tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post606644489974302291..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: It don't matter if you're black or whitePDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-82643115736328349392014-08-15T13:33:57.380-05:002014-08-15T13:33:57.380-05:00I made no assertion that "it was entirely the...I made no assertion that "it was entirely the black people who moved out to Ferguson's fault." You might want to check your reading comprehension.<br /><br />And as for police ready for riots that spring from marches by angry constituencies (and you will understand my use of that term in a moment), I have my own experience with that going back a few decades -- http://stories.illinoisstate.edu/magazine/illinois-state/features/oral-history-isus-beer-riot-30-years-later/<br /><br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164118803445903585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-54587040336522499932014-08-15T07:53:47.098-05:002014-08-15T07:53:47.098-05:00@Greg ... and you say that like it was entirely th...@Greg ... and you say that like it was entirely the black people who moved out to Ferguson's fault.<br /><br />===<br /><br />On the other, you present a stereotypical black/white (no pun intended) solution. Per Perry, the real solution has happened.<br /><br />Don't you wingnuts talk about "jackbooted thugs"? That's exactly what the original police were.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-90967220078256095702014-08-15T03:50:27.237-05:002014-08-15T03:50:27.237-05:00My preference has occurred.<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/turmoil-tear-gas-way-hope-ferguson-053336976.html" rel="nofollow">My preference has occurred</a>.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-23319628811844623612014-08-14T19:01:21.198-05:002014-08-14T19:01:21.198-05:00Would your preference instead be for the cops to s...Would your preference instead be for the cops to stand back and let the riots and destruction continue until the outrage burns itself out?<br /><br />And BTW -- Ferguson has been a pit since I lived in the St. Louis area 25 years ago. And I say that as a guy who from time to time shopped and ate in the community or went there to visit friends/colleague who lived there. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164118803445903585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-38312096110491330542014-08-14T13:52:31.922-05:002014-08-14T13:52:31.922-05:00Oh, it is obvious ... kind of "rhetorical&quo...Oh, it is obvious ... kind of "rhetorical" on my part, right.<br /><br />What Obama really needs to do (and of course never will), is take a week-long vacation with an all-black Secret Service detail, and an all-black U.S. Marshals contingent on standby, in scenic downtown Vidor, you know?<br /><br />Just get in some faces ...<br /><br />===<br /><br />And right indeed on Nixon.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-51447104405998169492014-08-14T11:06:36.218-05:002014-08-14T11:06:36.218-05:00I'm kinda over with Obama, in case it wasn'...I'm kinda over with Obama, in case it wasn't obvious. There's not really anything he can say to influence this matter with the people who need to do the most changin'.<br /><br />Good on Governor Nixon for moving to replace the FPD with state officers, however.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-54550579477527428312014-08-14T10:32:43.712-05:002014-08-14T10:32:43.712-05:00Well, we need the leadership from "Dear Leade...Well, we need the leadership from "Dear Leader," too.<br /><br />He could say "eff it" on angry black worries or whatever, and say:<br /><br />"Dear Americans: While large parts of our population are largely past racial issues, I have been wrong in talking about a post-racial America."<br /><br />OTOH, issues of race overlap with, but only partially, with issues of socioeconomic class.<br /><br />==<br /><br />On Ferguson: It's had a reputation, deserved, for problems like this, since I lived in St. Louis 20-30 years ago.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com