[zeugma]

If there had been some decent people in Ferguson, none of this would have happened. They are just like the Muslims who sit on the sidelines and do nothing to stop the carnage in their own countries. They are simply accomplices to the criminal acts of others of their own kind.

I at least partially disagree with this. I suspect the decent folk understood that any attempt to attain order would have brought  the police down on them like a ton of bricks.

[vette6387]

“I at least partially disagree with this. I suspect the decent folk understood that any attempt to attain order would have brought the police down on them like a ton of bricks.”

I guess it depends on your definition of “decent.” I will give you that “decent” residents didn’t have any direct clout. But they are the majority there and they have not chosen to vote in their own self-interest as evidenced by the white city government and police force. And I guess I was speaking also to the fact that many Blacks give tacit approval of violent acts like the riots. You get the distinct impression that for many the idea of “getting over on whitey” is a good thing no matter the damage to the infrastructure on which they rely. I guess Gruber had a point, at least insofar as Ferguson was concerned.