Before you read, four items:

1. My primary focus here is Ferguson. Most of the post concerns that, although I did find it helpful to model my approach against that of Greta Christina at its midpoint.

2. Yes, Greta Christina has the right to instill the comment policy she has on her page. However, I also have the right to critique it -- and, considering her prominence, possibly even the responsibility to critique it -- if it is detrimental to actual progress in working with this issue.

3. I'm not asking individuals to feel sorry for me, nor am I feeling sorry for myself. There really is no reason for anyone to; I obviously have a voice and I'm using it. My primary concern, again, is the best way I can impact this situation.

4. My partial disagreement with Greta Christina is in no way, shape, or form a statement providing blanket support to the actions of Darren Wilson, the Ferguson court, the grand jury trial, and several other items. In fact, my disagreement with Christina is based on my passion for correcting what went wrong in the situation; I would hate for anything in this post to be used to say I think that impartial justice is regularly served in Ferguson, and I doubt that it was served in the Darren Wilson incident, in spite of the questions I have here.