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tshile · 08-14-2014, 10:24 AM

The whole situation is tragic and there are so many shameful aspects of it it's hard to even want to care anymore.

These stories always have the same trends...

- Why is it every time a (seemingly) tragic event occurs to a black kid it's immediately made a racial issue?

- Why are so many people so infatuated with rushing to judgement? Sure, yellow journalism is on display in its finest right now but the only reason they do it is because it works. The people saying the cop was absolutely in the wrong are as much the problem as the people saying the cop was absolutely in the right. The only investigative authority on the issue, the FBI, has yet to release any information. They key witness in the issue is refusing to talk to police. So with what facts and confidence does anyone form an opinion one way or the other? The answer is none - they're speculating and falling back on preconceived thoughts on these issues - whether they be anti-black, anti-white, anti-police, pro-all the aforementioned, or anything else.

- why do low income/poor communities have this gut reaction to riot, loot, and destroy their communities? spare me the "they're discouraged by corrupt police/local politics" - they did this during Katrina too. it's a running theme - when these areas face turmoil a substantial part of the local community decides to use the turmoil to excuse raping and beating each other, looting local business and destroying personal property.

and it all comes back to the rush to judgement. there are NO facts available in this case. we have a bunch of random people from the community telling the media what they saw - with no way of verifying any of it - and we have the local police chief repeating the version of the police officer making sure to include the word 'allegedly' everywhere (notice how people have turned into the entire police department defending the police officer? it's a joke.) that's it. there are no facts. anyone claiming otherwise is simply making things up.

these issues just make me realize that as a society we're so much further behind than we all like to think we are. intelligent and thoughtful evaluation of serious issues is almost non existent, and majority of people seem to latch on to emotionally driven BS more than facts. the racial tensions in this country are not good, cheer the election of the first black president all you want we still have a fundamental problem in this country and it's on *both* sides. our media is completely and utterly worthless and our own populace has no desire to try to correct it - they'd rather participate in it then stand back and say it's the media's fault when called on it.

personally... i'm just glad i don't live in a community that would behave this way, and if for some reason it started to i have the means with which to remove my family and myself from the situation. it's a damn shame that in 2014 we don't have any more courage as a society than this.

08-14-2014, 10:24 AM	#3
tshile Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 446	Re: Ferguson The whole situation is tragic and there are so many shameful aspects of it it's hard to even want to care anymore. These stories always have the same trends... - Why is it every time a (seemingly) tragic event occurs to a black kid it's immediately made a racial issue? - Why are so many people so infatuated with rushing to judgement? Sure, yellow journalism is on display in its finest right now but the only reason they do it is because it works. The people saying the cop was absolutely in the wrong are as much the problem as the people saying the cop was absolutely in the right. The only investigative authority on the issue, the FBI, has yet to release any information. They key witness in the issue is refusing to talk to police. So with what facts and confidence does anyone form an opinion one way or the other? The answer is none - they're speculating and falling back on preconceived thoughts on these issues - whether they be anti-black, anti-white, anti-police, pro-all the aforementioned, or anything else. - why do low income/poor communities have this gut reaction to riot, loot, and destroy their communities? spare me the "they're discouraged by corrupt police/local politics" - they did this during Katrina too. it's a running theme - when these areas face turmoil a substantial part of the local community decides to use the turmoil to excuse raping and beating each other, looting local business and destroying personal property. and it all comes back to the rush to judgement. there are NO facts available in this case. we have a bunch of random people from the community telling the media what they saw - with no way of verifying any of it - and we have the local police chief repeating the version of the police officer making sure to include the word 'allegedly' everywhere (notice how people have turned into the entire police department defending the police officer? it's a joke.) that's it. there are no facts. anyone claiming otherwise is simply making things up. these issues just make me realize that as a society we're so much further behind than we all like to think we are. intelligent and thoughtful evaluation of serious issues is almost non existent, and majority of people seem to latch on to emotionally driven BS more than facts. the racial tensions in this country are not good, cheer the election of the first black president all you want we still have a fundamental problem in this country and it's on both sides. our media is completely and utterly worthless and our own populace has no desire to try to correct it - they'd rather participate in it then stand back and say it's the media's fault when called on it. personally... i'm just glad i don't live in a community that would behave this way, and if for some reason it started to i have the means with which to remove my family and myself from the situation. it's a damn shame that in 2014 we don't have any more courage as a society than this.