# Kanye on Twitter: "COSBY INNOCENT!!!" Help me understand. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706 "2016-02-10T14:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/21 "2016-02-10T18:01:37Z")
He likes Cosby and/or his work, hence he thinks he’s innocent. It’s probably that simple. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/22 "2016-02-10T18:23:00Z")
I’m hoping for a drunk tweet. Either that, or maybe he’s just taking advantage of that simple but oft-forgotten rule of grammar: the understood “until proven guilty in a court of law by a trial of his peers.” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/23 "2016-02-10T18:35:50Z")
Perhaps he sat down with Kim for a night of [Kardashian bio-pic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788432/) watching and confused OJ with Cosby. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/24 "2016-02-10T19:02:33Z")
Kanye West is just a fame-whore, like his wife (who also happens to be a whore-whore). And a flaming racist. And a shameless, self-aggrandizing, talent-less douchebag. I dislike and disrespect him even more than Mr. Cosby… ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/25 "2016-02-10T19:08:40Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Attention whore, seeking attention. In lead up to release of new album. > > We live in an age when it seems to be all about, “are people talking about me”, regardless of _why_ they’re talking about you! > > And it works! Because now, we’re all talking about him! Winning! Maybe he has tiger blood. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/26 "2016-02-10T19:24:49Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > What I want to know is: Where does he stand on the whole flat earth issue??? Are you kidding? Have you seen Kim’s ass? And no, I don’t mean Kanye. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/27 "2016-02-10T20:21:51Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > So is that two-word message all that he tweeted? (I haven’t heard anything about the kerfuffle personally.) Could he possibly have gotten fooled by a fake news item that made the Facebook rounds recently stating that all the charges against Cosby had been dropped? I thought of that, too. Or the real one where some women lost a lawsuit against him, when the claimed defamation for him calling them liars. It could even be a cry of frustration. But post #2 is still probably correct. Even if he was drunk or something, he’s keeping mum because it will drum up controversy and get him in the news. Then he’ll conveniently explain himself, which will then get him in the news again. ---
**Author:** ![btcg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@btcg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/btcg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/28 "2016-02-11T01:43:05Z")
BC innocent? Err… no, but- If we as a society decide to ignore the statute of limitations and right to a speedy trial, then NO ONE is safe. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/29 "2016-02-11T01:53:43Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Kanye West is just a fame-whore, like his wife (who also happens to be a whore-whore). And a flaming racist. And a shameless, self-aggrandizing, talent-less douchebag. I dislike and disrespect him even more than Mr. Cosby… Most of this is probably true, but talent-less he is not. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/30 "2016-02-11T02:15:51Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > …like his wife (who also happens to be a whore-whore)… I don’t think that’s a fair representation of her. I’ll give you that she’s a figurative whore (and what a figure!). But these days, most tv personalities are as well. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/31 "2016-02-11T04:27:40Z")
Kanye is like Donald Trump with talent and actually being self-made. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/32 "2016-02-11T09:55:59Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > He will change his tune once Cosby wins some sort of musical award. He’s 50 years too late, then. Since 1965 Cosby’s albums have won nine Grammys; most of these are entirely spoken-word but some include music. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/33 "2016-02-11T21:36:55Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Kanye West is just a fame-whore, like his wife (who also happens to be a whore-whore). And a flaming racist. And a shameless, self-aggrandizing, talent-less douchebag. **I dislike and disrespect him even more than Mr. Cosby…** Bolding mine. Oh, come on. Unless you’re talking about a different Mr. Cosby, he’s a rapist, which is far worse than everything on your list. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/34 "2016-02-11T22:01:55Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Bolding mine. Oh, come on. Unless you’re talking about a different Mr. Cosby, he’s a rapist, which is far worse than everything on your list. But you’re both showing your disdain and disrespect by referring to him as **Mr.** Cosby? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/35 "2016-02-11T22:16:55Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I don’t think that’s a fair representation of her. I’ll give you that she’s a figurative whore (and what a figure!). But these days, most tv personalities are as well. Nah, actual whore. [ul] [li]She got famous by putting out a sex-tape. Strike one.[/li][li]She went thru with her marriage to that retarded basketball player so her & her family could cash in on the wedding (continuing to have sex with him), then got an annulment. Strike Two.[/li][li]She was paid a couple hundred thousand dollars to be the ‘escort’ of some rich old geezer in Europe (the classy venue refused them entry) which means she either blew him or gave him a handy. Strike Three.[/li][/ul] Fat gross whore. Bleeeech!! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/36 "2016-02-11T22:40:28Z")
I guess I’ll accept all that bad craziness for just the utter amazing entertainment insanity that is Ye. Not content with a fashion show that is also his new album reveal (The Life of Pedro is the official name apparently, after So Help Me God, SWISH, and Waves), he announces that he created a video game of his mom riding through the gates of heaven. No, really. #YeezySeason3 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/37 "2016-02-11T23:01:29Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well, as I asked in a comment on whatever Gawker site this was on; > > “Kanye, the real question is would you leave him alone with Kim in a hotel room for several hours?” \*Today’s \*Cosby? Other than the trauma of watching him drool and maybe even die, it’d be pretty damn safe. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/38 "2016-02-11T23:04:10Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Bolding mine. Oh, come on. Unless you’re talking about a different Mr. Cosby, he’s a rapist, which is far worse than everything on your list. Based upon the tried and true “Guilty until proven innocent- and still fucking guilty after that, cause the media sez so!” school of thought. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/39 "2016-02-11T23:11:15Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The alternative is that Kanye is simply too racist to look beyond the fact that a black man is being accused of a crime. This ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/40 "2016-02-11T23:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Diceman > > The alternative is that Kanye is simply too racist to look beyond the fact that a black man is being accused of a crime. > [@Procrustus](#): > > While that would be a troubled world view, I don’t see how that is racism. I am white, if I assume a white man is innocent as a form of Caucasian solidarity then that would be racist. If I assume that a white man is being prosecuted (persecuted?) owing to being melanin-disadvantaged that is racist. The same goes for a black guy in regards to another black guy. Personally I think this is a 2% racism, 3% and 98% attention\* deficit disorder (he feels there is a deficit of attention being paid to him and he must correct this disorder.) Zeke - It’s Kanye, everything he does is \>100% - just ask him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706.md?page=3)