Loud Mouth Simpleton speaks out on Ferguson riots......

[BlueStreak]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1637118/ted...ack-community/

I think the right needs to pick it's spokesmen more carefully..........

Dave

[icenine]

It is disturbing to keep hearing this disgusting meme that since there is a high incidence of black on black crime that this somehow mitigates the shooting death of Michael Brown. The incidence of black on black crime has nothing to do with what happened to Michael Brown or the case in question.

Guess what: there is a very high incidence of white on white crime but we do not use that as an excuse to lessen the value of white people's lives.

[bobabode]

The Nuge must have mad cow disease or something. Isn't he Mike Huckabee's running mate?

[icenine]

Originally Posted by bobabode

The Nuge must have mad cow disease or something. Isn't he Mike Huckabee's running mate?

Talk about a sicko combo

yuck

[merrylander]

It could be worse he could pick McCullough.

[finnbow]

As disgusting as it is, I'm not sure it's any more irresponsible that those who immediately labelled the shooting a murder or execution.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

http://www.inquisitr.com/1637118/ted...ack-community/

I think the right needs to pick it's spokesmen more carefully..........

Dave

It's no worse than some of the stuff I'm seeing posted right here.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

It's no worse than some of the stuff I'm seeing posted right here.

Speaking for yourself, I see.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Speaking for yourself, I see.

Actually Finn, it was you, and your very good buddies Zeke, Whell, and Zero, to name a few.

[whell]

Originally Posted by icenine

It is disturbing to keep hearing this disgusting meme that since there is a high incidence of black on black crime that this somehow mitigates the shooting death of Michael Brown.

If that's your takeaway then you're completely off base. The "meme" is not about mitigating anything. Its more about proportionality and perspective. A street dust-up between a thief and a cop that ends in the thief assaulting an officer and getting shot by the cop ends up getting news coverage that is way out of proportion to the tragedy of innocent children being shot and killed daily in our cities in drive - by shootings.

Where, for example, was the similar outrage and international media coverage when this happened:

http://www.freep.com/article/20140828/NEWS01/308280131

Or this:

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/08/...ous-condition/

Or this:

http://archive.freep.com/article/201...from-bar-fight

Or this:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/26...laying-outside

Or this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/us...roit.html?_r=0

The lack of a proportional response or societal / media attention when true innocents are killed - like a 9 month old baby or a 5 year old child - in a culture that glorifies violence (not guns, but the violence that propels the use of guns) is truly mystifying.

Instead when presented with the opportunity some of us prefer to attack the cops that try to keep peace on the streets while rationalizing the behavior of the perpetrator(s). For an example of this, one needs to look no further than our Prez's response to the events of July 16, 2009 when a particular Harvard professor decided he'd rather mouth off to police officers who were trying to do their job rather than to simply do what he was asked.