Posted on 11/19/2014 3:19:28 AM PST by servo1969
This week, America held its collective breath as it waited on the grand jury indictment verdict for Officer ll. Wilson, you'll recall, had the misfortune to run into 6'5", 289-lb. Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man who had just finished strong-arm robbing a convenience store. Wilson pulled Brown over as he and his accomplice walked in the middle of the street; all available evidence shows that Brown then pushed himself through the driver's side window, punched Wilson, went for his gun, was shot in the hand, ran, turned around, charged Wilson, and was shot to death.
But that doesn't matter. And it has never mattered. Because facts do not matter to those attempting to rectify what they perceive as an unjust universe. For those utopian visionaries - and, yes, violent thugs who rob stores are minions of the utopian visionaries -- individuals do not exist. Individuals are merely stand-ins for groups. Wilson was a white cop; therefore, he was the Racist White Establishment. Brown was a black teenager; therefore, he was the Innocent Black Victim. The parts have already been written; Wilson was merely unlucky enough to land the starring role.
And so we expect riots no matter what the outcome of the indictment. Should Wilson escape indictment due to complete lack of evidence, the utopians and their rioting henchmen will attribute that acquittal to the Racist White Establishment. Should he be indicted, the utopians and their rioting henchmen will cite Wilson as merely the latest example of the Racist White Establishment. No matter the antecedent, the consequence has been determined in advance: rage, riots, recriminations.
If all of this sounds familiar, that's because it is. Alongside the anti-Racist White Establishment protesters taking to the streets in Ferguson in recent weeks, anti-Israel and pro-ISIS protesters have appeared. All utopian visionaries fighting the status quo -- self-perceived victims -- love their Days of Rage. And these Ragers don't require evidence to incite their emotions. Evidence regarding individuals is for the reasonable; false stories of victims and villains are the fodder for Ragers.
Whether we're watching thousands of Muslims across the world protest and riot over cartoons of Mohammed, or whether we're watching hundreds of people in Ferguson riot over a media-manufactured story about a racial killing, Days of Rage provide the outlet for delusional anger. Radical Muslims need an external enemy to justify their own brutality; protesters in Ferguson need an external enemy to justify their own failure to make good in the freest country in the history of humanity.
Every society has its Ragers. The West's suicidal impulse to humor those Ragers, however, spells the end of the West. When facts become secondary to emotion, truth dies. And a society that doesn't value truth cannot survive. Calling out the National Guard in Ferguson while lending a sympathetic ear to the Ragers does little good, long-term. It merely staves off the inevitable surrender of the reasonable to the Ragers.
Deal with any fallout via closed mouths and jury nullification.
The bastards think they want a war, and it's way past time they have one delivered to 'em.
.Gov of all flavors needs to pull the hell out and declare a week of 'cowboys and looters'.
“Cowboys & looters”
I like that. Oh, and by the way, if `both sides’ are causing the surge in Ferguson gun sales, then any pitched gun battles are going to be characterized as aimed fire versus spray fire. Guess who loses?
Easier to teach goats to surf than LOSERS to make lemonade......must be that goats are smarter.
I wonder if that shopkeeper set up another store in a different town.
Poetic: Ferguson Instigator Has Car Stolen After Anti-Police Protest
“Irony and karma...all in one.”
B. Christopher Agee — November 18, 2014
For more than three months, the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., has been targeted by violent protesters and looters upset over the police shooting that resulted in the death of Mike Brown. Despite the fact that subsequently released evidence indicates that Officer Darren Wilson’s account of the incident was accurate, the Ferguson Police Department continues to face bitter backlash by disruptive activists.
As a grand jury prepares to determine whether Wilson should face charges related to the August shooting, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon recently declared a state of emergency ahead of a potential spike in violence throughout the community. The protests continue even during the jurors’ deliberation, however, with activists like Elizabeth Vega leading demonstrations this week.
Among Twitter posts describing the protests and disparaging authority figures, Vega informed her social media followers that her car was stolen in the aftermath of one such demonstration.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/poetic-ferguson-instigator-car-stolen-anti-police-protest/
Memo to the ragers: Please note the huge increase in weapon sales around Ferguson. Michael Brown may not be the last black thug killed there. Come on over to my house if you want to check my thesis.
Holder's announcement that the death penalty is off the table for the 4 black gang members accused of murdering a police officer in Virginia may be a sop to his base in anticipation of the grand jury refusing to indict Darren Wilson.
Mine HATE water!
Ya gotta start them REALLY young I guess...
my goats hated water and snow...I think it was because they knew that if their mohair got wet, they could be easy prey....one of my males sheared over 40 pounds of mohair, add water to it and he would be a nice meal for a predator...so goats are smarter.....GG
I just fixed up their heated area (yeah; I spoil them ROTTEN!) a 4*8*4 box with a 4*8 cloth for a front door.
They've got it half chewed off already in less than a day!
I guess I'll use something else they won't chew.
Last year; I had a 3*3 piece of carpet for a flap door into the barn.
They chewed THAT up!
Now I have a swinging section of heavy plastic there.
I've heard it slightly different...
You mean “Cowboys and Muslims”?
(Oh, Shizzz...)
;^)
Cowboys and Semites would be closer...
Uh.....Jews are Semites, aren’t they?
Yes... almost a RACIAL group...
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