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Talking Rotten
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From
28/02/2019 18:24:57
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
 
 
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28/02/2019 17:17:55
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Forum:
Politics
Category:
Economics
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01665625
Message ID:
01666857
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>>What rewards?
>>The last I looked he and his cohorts are being charged with a crime.

Initially there was an outpouring of love and support, and heavy pilings-on against the evil MAGA-hat-wearing white supremacists who terrorized him and put a noose around his neck, neatly dovetailing with the prejudices of those who want to believe there are lots of those sorts around. He preached to the choir and guess what the choir did.

And then the Chicago Police did a fine job. I was highly impressed by the Police Chief's report. Notably, he scolded the press, celebrities and presidential candidates for leaping in to fan the flames before the facts were in.

Also bravo to the locals who didn't react in rage and kick off race riots or episodes of revenge as has been provoked by previous episodes like this.

FWIW, my understanding is that the press provoke these sorts of immediate reactions to gin up a furor... e.g. with the Covington Native American hoax, reporters elicited a quick condemnation from the diocese by implying that otherwise they would be accused of condoning racist bullying. I suppose that will come out in the law suit.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us.
"
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
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