Media guide for differences between Pumpkin Riots and Ferguson

[riverwalker]

Last edited Sun Oct 19, 2014, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

[KingCharlemagne]

1. Fucking brilliant! Wish I knew how to push this viral. Sincere hat tip! - nt

[riverwalker]

2. Ferguson activists: If it were us, we would all be dead

The soft coverage of Keene is stunning in contrast to Ferguson.
Hours of unrest at #pumpkinfest results in far more property damage than months of protests in #Ferguson

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/19/frat-culture-clashes-with-riot-police-at-keene-n-h-pumpkin-festival.html


Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival

Tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and SWAT teams were hard pressed to contain the rioters who seemed to delight in destruction at the Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival

[KingCharlemagne]

4. When one considers also that the Ferguson Resistance is protesting on behalf of

their own lives and futures but also on behalf of someone other than themselves (Mike Brown and Drew Myers) and the NH frat rats are only having a 'good time,' the contrast becomes even starker.

[riverwalker]

6. it's stunning n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

13. +1,000! n/t

[riverwalker]

3. Not a "thug" but "rowdy frat boy"

:large

[NutmegYankee]

11. When I was a student at VA Tech, we used to call beating WVU in football "saving Morgantown"

because they often celebrated their wins by burning couches in the streets and other associated drunken mayhem.

[riverwalker]

5. Riot over Pumpkins becomes epic lesson about Ferguson

Whites riot over pumpkins in NH and Twitter turns it into epic lesson about Ferguson

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/whites-riot-over-pumpkins-in-nh-and-twitter-turns-it-into-epic-lesson-about-ferguson/

[marym625]

7. disgusting

And the white racist trolls are out in full force. Actually defending both the idiots at the pumpkin fest riots and the media coverage.

This shows the incredible reality of white privilege.

Disgusting and inexcusable

[marym625]

8. It's the pumpkins' fault

Not the white kids. After all, orange is the new black

[riverwalker]

12. Pumpkin Fest 2014 Riots: Police Ignore Massive Bottle Fight

[joeglow3]

17. The video looks suspect.

Correct me if I am wrong, but NO cops are seen in the wide shots they show of the bottle throwing. THEN when they show police and say they are just standing there, it is CLEARLY much later in the day.

[heaven05]

14. classic example

of the differences in perceptions guided by white privilege.

[oldandhappy]

15. WOW Thanks

[BobbyBoring]

16. These kids are the future of America?

Alcohol's such a great drug!

[KingCharlemagne]

18. I have been thinking about your post all day and it has stuck with me to the point

that I have shared it to my Facebook Page.

Again, congratulations on a brilliant thread!