Week 18: Disinformation

[sorchawench]

Nothing illegal is happening. Do not be worried.

But if nothing illegal is happening, why is the media being blacked out?

Nothing illegal is happening. Do not be afraid.

But if nothing illegal is happening, why are they tear gassing Al Jazeera?

Nothing illegal is happening. Trust in your law enforcement.

But if nothing illegal is happening, why are the county police being removed and replaced with State Troopers?
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I am worried.....

I am afraid....

Nothing illegal is happening. Here, drink your kool-aid.

Comments

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

Great use of this prompt. Well said. AW

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Although I am far removed from the area, the things I see bother me greatly.

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Obviously this topic is on a lot of our minds, as I have been watching the coverage all day, and even Gary referenced it.

The tragedy is that people have to die before we can even discuss these issues, let alone change them.

There's no taking the blue pill anymore.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there ever was a blue pill for us to take, and it's only just now that we realize that it's never been there. I'm far removed from the area and the issue, but I worry when I see our streets looking like a war zone.

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

The blue pill is for all of the people who are unaffected by any of it, who can go back to their lives without any issue once they turn off their news channel of choice or stop reading twitter trending topics.

You have the ability to see what's going on, but many people in your position still do not. Or really choose not. Because, and let's be honest, they benefit from the blindness.

Still so much work to do...

[p-m-cryan.livejournal.com]

It's a fear-inducing world.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

It definitely can be.

[jem0000000.livejournal.com]

*hugs* It's a rough situation.

(Missing a period right at the end, btw.)

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

Heck, it's rough to watch. I can't imagine living in it.

(Thanks, fixed it!)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

It's a sad situation, but nice job with pulling this all together.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I was worried about the length of this one, but in the end, I think the less said, the more it means.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

Brief, but very tight. And how is it that local police fear the riots, but comfortably felt they could escape justice?

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

As I said to another commenter, I was worried about the length of this piece, but in the end, I think the less said, the more it means.

As for the local PD ::shakes head:: They're trying to put out a brush fire with gasoline while telling everyone it's just water. How they think they could justify this is beyond me.

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

It will be interesting to see what the FBI has to say about the shooting, and whether, in future similar cases, the FBI will step in.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

I'm still watching, waiting for the autopsy results and whatnot. And I wonder that, in hind sight, it wouldn't have been better to involve the State Police/National Guard/Etc into this situation sooner. Get some cooler, calmer heads in there.

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised at the unrest and turbulant situation in Ferguson. To say there isn't a racial bias in our Country is to be ignorant and blind. Ack! I could write volumes on this subject. Thank you for this piece. :)

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome. I agree, this country still has a major racial bias that it chooses to ignore until situations like Ferguson come up. Then everyone is shocked and amazed that we're still having this problem.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

oh. Well done, you.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I was hoping to convey more meaning with fewer words.

[reckless-blues.livejournal.com]

:(

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

It is a sad, scary situation.

[uncawes.livejournal.com]

Shudder.
I'd like to believe nothing illegal is happening. I'd like to not be afraid.
But no way am I drinking the Kool Aid.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

I'm getting tired of drinking it myself.

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Well done, how you've encompassed so much in such a short space, and this feels like a dystopian sci-fi, and yet, it's so much more frightening and sobering that it's not.

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That was kinda of what I was aiming for....that sense that this had to be some other world....

[karmasoup.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it certainly SHOULD be about another world... I WISH it WAS.

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Short and Apt. Sad too..:/

[sorchawench.livejournal.com]

I was worried about the length.