*Sigh* I went to an Anti Police Racism / Solidarity with Ferguson thing today, and got in all (mild) kinds of trouble for not wanting to accuse all cops, individually, of being racist... I was hoping for peaceful demonstration and while it was non-violent, there was a lot of threatening to burn things down if racism were to occur and other non-peaceful rhetoric, which I didn't want to act as if I supported.

I failed in attempting to convey that assuming all people wearing blue should be treated like the racist pigs you think they are is not an appropriate response to complaints about assuming all people with unpink skin should be treated like the criminal scum they think you are.

Bigotry is not the answer to racism, and violent bigotry is not the answer to racist violence. But I am told, if you aren't with us you're against us...