Really? A Baltimore police brutality discussion by... Mark Shields and David Brooks?

[Recursion]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/brooks-shields-baltimore-police-problems-bernie-sanders-election-entrance/

I mean, I understand that News Hour is the go-to information source for out of touch over the hill white people, but isn't this a little extreme?

[Aerows]

1. LOL

Astute observation, and hilarious!

[msongs]

2. people exercising their constitutional rights is a problem for you in what way? nt

[Aerows]

3. Nothing is wrong with people exercising their constitutional rights

and it is well within other people's Constitutional rights to mock people who say stupid things.

David Brooks?

[Cali_Democrat]

4. They should have black Americans on as well to discuss police brutality

Statistics consistently show that blacks are the victims of profiling and brutality at a higher rate than whites.

So it would make sense to get a different perspective..instead of only the perpective of old men who have lived in the privileged white bubble their whole lives.

[Recursion]

5. Huh? I'm exercising my constitutional right right here by criticizing News Hour

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

[Aerows]

7. You are

And I agreed with you, and thought your comment was funny.

I'm not sure what there was in your post to gripe about, but it was still very funny.

I'm going to chalk it up to misunderstanding - not on your part.

[Enrique]

6. it's a good thing they're talking about it

if anyone ignores Baltimore I would ask why they're ignoring such an important story

[melman]

8. Eaxctly

This is a ridiculous thread.

[Recursion]

9. No, it's never a good thing for David Brooks to talk about something

He's as vacuous as Tom Friedman, but Friedman at least occasionally has mental meltdowns that are amusing to watch.

[Enrique]

10. actually the out of touch over the hill white people are well served by the NewsHour

just one of many stories they've done on Baltimore:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teens-baltimore-poorer-health-urban-nigeria/

who knows, maybe the old square white people are learning more about it than the young hip white people?

[Recursion]

11. Exactly. "Baltimore is very poor" is the kind of vacuous oversimplification Brooks loves

When Baltimore in fact has a lower poverty level than a majority of American cities, and lower income inequality than a majority of American cities...