Speak and remove all doubt
I was reviewing this post from August 19, 2014 a little bit, especially looking at the comments. Most of the commenters—other than Chad, Peggy and Benjamin 2.0—look pretty foolish now.
For example, Mike Blackadder appeals to the authority of South Park to make his point.
That Brown would rush Wilson through a stream of gunfire because Wilson was maybe accusing him of committing a crime that he had just committed? It sounds like the South Park 'it's coming right for us' explanation for shooting him down. I'm not saying that I know it didn't happen, just wouldn't bet on it.
Yes; it's best not to bet either way with regards to a straw man scenario which you've concocted. Then we have Jroberts548, the most prolific commenter on the thread, explaining things in terms of unique dumbness
For it to be self-defense, and the cops not to have said anything yet would require the cops in Ferguson to be uniquely dumb. It is a clear case of murder, unless the cops are literally the dumbest cops in America.
...and the fact that the Ferguson Police Department is "just ran by morons".
With each day, the possibility that the killing was justified and the ferguson PD is just ran by morons does seem slightly more plausible.
Finally cmfe—of whose gender I'm not certain since his/her avatar is Bugs Bunny in drag—chimes in with this piece of brilliance:
Yes, by all means, let's get back to business as usual long as we don't have to worry about our own children getting gunned down.
Well, if business as usual for your children is smoking weed, robbing small businesses and attacking cops, then they will most likely get gunned down at some point. Sorry.
And I feel sorry for everyone who commented on the case in a prejudicial manner since they will be taken less seriously now that we have the facts in the case alongside their incredibly bad guesses as to what might have happened.
jroberts most recent complaint was that the prosecutors presentations to the grand jury were too comprehensive.
ReplyDeleteThe man is evidently an attorney as well as moonlighting as an internet asshat.
Should recall that these are the acolytes Shea has left after banning anyone who had some critical engagement with his daily dose of vitriol.
ReplyDeleteHe had me at 1400%. Wow.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it surprises anyone that I see Shea as a fellow don in the Obama-Dreher school of rhetorical community activism. Sometimes what's in the sermon is less important than how many pairs of sandals you can march up to the nearby falafel stand.
I agree. But they have different methods of irritating. The biggest similarity I can see between Mark Shea and Rod Dreher is they fluctuate between being ridiculous and enraging. All for hits, of course.
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