Clementine
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- Dec 18, 2011
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Gotta keep fanning those flames to keep the race war going. Wouldn't want people to calm down. We already know that professional rioters, er protestors, arrived in Ferguson. They don't give a damn about facts. They want blood. Obama could be telling them to be reasonable and wait for the results of the investigation before judging. He should be asking them to have faith in our system and the people who have thoroughly investigated the case. Of course, he and the media should have delivered that message from the start but they chose to help push lies instead. Now the criminal rioters have so much time invested in committing acts of violence and spewing racial hatred that they won't back down now. It's no longer about facts or a valid reason to riot. It's about a race war. And our lame ass leader is patting them on the back and standing with them as the rioting, destruction and assaults have continued.
The New York Times did their best to hide this meeting in the 21st paragraph of their report:
But leaders here say that is the nature of a movement that has taken place, in part, on social media and that does not match an earlier-era protest structure where a single, outspoken leader might have led the way. "This is not your momma’s civil rights movement," said Ashley Yates, a leader of Millennial Activists United. "This is a movement where you have several difference voices, different people. The person in charge is really — the people. But the message from everyone is the same: Stop killing us."
At times, there has been a split between national civil rights leaders and the younger leaders on the ground here, who see their efforts as more immediate, less passive than an older generation’s. But some here said relations have improved in recent weeks.
Some of the national leaders met with President Obama on Nov. 5 for a gathering that included a conversation about Ferguson.
According to the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has appeared frequently in St. Louis with the Brown family and delivered a speech at Mr. Brown’s funeral, Mr. Obama "was concerned about Ferguson staying on course in terms of pursuing what it was that he knew we were advocating."