# The Glorification of the child "Mr. Brown"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 25, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463 "2014-08-25T16:40:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463/41 "2014-08-27T22:54:28Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Pick 1;
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> You’re being extremely disingenuous.  
> You’re a complete fucking moron.  
> You were born yesterday and are unaware of how the world works.

4: **Smapti** ’s a fucking fascist who thinks we should all just do whatever a police officer tells us to do, instantly, with no questions or reservations, and thinks we should all lap up the bullshit the rightwing and the Ferguson and St. Louis County PDs are putting out there like it’s the finest cream.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463/42 "2014-09-11T16:32:30Z")

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[Witnesses: Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot.](http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/10/ac360-exclusive-video-recorded-moments-after-the-michael-brown-shooting/?iref=storysearch)

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463/43 "2014-09-11T22:28:01Z")

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Perhaps the OP would prefer if they just called Michael Brown “boy”.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463/44 "2014-09-11T22:36:29Z")

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> [@mhendo](#):
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> And, as others have already pointed out, and as anyone who has read more than about three New York Times articles knows, the Times basically always uses “Mr.” when talking about men. They use it for politicians, for sports figures, for actors, and even for terrorists and criminals. It’s their “house” style.
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> In the [article](http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/bin-laden-dead-u-s-official-says/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A16%22%7D) (might require subscription) on the killing of Osama bin Laden, they referred to him as Mr. Bin Laden.

It is the NYT house style of writing. And it can be really fucking annoying at times.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glorification-of-the-child-mr-brown/696463/45 "2014-09-12T01:56:05Z")

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> [@andros](#):
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> **_MRS._ Mr. Vinyl Turnip**

Does that make their 9 year old son **Master Mrs. Mr. Vinyl Turnip**??

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