Say, what was all that fuss down in Ferguson about, anyway? According to This Town author Mark Leibovich, it’s just a lot of hot air from, you know, the media. “In a less media-saturated time, we might have gone on to consider this serious news event on its own terms, with journalists providing facts and…
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Ferguson: White folks being white folks, cops being cops, and black revolutionaries being bad asses
Those white folks down in Ferguson, Missouri are clever, aren’t they? In a classic “winner deals and dealer wins” situation, the white power structure has arranged for city elections to be held on off years, in April! Hey, what’s wrong with having an electorate composed of the citizens who care, who work hard, who aren’t…