He may have drugged and raped a few, which shows he was a sexual deviant hypocrite, but some wanted the married hyper-rich Cosby pudding pop too, and are just hopping on the rape bandwagon.
I just do not get this assumption. First off, why is "well, okay okay, maybe he's a rapist, but I bet these women are sluts and liars" the very first thing half of you are saying? I mean, you're acknowledging that he's a rapist, and you're still spending more time shytting on the women than you are shytting on him.
Second of all, how do you recognize that a guy is a serial rapist and then doubt that he was, you know, engaging in serial rape?
Finally, do you even get a tiny bit how much shyt a woman goes through when she comes public with something like this? These aren't half-crazy 20-year-olds like the ones who usually make up fake rape accusations, they're middle-aged women with families and careers. The have to take the shame of everyone knowing they were raped, the shame of half those people assuming they were just sluts or prostitutes, and the shame of half the people assuming that they're lying. And you think they just causally take all those L's like it ain't no deal.
Plus, when you are black and powerful, any narrative to reinforce centuries old supremacist idealogy is always a ratings bonanza.
I ain't going to deny that completely, but why didn't that happen with the first sexual assault accusation in 2000? Crimes against middle-class White people and crimes by the famous both are selling well right now. But why didn't that happen when the whole full-on drugging and raping stories came to light in 2004 and when 13 women all came forward in 2005? Why weren't there stories all through the 60s/70s/80s/90s about how this squeaky-clean moralizer was a rampant adulterer and drug peddler? You have to admit that Cosby has been quite well-protected up until now.
Hell, even right now that magazine's site has been down for hours and no one can access the article. Why aren't ya'all coming up with some mad conspiracy about that?
I feel bad for Philly, he has been their biggest star, since the Liberty Bell.
I feel bad for the entire community. Some of his shytting on urban folk the last couple decades was uncalled for, but he was still one of the greatest Black icons of all-time in entertainment. I thought Fat Albert was some righteous shyt, and I can never appreciate the good stuff he did do again.