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In reply to the discussion: It's evident that people are trying to send us a very clear message on Ferguson [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)entertained with a shootout at the Ferguson corral.
People would LOVE it, absolutely LOVE it. You would get ratings to, well, die for. The messages in the media are "bring out the Christians, and let loose the lions".
".You know who rarely gets interviewed anymore? The black folks who actually live in Ferguson... " < That's the big lesson right now.
Damn few care about them, not really, except as menu items. They need to do something disruptive, but that won't get people shot. Maybe gather some money and march into a bank and buy a piece of real estate in a key location, start giving business classes for free until they have figured out how to buy enough of Ferguson to reshape it like they want. Put that on a sign... "We are coming after you - to buy your business!."
It's a problem throughout the country, and this focus on Ferguson keeps us from having the larger conversation, I think.