Jena 6
Well I ran across this post (Progressive blogosphere MIA on Jena 6) from this guy (Instapundit), from him all things are known, about the silence across the blogoshpere on the issue of the Jena 6. Well after reading the thoughts posted, I have a few thoughts myself in no particular order.
First, I agree with Glenn Reynolds “as I was discussing with a colleague whose work on the “school-to-jail pipeline” has had him following the case closely — one big problem is that the facts have trickled out, and it was hard to get a clear narrative that made sense of what was going on.” This story has been evolving out of a bunch of little happenings that have now ended up with 6 people in jail for beating the shit out of another.
Second, with Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton now involved, it is not going to end pretty. No one will win with this one.
Third, this is very hard for me to relate. I have lived in a diversified community all of my life and have interacted within that community on many different levels. I live, love and respect people as people. I know no other way.
I am usually happy to lend my opinion on most anything, qualified or not, but on this I think not. I am the whitest of white guys. It is my opinion that my opinion does not matter, so why bother.
So I won’t.