tigerswood
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This is what YOUR article has him saying about Ferguson:
"The president said:
"We're all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order and the right to peaceful public protest, a reverence for the dignity of every single man, woman and child among us, and the need for accountability when it comes to our government.
"So now is the time for healing. Now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of Ferguson. Now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done."
After a St. Louis County grand jury did not indict Wilson in November 2014, Obama acknowledged the broader challenges the country still faced and called on the nation to seize the moment as an opportunity for change.
"We need to recognize that this is not just an issue for Ferguson, this is an issue for America. We have made enormous progress in race relations over the course of the past several decades. I've witnessed that in my own life. And to deny that progress I think is to deny America's capacity for change."
How is that, in any real way, "stoking the fires"? To say that's so, is a nonsensical stretch?
I was referring primarily to the below from the article (which you conveniently omitted), and I specifically said that it's a big reach to compare to Trump's rhetoric. As a conservative, turned moderate who is voting mostly democrat, the way you and others attack anything not 100% outraged and anti-Trump (note, I am far from pro-Trump) is pretty absurd.
"Obama offended police in Cambridge, Mass., when he described them as acting "stupidly" when they arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who is black, on a charge of disorderly conduct at his home after a suspected break-in. Afterward, Obama convened a "beer summit" between the professor and the responding officer, Sgt. James Crowley, who is white. Gates accused the policeman of racial profiling, but Crowley's superiors supported him and said he had acted appropriately. Obama acknowledged that his choice of words was poor."
"To the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, I think that was unfortunate...."