Wouldn't it be nice if the local clergy--and everyone else--who has their bowels in an uproar over the clothing policy issue at the downtown Power & Light District were as upset and giving as much energy to the killings that have gone on in town for the past year also?
I mean, come on. Sure, go protest about some real or imagined discrimination but if your own people are being killed in drive-by shootings and whatever, isn't the murder rate much more of an important issue than someone not letting you in a bar because of your clothes?
Let me be clear here, too. I am absolutely not defending any discrimination that may or may not be going on downtown. I don't defend anyone's discrimination, anywhere so don't accuse me of that.
I'm just saying if you're going to protest clothing, where were these groups last summer, when people were shooting and frequently killing people in their own homes and front yards?
And where will they be next summer, when it starts all over again?
Does this strike anyone as hypocritical?
Link to stories: http://www.kctv5.com/news/21621538/detail.html
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Group-Protests-Dress-Code-at-P-L-District/jK20e3uhw0unJGKxBaLbPQ.cspx?rss=764
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1570708.html
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Good point. The outrage of the local clergy is often misdirected, particularly when they can do so much good elsewhere.
it's as I said, if someone is discriminating down there, sure, protest and let's make sure it doesn't happen again.
but why aren't they protesting the shootings and killings of their own people?
That sure seems like a much bigger issue and problem, doesn't it? According to Alonzo Washington, we've just hit 100 murders in town
The point of the protests is to create bad publicity for Cordish which will encourage them to change their policies.
Do the thugs who shoot people on the East Side share Cordish's concern about getting bad press? If so, then maybe the clergy should consider protesting them too.
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