Why do we take the bait?

[hamsterjill]

65. I've never seen DU like this before.

Yes...I'm already prepared for the backlash that this post is going to get.

See, I've been posting the same thing. We have not heard the police officer's story yet. He hasn't even spoken, and yet he's already been condemned.

He may very well have murdered Michael Brown. I don't know. The current information points to that.

But I will be damned if I will condemn Wilson without even giving him an opportunity to tell his side. My comparison is Bowe Bergdahl. I refuse to condemn Bergdahl based on numerous "eye witness" accounts that say he deserted. I haven't heard Bergdahl's side of the story so I am waiting to form an opinion.

Therefore, I refuse to condemn Darren Wilson until I've heard his side. I am waiting to form an opinion.

Some people here think that's wrong. But to me...that's what democracy is.

The media frenzy has been almost unprecedented. Perhaps it is warranted, but in my opinion, it has reached the point of being provocative.

Regardless of what this post says...I'll merely be lambasted for saying Darren Wilson has rights, too. There are those on DU that don't want to hear anything that doesn't agree with THEIR opinions. Well, tough cookies. And oh, by the way, I've been here ten years.