Welcome to the discussion. I look forward to your well informed thoughts on the events of 5/17/15 and following.
THREE are neutral/unstated as to whether they are skeptical of police/MSM official narrative
FIVE believe the police/MSM narrative
FOURTEEN think the official police/MSM narrative is fishy at best, outright deception at worst
Over the past weeks that I'be been following this topic, I have counted a total of 73 FReepers who post in defense of the police/MSM narrative, and 160 FReepers who post that they think the MSM/police narrative looks like BS. FReepers whose comments didn't indicate whether or not they believed the narrative, are relatively few and in any case, not on any list I keep. I CRUNCH THE NUMBERS because I like to know what is really going on.
The frequency of posts on this thread alone by a group of individuals nearly ONE THIRD in number, make it look like they are half or more.
Sadly, I take less comfort than I normally would, because most FReepers haven't paid any attention at all, and it's pretty safe to assume that the reason they haven't is because they still think this is only about a bunch of idiot criminal bikers getting what they deserve (the MSM narrative), so why even comment? And on the list of narrative believers are a few too many otherwise familiar stalwart patriots who shock me with what can only be extreme naivety, extreme inability to admit one was originally mistaken, or worse, activated operative to make it look like a minority isn't as tiny as it actually is.
FReepers on the whole CLAIM to distrust the MSM. In PRACTICE, a whole lot of them talk the talk but fail to walk the walk. This Waco charade and successful harmful attack on Americans' right to free association, proves that MANY many FReepers do indeed trust the MSM at their core. And they have zero excuse -- they should know better.
Don-o, thanks so much for keeping this topic going with your excellent posts.