So I finished watching the meeting....
In the immortal words of Keanu "Whoa.."
IMO----
Anyone else get a very big anti-establishment vibe from 99% of the speakers? It was chaos as it seemed any attempt to interject structure into the discussion was shouted down while those whom seemed to have the support of the "mob" in the church pontificated utter-nonsense with no actual understanding of even some of the most basic concepts of civics.
As one poster pointed out quite aptly...."Lord of the Flies" comes to mind, a mob of people with no understanding and zero sense of personal responsibility or accountability. I think however the meeting did serve as a could snapshot of the public mentality of Ferguson.
We did not see discussion, we seen "Demands" which is the first notion that made me wonder something...
If a child like Michael Brown grew up in a place where these kinds of people were his role model, would he be likely to respect authority? It really looks like people in Ferguson have an issue with is government in general, they are willing to disregard laws and make demands. They refuse to use the channels provided to them by crying that it is a unfair system, a system that works fine in other places (where whites are not the majority no less) I keep hearing the word amnesty thrown around, which just says to me that there have been plenty of folks on the wrong side of the law who don't want to be accountable for their actions.
--quick mention btw, photo id in Canada runs around 60 to 100$--
Another poster said "I wonder what is going through the city councillors minds as they drive home tonight"...that answer is simple "whats my Realtors phone number?"
In short, we have a very volatile community that agitators can easily stir up for profit, you have a irate community that is galvanizing towards a purpose, but that purpose seems largely aimed at personal gain rather then social reform. I feel sorry for MB if he was raised by this community as he may have had some of it rub off on him which seems to add to the narrative that he might have been more prone to getting into a altercation with a LE then previously indicated.
