{"id":9467,"date":"2014-11-26T09:23:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T17:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=9467"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T00:05:22","slug":"debate-links-regarding-ferguson-and-darren-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/debate-links-regarding-ferguson-and-darren-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate links regarding Ferguson and Darren Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2855,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/rosethomass.tumblr.com\\\/post\\\/103604034509&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20141205192533\\\/http:\\\/\\\/rosethomass.tumblr.com\\\/post\\\/103604034509&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2856,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/queendarthzannah.tumblr.com\\\/post\\\/103854931127&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20141202141519\\\/http:\\\/\\\/queendarthzannah.tumblr.com:80\\\/post\\\/103854931127&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2857,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/neuronbomb.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/28\\\/the-ferguson-masterpost-how-to-argue-eloquently-back-yourself-up-with-facts&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240527225947\\\/https:\\\/\\\/neuronbomb.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/28\\\/the-ferguson-masterpost-how-to-argue-eloquently-back-yourself-up-with-facts\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 19:30:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Just found this <a href=\"http:\/\/rosethomass.tumblr.com\/post\/103604034509\" title=\"here is a list of arguments i\u2019ve seen so far defending darren wilson or going against the ferguson protests, with suggestions as to how to counter and links to helpful posts to support your argument:\">excellent Tumblr post<\/a> laying out the most common arguments defending Darren Wilson or condemning the Ferguson protests, and linking to a wealth of stories and resources addressing those points.<\/p>\n<p>Points addressed include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s not a race issue!<\/li>\n<li>The officer feared for his life. It was self defense.<\/li>\n<li>Michael Brown stole from a convenience store. He was a thug and a thief.<\/li>\n<li>The jury saw all the evidence, they know better. \/ Something about insufficient or unreliable evidence.<\/li>\n<li>The riots and protests are out of hand and unnecessary. It&#8217;s just an excuse to be violent and steal things.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t fight violence with violence, what would Martin Luther King say?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Adding <a href=\"http:\/\/queendarthzannah.tumblr.com\/post\/103854931127\">another one<\/a>. Some of the links might be the same, some might be different, but it looked like another useful compilation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/neuronbomb.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/28\/the-ferguson-masterpost-how-to-argue-eloquently-back-yourself-up-with-facts\/\">one more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just found this excellent Tumblr post laying out the most common arguments defending Darren Wilson or condemning the Ferguson protests, and linking to a wealth of stories and resources addressing those points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[2830,14],"class_list":["post-9467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}