Comments on: The narrative must be that Brinsley was mentally ill https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856837 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:56:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856837 southpaw:

I wrote an entire post about the subject, here, quoting eyewitnesses. I don’t think there’s much doubt about what happened.

]]> By: southpaw https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856818 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:51:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856818 Neo,
I have not read any newspaper or other accounts of the actual moment at which Brinsley took his own life, so it may be a dumb question, but are there actual eyewitnesses who say the saw Brinsley take his own life? You know where I am going with this.

]]> By: Kyndyll https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856779 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:52:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856779 Well, since he wasn’t white, ex-military, christian or right-wing, they have to distract from what he is.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856567 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:05:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856567 Give the media a tip that he is Tea Party. Watch them take the bait, run with it, and then fall into a pit 3 days later.

]]> By: Ray https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856537 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:54:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856537 Everybody knows the media are corrupt and they lie all the time. They have turned themselves into Pravda. They don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative.

]]> By: Sam L. https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856535 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:42:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856535 Forget it, Neo; it’s the NYT. Can’t expect any more from them.

]]> By: Lea https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856527 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:14:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856527 I agree that this is a fine line, but I did want to make the point that ‘suicide by cop’ is not uncommon behavior – so it could be that he was fully planning to be caught and was suicidal regardless.

But I mostly agree with your point. I think there is a line between people just talking strongly about issues and with anger or passion, and between people openly calling for riots and murder. There are far too many people in the latter group here and I think it’s time to hit back on that.

Let’s not forget, these were not the first murders to come out of this sad business and they may not be the last. It’s time for all of these people openly calling for murder to get slapped down, hard.

]]> By: Yancey Ward https://thenewneo.com/2014/12/22/the-narrative-must-be-that-brinsley-was-mentally-ill/#comment-856526 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:12:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45372#comment-856526 I notice the omission, too, and you are correct- it was necessary to omit it in order to promote the mental illness story.

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