Love Thomas Sowell ! Some of us, who are old enough to remember the old television police series Dragnet, may remember Sgt. Joe Friday saying, Just the facts, maam. But that would be completely out of place today. Facts are becoming obsolete, as recent events have demonstrated. What matters today is how well you can concoct a story that fits peoples preconceptions and arouses their emotions. Politicians like New York mayor Bill de Blasio, professional demagogues like Al Sharpton and innumerable irresponsible people in the media have shown that they have great talent in promoting a lynch mob atmosphere toward the police. Grand juries that examine hard facts live in a different world from mobs who listen to rhetoric and politicians who cater to the mobs.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:06:57 +0000
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