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In reply to the discussion: I stopped liking Bill Cosby 25 years ago. Here's the story. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I think, in the early days, that people were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, because his TV characters were just so well crafted that he had this persona of cheeriness/goodness/mercy and they didn't want to believe that the "I Spy"/Huxtable guy could possibly be a pervy druggie rapist. But when the few became the many, and there are more victims telling similar stories with the same creepy details, what little benefit of the doubt he was given was taken back.
Many of the "shitty Cosby" stories that have been reiterated here I've heard before--I don't like the guy, myself and I really can't watch his material without thinking "What an asshole." I don't think he's a good person, and I think his chickens are coming home to roost. I'm amazed he got away with so much for so long.