Discussion for article #226438
That is a truly terrible photograph of Nate Silver.
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It wasn’t just the gall of turning what was happening in Ferguson all about him. It wasn’t just the “everyone has their bad days” bullshit. It was that he didn’t realize that the absolute PRIVILEGE he enjoyed as a white person as to how he was treated by police.
Does he thing a black or brown man would’ve experienced “super chill” cops that day? Does he think a black or brown man would’ve been handed a burrito, or a night stick? Does he think a black or brown man would’ve been driven home or to the coroners office?
Just SO stupid…
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He just wanted to get on the teevee.
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Privilege not only as a white person, but as a famous white person. My guess is the cops got “super chill” shortly after he’d mentioned he was a journalist and they googled his name and realized he was a bona-fide member of the “elite.”
“I’m gonna do you so hard my glasses will fly off” he said, staring at the camera.
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Tweeting makes people lose control. This public venting is a plague.
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I’m now going to tweet about what an asshole you are for saying that.
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I think everyone is being a bit harsh on Nate. These were just tweets. Essentially, passing observations limited to 145 characters or less. This wasn’t his blog proper or any sort of finished piece of journalism. I doubt it was his intent to belittle the enormity of what’s taking place in Ferguson or the injustices faced African-American males on a daily basis. He’s clearly contrite about appearing insensitive, and I’m more than certain he’ll duly express indignation about what’s happened (and is happening) to kids like Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown all over this country. This isn’t like the absolutely vile racist nonsense you hear from Rep. Steve King. Clumsy? Yes, absolutely, but not much more than that.
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His actions in the story aren’t exactly spectacular either.
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It seems to me that if you need 8 tweets to make your point or tell your story, then Twitter is not the right medium for you.
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I dont’ get why people are mad at Silver. It was a true story that pointed out the cops always put their imperiled sense of manhood first and foremost. Cops had no right to arrest him, Silver had every right to be where he was and do what he was doing. As soon as he bowed down and groveled, assured the pigs that they’re the domininant alpha males and he’s just a schlub, it was all good.
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If he had been black, Silver would not have been alive to recount his side of the story. Ask Micheal Brown.
Who is mad at him? Some people are just disillusioned that Silver apparently had already forgotten that Brown got killed in his encounter. Save us the fast food and journalist war stories.
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That was my take on it too. The similarities in the two stories are disturbing. It’s not just a few bad apples in the Ferguson police department reacting badly out of stress - these incidents of police flaunting the law and violating civil rights are not outliers, they’re illustrating a trend.
And this is what happens to privileged white guys with loud megaphones and powerful friends. How do these stories end for others?
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I think that may be to some degree the point.
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This reminds me very much of the South Park “Shitter” episode.
Move over Alec Baldwin, you have some competition.
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“Working on a longer response, which I’ll post later.”
No! No! Please don’t!!!
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“Cops suddenly get super chill. Gave me my take-out dinner (a burrito!) to eat in the cell”
Tweet of the century nomination. I wonder if he can recount where the burrito was from, or even knew? I bet it was tasty.
Punishment enough for Nate