We're really swimming in it now.

[hfojvt]

17. well my own mother, who knows me about as well as anybody

would say that I am bull-headed and stubborn.

I think that most people are like that, to a degree. Nobody wants to be wrong, and even less to admit that they were wrong. As the quote goes (one whose source I have forgotten, other than Reader's Digest's "Quotable quotes" section)

"Given a choice between
a. Changing their mind, and
b. proving that there is no need to do so
most people will get busy on the proof."

As for Sharpton, I mostly like him. However, he seems to have spread misinformation about the Martin case.

"STUTZMAN (3/24/12): There is a great deal of misinformation surrounding the Trayvon Martin shooting. Here are some of the most prominent misunderstandings:

Cops returned the gun to shooter George Zimmerman.

Untrue, according to police. Sanford Officer Tim Smith handcuffed Zimmerman, and then pulled from a holster in Zimmerman's waistband the black Kel Tec 9 mm PF9, a semiautomatic. The gun is now in the possession of authorities, officially part of the evidence in the case."

Whereas Sharpton had been repeatedly claiming that Zimmerman was allowed to keep his gun.

Somerby has spent years pointing out that the media spreads novelized tales, does not present the facts, but presents narratives as facts. Narratives that fit into a script.

However, he gets in trouble with the tribe when he points out that "our" side does it too, and when it turns out that a script which is pleasing to us really isn't true.

There is plenty of perniciousness to go around. I am not in Trayvon's corner. Neither am I against him. However, I do observe that some of his supporters seem to be overzealous.