you provided a disclaimer of your post being random thoughts... and they provoked thoughts by others, which is good.
Your thoughts were a catalyst for what I had been suspecting/pondering for some time and was finally able to put it into words. Not critiquing your post but adding my thoughts and memories of what I have seen in the past which appear to be standard operating procedures for the oppression class.
I think the grand scale of protests beyond Ferguson will be appropriate and telling... If Ferguson turns into a massive catastrophuk, the other protests will balance out the intent, I hope. I've inhaled enough tear gas in the late 60s/early 70s to gag a moose at forty paces for life. I support the legitimate protesters, they have the right and appropriate cause for doing so. Sadly, the factions who would have them silenced are sure to be out in force as well and that doesn't bode well for the legitimate protesters making their point in an acceptable fashion. We all know how the corporate media will present this.
Good OP, by the way.
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