I don't think we're disagreeing here. All I meant was that the most immediate image of St. Louis and race relations in the public mind--its legacy, if you will--is Ferguson. Passan refers to it, and the news and popular culture are saturated with it. Even the new James Baldwin documentary I am Not Your Negro--which is terrific, by the way--uses footage from it.themiddle54 wrote:That image predates Ferguson.
That's a fair comment, but based on my memories of CardsTalk and that awful politics section, it's like calling Peter Dinklage "Hercules" when comparing him to a gerbil. That's not a criticism of you, by the way.themiddle54 wrote:Sports comments sections are the Citizen Kane of comments sections. The people there are kind of nuts but they're generally pretty well informed. Unlike politics comments sections where people are legitimately nuts and can be highly and willfully uninformed.
Yup.themiddle54 wrote:Ballplayer: here's my idea on politics.
Plumber in the comments sections, commenting on politics: Stop commenting on politics and just do your profession.