[parsifal]

I don’t think Gates is “fabricating” them per se. I think he really believes it is racial. Which kind of makes him a bigot who stereotyped the police. But all that is irrelevant. He was arrested for running off his mouth.

Suppose we all gather at the White House and yell and holler “Obama is a jerk! He hates white people” As long as we don’t start chunking bricks or teabags at people, we have a right to say it.

Same with Gates. He was wrong. Period. He was out of place. Period. But he committed no crime. It is why the charges were dropped.

parsy.

[dragnet2]

I think Gates was clearly out of place going off on the racial profiling issue when the cops were there to investigate a legitimate issue.

What does this mean?

[mass55th]

"Suppose we all gather at the White House and yell and holler “Obama is a jerk! He hates white people” As long as we don’t start chunking bricks or teabags at people, we have a right to say it. "

Ha ha ha. Go to the White House and do that. I want to see how long it is before you are asked to leave, or picked up for creating a disturbance. Play your music too loud in your own home, have the cops come because someone complains, and you may be cited for disturbing the peace.