The Ferguson thread

[DoggyDaddy]

Now they are mad that they don't have a store to get Thanksgiving food at........idiots! I am tired of hearing how 95% are good people and 5% are causing trouble. The way I was brought up....that 95% would dictate how that 5% acted......anything less makes them a part of the problem.

There is an interesting parallel that could be drawn between this situation and the situation with terrorist groups in the Middle East. But I'm not drawing that parallel. Nope, not me...

 

[churchmouse]

Now they are mad that they don't have a store to get Thanksgiving food at........idiots! I am tired of hearing how 95% are good people and 5% are causing trouble. The way I was brought up....that 95% would dictate how that 5% acted......anything less makes them a part of the problem.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bingo^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[HoughMade]

....Don't kid yourself. Their mindset/opinion is rather widespread.

I don't really care about opinions. I care about actions.

I differentiate between protesters and rioters. The two are not the same.

 

[THE BIG SITT]

Well just got back to the thread after staying up past midnight to watch the madness. Does anyone have confirmation of the number of people shot, beaten, ect? I assume most everything has died down by now...

 

[VUPDblue]

Now they are mad that they don't have a store to get Thanksgiving food at........idiots! I am tired of hearing how 95% are good people and 5% are causing trouble. The way I was brought up....that 95% would dictate how that 5% acted......anything less makes them a part of the problem.

You win the internet

 

[churchmouse]

I don't really care about opinions. I care about actions.

We are seeing actions but the results are predictable.
I understand your point.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I'm going to harp on this as long as I have to. The chaos and violence is being carried out by a comparatively few people. It would be prudent to refrain from making broad societal conclusions based on these miscreants.

More troubling is the apparent white guilt which is so racist that it calls upon us to understand why the worst of these idiots are justified.

I find it troubling that for many, their outrage and thirst for unjustified "justice" seems to be solely based on a "us vs. them" mindset.

 

[Vigilant]

IMPD officers were involved in shooting what appears to be an unarmed man (albeit a drug dealer and possible mother abuser) while serving a warrant for him yesterday. So, what time will the protests and rioting begin over that?

Suspect hospitalized after officer-involved shooting on Indianap - 13 WTHR Indianapolis




*crickets*

Man that happened yesterday early, but INGO was too busy crying about pictures in classifieds to care!

 

[churchmouse]

I find it troubling that for many, their outrage and thirst for unjustified "justice" is seems to be solely based on a "us vs. them" mindset.

And there in lies the problem.
In my conversations and observations that is the real issue. We (society) are viewed as the enemy. We have laws and expectations that do not fit a lifestyle chosen by many in that group. We (society in general) are the enemy.

 

[churchmouse]

Man that happened yesterday early, but INGO was too busy crying about pictures in classifieds to care!

Oh look......Shiny

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Man that happened yesterday early, but INGO was too busy crying about pictures in classifieds to care!

Well, we have to have priorities you know... There are bowling balls to be sold!

 

[JollyMon]

So to recap...There were more than 80 arrests made in the St. Louis area overnight after protesters fired more than 100 gunshots, burned and looted as many as 25 buildings and vandalized police cars.....

 

[churchmouse]

Well, we have to have priorities you know... There are bowling balls to be sold!

And members with no cameras...........

 

[Vigilant]

The wife has the Today Show on and they've got a poll going as to whether the GJ made the right decision. I think they're a bit surprise, I know I was, that 79% of their audience said "yes".

Wait til it's Queen Latifa Show time, the numbers will change. Just like Republican votes after 5PM.

 

[88GT]

I don't really care about opinions. I care about actions.

I differentiate between protesters and rioters. The two are not the same.

LOL. who's talking about protesting vs rioting?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Wait til it's Queen Latifa Show time, the numbers will change. Just like Republican votes after 5PM.

Her show was canceled. Meredith Vieira has her spot now. I tried to organize a protest, but it fell on deaf ears.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Her show was canceled. Meredith Vieira has her spot now. I tried to organize a protest, but it fell on deaf ears.

Huh?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Huh?

Queen Latifah had a daytime talk show for a bit. (Hey, I work from home some days, so I know these things!)

 

[Vigilant]

Queen Latifah had a daytime talk show for a bit. (Hey, I work from home some days, so I know these things!)

Ok, substitute, Maury, Steve,...

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Her show was canceled. Meredith Vieira has her spot now. I tried to organize a protest, but it fell on deaf ears.

Queen Latifah had a daytime talk show for a bit. (Hey, I work from home some days, so I know these things!)

Huh?

Sometimes my comedic timing is off a tick.