, and until this whole thing started most people forgot he was still alive.

Well he was supposed to have a new show coming out, plus I'm pretty sure he was still doing comedy shows all over and getting good attendance, so not totally done.

KT
 

gorcorps

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Well he was supposed to have a new show coming out, plus I'm pretty sure he was still doing comedy shows all over and getting good attendance, so not totally done.

KT

Hadn't heard about any of that. It seemed like he just pretty much kept to himself for a while, and then this blew up in his face. I guess if he was starting a new show it makes sense why his PR people have an active twitter account for him and such.
 

OverVolt

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Bill Cosby meme generator, what could go wrong?

Rape allegations?

You know I personally think that the accusations are now sticking because of looks. He now looks like a creepy old man and back in his career prime the allegations just didn't click like they do now.
 
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Ns1

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evidently he lost a pair of gigs but might cash-in anyways

Put in a very tough position, NBC has put the breaks on its Bill Cosby comedy series. I have learned that the auspices involved in the project were told this morning that it is not going forward. It is unclear whether the axing is permanent or the project has been rolled for future development. NBC has not responded to emails seeking comment.

RelatedNetflix Shelves Bill Cosby Special; NBC Series Next?
The move comes hours after Netflix last night announced it has shelved its Cosby standup special, slated for release next week, and as another woman came forward this morning, accusing the comedian of sexual assault, bringing the number to five.

The Cosby NBC series had been put on track for a launch in summer or fall 2015. On the show, executive produced by The Cosby Show‘s Tom Werner, Cosby was to to star as Jonathan Franklin, a patriarch of a multigenerational family who shares his many years of wit, wisdom and experience to help his daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren navigate their complicated modern lives. In light of the slew of disturbing rape accusations, it would’ve been hard for viewers to accept Cosby as a lovable family man and for NBC to sell the project to advertisers.

The network had a lot of money at stake. According to the deal, Cosby is owed a big penalty if the comedy doesn’t go to pilot. Because these are old allegations with little or no legal repercussions, the network might have to write Cosby a fat check if it kills the project. But the damage to NBC’s image — especially with parent Comcast priding itself as a family business holding strong moral values — would’ve been pricier if it opted to continue.
 
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Put in a very tough position, NBC has put the breaks on its Bill Cosby comedy series. I have learned that the auspices involved in the project were told this morning that it is not going forward. It is unclear whether the axing is permanent or the project has been rolled for future development. NBC has not responded to emails seeking comment.

NBC has put the breaks on its Bill Cosby comedy series

put the breaks

the breaks

This person is paid to write for a living for fuck's sake. "The auspices involved"? Does he even know what that word means? What a fucking idiot.
 

xBiffx

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It's also disturbing that every accuser has told the same specific details about Cosby traveling around with a bag of pills and offering them to help the women "relax." That's pretty specific, and it makes it seem far less likely that it's just a bunch of "me too!"ers looking for attention. I'm not saying he's guilty, but it's certainly getting easier to believe he is.

Yeah, like they read it in the news or something. :hmm:
 
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Yeah, like they read it in the news or something. :hmm:

It's just like those other high-profile rape accusations... Like remember when dozens of women accused Kobe Bryant of rape? Or Ben Roethlisberger? How many accusations did he get, like 10? Oh, it was just one woman for each of them? Huh, that's odd... I wonder why these women would collude to accuse Bill Cosby of a very specific pattern of rape going back 45 years but no one thought to do that with Kobe or Roethlisberger? Six women have publicly accused Cosby of drugging and raping them in the exact same way, and there were a number of additional anonymous accusers signed on to a class-action lawsuit which was settled out of court a few years back. A minimum of 15 women have accused Cosby of drugging and raping them. It's a pretty enormous leap off conspiracy peak to assume that there's some sort of concerted effort for these women to band together and fabricate allegations to discredit Cosby at this stage of his career even though similar false copycat allegations never accompany other high-profile rape accusations. The evidence is pretty damning, and can't be summarily dismissed with a wave of the hand and an "ah, they just read the news and wanted attention."