My experience with the police is there to add a bit of personal info to the story — because why not? It’s my story, I can write what I like.

Waters may have been speaking to that Birmingham jail dynamic…. and I never said she wasn’t. You’re not her and without being her you can only infer that’s what she meant from your experience and own bias — see Wittgenstein. I suspect you’re right in your interpretation and I don’t doubt for a second everything was blown out of all proportion by the right wing media.

That’s not the point. The words politicians say can and will be taken out of context and used against them. What they actually say isn’t relevant to the point I’m making. The difference between smart politicians and stupid politicians is choosing when to speak and when to stay silent.

Donald Trump and Maxine Waters are both stupid politicians.