This is downright embarrassing. Matt has no business "reporting" on this story to begin with given his obvious conflict of interest. If he's going to ignore the conflict, he shouldn't descend to this almost pre-teen level.
Your rule of thumb broke on this one. Your post, and particularly the image, was puerile.
You've lost distance from this story. There's no hint of objectivity in what you write about the issue, and you've become monochromatic. Your cops are all bad; brutish thugs waiting to pounce. You've arrayed heroes and victims on the other side of the issue, and unstintingly lavish praise on both.
Take the two rallies, for example. I saw both rallies, and listened to the speeches. What you wrote simply wasn't representative of what occurred.
This is a serious story, and yet you treat it only with advocacy and snarkiness. I have no clue what the aim is. Sell a movie or a book? It's certainly not to inform the public.
You've lost distance from this story. There's no hint of objectivity in what you write about the issue, and you've become monochromatic. Your cops are all bad; brutish thugs waiting to pounce. You've arrayed heroes and victims on the other side of the issue, and unstintingly lavish praise on both.
Take the two rallies, for example. I saw both rallies, and listened to the speeches. What you wrote simply wasn't representative of what occurred.
This is a serious story, and yet you treat it only with advocacy and snarkiness. I have no clue what the aim is. Sell a movie or a book? It's certainly not to inform the public.
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Bla-dow, Godwin's Law in one.
The second, however, I find a bit mystifying: is Humphreys smallish and balding? Does he look like a sad funeral director?
Please explain.