I think the "Beer Summit" should be abbreviated to the "B.S."

Hey guys, racial tension is viral. Once you get that huff and puff of your chest you probably put it on someone else who now has to blows his or her own steam off on some other hapless soul. Even if you're feeling all chilled out now you kept the bug going around. Good job! Someone else will get it and so and so on. I'm sure that little virus has a little bit of my DNA in it too.

I'm sorry I missed this enlightening thread about whose fault this incident of racial tension is caused by and stoked by but I personally approve of Obama's solution of trying to calm people down long enough to speak normally. Also I don't think Obama owes an apology to anyone for his carefully chosen words getting taken out of context by virtually everyone already involved in some level of experiences of racial tension. I don't think Obama orchestrated this to bring people together. Rather the media made it his issues so he took the responsibility they handed to him. He's doing fine.

I'm not exactly how identifying the race of possibly burglars counts as playing the race card. If you're trying to catch someone, then identifying the person's ethnicity, a prominent feature, would help other police officers identifying him. On the other hand, Gates' response to the officer, "Why, because I'm a black man in America?" is definitely playing the race card, as is Obama claiming that race is still a factor. I have to wonder though, if Obama would consider "race a factor" in instances of Black-on-White crime.

That would be true if he had actually been informed that the "intruder" was black. He wasn't. He made it up.

Crowley lied on his police report and attempted to shift the blame of racial profiling on an innocent witness.

That is playing the race card, chuckles.

What's your next woefully moronic observation?

It's unfortunate, then, that "race" or "person's ethnicity" is almost totally a social construct.

...and it sure as fuck isn't a helpful observation when it's some neighbor from hundreds of feet away.

...and it's even worse (although only for the purposes of your point having any support whatsoever) that the 911 call (a matter of public record that you can listen to) not only makes clear that the woman didn't want to describe them by "race," but that when pressed to by the 911 operator, she haltingly describes them as "hispanic."

Seriously, Sarge. Read something.

The rhetorical impact of numerous typos and errors is the suggestion that you don't take your own argument seriously, nor those of the people with whom you are discussing the topic.