7 Cynical Ways Police and Media Have Smeared Michael Brown and the Black People of Ferguson

[Journeyman]

1. I wouldn't wear a hoodie in August -- too damn hot. But why would I criticize another who would?…

This obsession that certain voices in the media and throughout social media have for commenting on a person's appearance, or demeanor, or syntax, to the exclusion of discussing what they actually say somehow has to stop. All they do is talk at people, or about them, and don't address the issues they've raised or the content of their thought.



(You'll have to excuse me. Too late to finish this thought. If I try, my point will get lost in the blur of sleep deprivation. But "well begun is half done," so I'll check tomorrow, see if I can add more to this discussion.)