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That isn't my argument. nossy Send a noteboard - 03/12/2014 10:04:39 PM

And now you made me get out the computer. I can't rant on the phone.


View original postAnd I have looked. Since you are more rational than most of the left leaning people on this site I was curious why you would think the Grand Jury is wrong. You are in the fact that I don't see any nuance in this. The complete lack of evidence need to get a conviction seem to take nuance out of the equation.

I don't think the grand jury is wrong - I wasn't there, and I don't know what they know. That's not my point at all. If I had to pick, I'd be more on the "side" of the cop, but that's also not my point. It's that I'm making that decision based on very limited information, which makes me exceedingly uncomfortable.

We are all choosing sides based on very limited information. I wish people* didn't seem so gleeful about this. Maybe it hasn't been your experience, but I've seen so many posts/comments by white people that are borderline (if not outright) racist. It's making me want to puke, because though I don't think Brown was innocent, and I don't think he should have resisted (etc) Wilson, and looting is abhorrent (and, and, AND!!), I don't like that we're using this as a reason to pretend racism doesn't exist, or that it's becoming ok again because someone else is acting like an idiot, or that these people absolutely can't have any well-earned reason for desperately wanting to fight the system, or are so apathetic that "bring it on" feels more appropriate than "sorry, officer, I'll go home now," or, or OR!!

...

I told you it would be tiring. The nuance isn't in the case itself (or I'm not well-informed enough to find it there). It's in the way everyone is treating it as one thing or another, when there are so many freaking layers I can't stand it.

*possibly mostly the media flavoring things, but I've seen too much shit on facebook to believe it's all down to them.

For the record, none of this rant is directed at you. I definitely appreciate your attempt at true/fair discourse. I'm just ANGRY.

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The problem is people are ignoring the facts and the media is leading the charge *NM* random thoughts - 01/12/2014 01:33:43 PM 665 Views
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I honestly don't feel like discussing that with you, because nuance doesn't seem to be a thing. nossy - 02/12/2014 09:54:53 PM 1004 Views
Sorry but I am just have a hard time finding anyone making a valid argument that GJ was wrong random thoughts - 03/12/2014 02:13:47 PM 1054 Views
That isn't my argument. nossy - 03/12/2014 10:04:39 PM 1062 Views
Re: That isn't my argument. moondog - 04/12/2014 08:06:38 PM 1219 Views
rampid stupidity it the real problem and thank for demonstraing that random thoughts - 04/12/2014 11:06:49 PM 1400 Views
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why all of them of course random thoughts - 01/12/2014 11:36:33 PM 991 Views
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good job ignoring the facts in the case. you'd make a great DA when Robert McCulloch retires *NM* moondog - 04/12/2014 07:55:47 PM 522 Views
good job make stupiud statements with nothing to back them up *NM* random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:59:38 PM 558 Views
This is as dumb as the other post. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/12/2014 04:14:12 AM 577 Views
Horseshit random thoughts - 02/12/2014 01:32:07 PM 960 Views
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