Today I want to talk about crime and its implications when done in front of large groups of people. When we look at different crimes being committed especially those in entertainment we can look at examples such as Jackass or examples that involve Internet Fame. This sort of fame is not appropriate for everyday life, but for some reason, it is being allowed more. I think the mindset is, "Hey, they did it in front of everyone! It can't be illegal since they did it in front of everyone!"
One of the examples that I can think of is concert sneaking. Where this guy is literally famous on YouTube for posting his crazy adventures sneaking into music events. Why is he not in jail? How is this not being looked at after the fact? Although I ask these questions, I love those videos. Another example is how a couple of YouTubers in London were arrested for causing a riot within an art museum. They did not get caught until they posted it online. Not only that but tons of "YouTube Pranksters" would illegally harass real people for reactions.
When this sort of thing comes up, I think, "are they just too stupid to realize that they are doing something illegal?" If that's the case, we have let a LOT of pranksters off the hook. Pleading ignorance has to stop. Unfortunately, the President loves holding the most immoral values, so that's what his son is doing with his emails.
When thinking about Trump's presidential race, I am reminded of when Trump openly asked in a speech for the Russians to check out Hillary's emails. This was back in July of 2016. So Ezra Klein, from Vox, describes this entire scandal like a puzzle that we have to try to figure out. So if Trump Jr.'s email chain with Russians started in June of 2016, I have no doubt at all that he would have told his father about this information in that brief time. Trump's public request is a confirmation to a private conversation. I mean when you realize the email chain story and watch that speech Trump gave where he asks Russians to find Hillary's emails...it looks like a crook committing a crime, plain and simple.
Pleading ignorance is starting to turn into pleading idiocy because in Trump Jr's effort to be "transparent", he literally threw himself in the crossfire.
Jim Jefferies, a comedian, talks about the different ways in which the intensity of the crime completely correlates with how famous of a celebrity you are. This is a great way of showing how not only people but systems are corrupt in not giving the people the punishment that they deserve. When we look at how famous the President of the United States is not only in terms of politics and in popularity with some of his core supporters, there is also all the fans from his celebrity career and because of that reason we need to be extra careful in convicting anything that might have been wrong that may have occurred with Donald Trump Jr. OJ beat two people to death and his fame kept him out of jail for that. Imagine the horrors a Trump could commit, because their fame is way stronger to use as a "get out of jail free" card.
Posting his crime on Twitter makes it as if he's trying to be transparent when in actual reality he is just getting closer to trouble. Just because "YouTube Pranksters" were able to get away with it for a while, doesn't mean people in power get the same ticket out. Jr. can plead ignorance about posting the emails or even the conversation he had, but he can easily plead idiocy which won't help him in either case. So when Trump fired Comey, he was thinking about his son's involvement and by doing so he garnered more attention onto himself which was, how would he say it, "bad".
