Folks, until there's PROOF and court handling about this, SHUT UP! Wait, I forgot. This is a guilty until proven innocent country, especially in the court of public opinion. In this digital age, it's very easy to spread a ton of venom and by all means, everyone should believe everything you see and read on the Internet (rolling my eyes). Rape is one of the most damaging and life-altering situations in society and in lives. Rape and sexual assault is NOTHING to be played with, minimized or ridiculed. At the same token, if someone is screaming rape, it BETTER be the truth. Once one is accused of it, it forever shatters their reputation. Guilty or not, it changes them. For Cosby's sake, of course I hope none of this is true. Truthfully, however, even if he's not guilty and none of this is actually true, he'll remain scarred from this. No his personal life hasn't been the most picturesque, especially with his marriage to Camille, but sexual assault and rape?? Although I don't put anything past anyone in today's times, this one I'll wait for this to go to court before I say anything else.
Next up, last weekend was the COGIC (Church Of God In Christ) annual Holy Convocation in St. Louis, MO. During the service, a young man named Andrew Caldwell proudly stated that he had been "delivered' from homosexuality and that he was "attracted to womens" and that he didn't "like mens no more" (mens and womens...smh). The video of it went viral and of course there was much scrutiny and conversation about the matter. Many have accused him of being a "fake" and a con artist. There was even a story that surfaced that stated he was a scam artist who raising money for the COGIC church. Whether or not these accusations are true, which like the previous story, remains to be seen.
Folks, who really cares if got "delivered" from his homosexuality or not? Really, who cares? As a Christian myself, I'm a believer that God can deliver anyone from any affliction that you're having trouble with, especially when it's of a spiritual nature. There has obviously been the age old debate of homosexuality being a sin. I've already stated my opinion of the Bible in our times of today and its historical context, but this was clearly a personal matter to him. I'm not a homosexual man, but I don't know how someone can turn from being attracted from one gender to another. You're attracted to who you're attracted to, simple and plain. Your lifestyle represents you and where your happiness dwells. In an increasingly tolerant society towards the LGBTQ community, it was obviously an inner struggle he was dealing with, as we all know the church and especially the old school, traditional churchgoers look down, condemn, and judge members of this lifestyle. It's hard enough being gay, much less a gay man, out here in the world based upon how the man is traditionally and naturally painted and presented. Do I believe in the lifestyle? No I don't. Do I accept them as people and human beings? Absolutely. If this was what he felt he needed to do to get closer to God, that's his choice and decision. I can't say there aren't any scam artists, con artists, phonies, and fakes in the church because quite frankly we see it often and it's honestly getting beyond ridiculous. We've seen people delivered from addictions and other afflictions, but it's not often we see men or women delivered from their gay/lesbian lifestyles and maybe that's part of where the skepticism comes in. Only time will tell and if he is a con artist, like scripture says:" What's done in the dark, shall come to the light". Remember that, Caldwell.
The last story up for discussion is the story of Denay Howard and the slap heard around the viral world. I first caught wind of this story on Worldstarhiphop and was floored. If you haven't seen this firestorm of a video, take a look.
This was hideous. I'm not talking about what the guy did to her either. Folks, what you clearly saw was bullying and a crew of young ratchet ass girls being messy and simply put, they looked like idiots. These chicks were slapping cameras out of people's hands and Ms. Howard hit this guy, who honestly sounded like he either had a developmental problem or was from another country originally, with her shoe as a weapon, acting reckless. She got completely and utterly what she deserved, point blank period. There are consequences folks to actions like this. Initially, four people, including Howard, the young man in the video Jorge Pena, were all charged with felony assault. However, charges were later dropped from Pena, stating he struck the ratchet ass Howard with self defense and rightfully so.
Weeks ago, I went IN on the story where a young man was assaulted by his baby mama with a pole, only later to get arrested by local police by her lying to the police telling then he struck her in a case of unfair, double standard justice when it came to domestic situations and assaults on women. Before then, we saw Solange hitting and throwing shoes at Jay-Z in an elevator caught on security camera and how I thought it was deplorable that people would laugh and create memes about this when if the roles were reversed he would catch an enormous backlash. In this case, this was crystal clear proof that men can get assaulted too (if the video of the man getting beat by a pole wasn't proof enough). She completely, whole-heartedly, and totally was in all the wrong here, and I personally can't blame him. He did what he had to do in the midst of getting bullied and getting hit by a shoe and a purse by one of her other stupid ass buddies.
On "The View", always outspoken Whoopi Goldberg repeated her stance on women hitting men and consequences, a point she made clear after the Solange/Jay-Z altercation. Take a look at this clip.
Whoopi has been under the ire of women in the past for, what seemed like, condoning men hitting women in the past. In my opinion, which is what counts on MY blog, she would've gotten the exact same tidal wave of hate tweets IF this wasn't caught on video and made viral. She made the same point then, and she did in this clip, which was if you have the audacity and the nerve to put your hands on a man, don't just think he'll just accept and take that. Enough of this victim, I'm a woman and I can do that, bullshit. Seriously. In the age of feminists and women screaming equality, this counts just as much. If you dare strike a man, expect a jab back at your ass. Simple. If he should have to walk away from a highly mounting situation, she should too. We've heard all about the Ray Rice situation and Adrien Peterson and other stars and athletes that put their Ike Turner wifebeater tees on, but it's considered unmanly and weak for a man to report a woman hitting and abusing them. It's a no win situation because of this double sided legal system. I'm not an advocate for domestic abuse, but I don't condone anyone hitting anyone. Men, keep your hands off women unless provoked. Women keep your hands off men unless provoked. It's not that damn hard. Also, don't play the sympathy card either. Nobody wants to hear that crap. Those types of women sure weren't victims of anything when they would poke, spit, hit, slap, and injure men and not expect them to do anything, but they'll use the law on their side to get the man in trouble. In this case, Pena did what he instinctively felt he needed to do, because she attacked him as a grown man, so that's what she got. You don't like what I said? So what, unfriend me, unfollow me, nobody cares, least of all me. Consequences, nobody is above them, and as Howard and her friends were shown, if you play with fire enough times, you'll eventually get burned.
That's all for this week. Thanks for hanging with me. Until next time, have a great week!
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