Actually, this is a perfect illustration of the social/political dynamic in this country. Basically: only "white" people have moral agency. And there are two kinds of white people: evil white people (racist redneck gun loving homo-hating crackers) and good white people (guess). Everybody else is a prop for the good white people to show how much better they are than the bad white people.
Take this beating. Inexcusable, right? Except there's probably somebody somewhere saying, "but I understand: they were acting out their anger at the injustice." In other words: they couldn't help themselves, and it's because they're not white. They aren't PEOPLE; they're props in the battle. Because don't you think George Zimmerman was a little angry that his neighborhood was a target of criminals, who always managed to get away? Wouldn't that make him angry? So wouldn't that justify him maybe beating the crap out of or shooting a punk....even a punk who hadn't actually done anything wrong at the time?
Nope. He's white. And since he victimized a victim, he must be a Bad White Person. So he's basically Hitler.
We saw this after 9/11, too. The War on Terror is OK now that the Good White People are in charge. When the Bad White People were in charge, it was all our fault.
This Trayvon Martin BS
Oh my goodness, look what happens when people take an honest look at the facts:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/141612/
Fuck you, black panthers.
Fuck you, spike lee.
Fuck you, whoever that other washed up celebrity was tweeting addresses. I forget the name.
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/141612/
During the time Zimmerman was in hiding, his detractors defined him as a vigilante who had decided Martin was suspicious merely because he was black. After Zimmerman was finally arrested on a charge of second-degree murder more than six weeks after the shooting, prosecutors portrayed him as a violent and angry man who disregarded authority by pursuing the 17-year-old.
But a more nuanced portrait of Zimmerman has emerged from a Reuters investigation into Zimmerman’s past and a series of incidents in the community in the months preceding the Martin shooting.
Based on extensive interviews with relatives, friends, neighbors, schoolmates and co-workers of Zimmerman in two states, law enforcement officials, and reviews of court documents and police reports, the story sheds new light on the man at the center of one of the most controversial homicide cases in America.
The 28-year-old insurance-fraud investigator comes from a deeply Catholic background and was taught in his early years to do right by those less fortunate. He was raised in a racially integrated household and himself has black roots through an Afro-Peruvian great-grandfather – the father of the maternal grandmother who helped raise him.
A criminal justice student who aspired to become a judge, Zimmerman also concerned himself with the safety of his neighbors after a series of break-ins committed by young African-American men.
Though civil rights demonstrators have argued Zimmerman should not have prejudged Martin, one black neighbor of the Zimmermans said recent history should be taken into account.
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I’m black, OK?” the woman said, declining to be identified because she anticipated backlash due to her race. She leaned in to look a reporter directly in the eyes. “There were black boys robbing houses in this neighborhood,” she said. “That’s why George was suspicious of Trayvon Martin.”
Fuck you, black panthers.
Fuck you, spike lee.
Fuck you, whoever that other washed up celebrity was tweeting addresses. I forget the name.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
http://www.foxnews.com/us....7RoG81j
Black guy beats up white guy, says it is because of anger for Trayvon.
What makes this interesting and unique:
No fucking way.
Black guy beats up white guy, says it is because of anger for Trayvon.
What makes this interesting and unique:
Hayes was charged with attempted robbery, aggravated battery and a hate crime, all felonies. His teenage comrade was referred to juvenile court.
No fucking way.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The MSM ignores black on white crime. That's not opinion, that's fact. They don't give a shit because it doesn't cause a big shit storm that gets ratings and sells papers.
I mean, it WOULD, but they've made it taboo to hint that anyone but whitey is racist.
On a different note, some website raised the money for Zimmerman's bail, so the judge is considering revoking or raising it.
WTF? How is that legal?
"Oh, you can afford that? Then let's double it..."
I mean, it WOULD, but they've made it taboo to hint that anyone but whitey is racist.
On a different note, some website raised the money for Zimmerman's bail, so the judge is considering revoking or raising it.
WTF? How is that legal?
"Oh, you can afford that? Then let's double it..."
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Well, the purpose of such a bond is to make sure the defendant has a strong vested interest in showing up for trial. If he doesn't have a stake in that money - which he doesn't if it's coming from a public collection - then it doesn't serve that purpose. So I can understand why it might be increased.
But he doesn't seem like a flight risk. He's been nothing but totally cooperative, as far as I can tell. They should have released him on his own recognizance.
But he doesn't seem like a flight risk. He's been nothing but totally cooperative, as far as I can tell. They should have released him on his own recognizance.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
"Trayvon's Law.
Mommy government now saving us from our state laws.
Mommy government now saving us from our state laws.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
"'Shoot-first' laws have already cost too many lives. In Florida alone, deaths due to self-defense have tripled since the law was enacted. Federal money shouldn't be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people," said Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the two Democrats who are offering the legislation. "This is no different than withholding transportation funds from states that don't enforce seat-belt laws."
Yes, both are overzealous government bullshit.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Looks like Zimmerman was getting the crap beat out of him.
http://www.foxnews.com/us....njuries
I only mentioned it since it was said in the same news articles, along side Trayvon's smiling grade school picture, it was suggested that Zimmerman the White Man had no evidence of injury.
http://www.foxnews.com/us....njuries
Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us....2wtUTIL
I only mentioned it since it was said in the same news articles, along side Trayvon's smiling grade school picture, it was suggested that Zimmerman the White Man had no evidence of injury.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
MSM: "Uhm...so it looks more and more like Zimmerman is going to get off based on all the facts of the case. Those are the details we ignored in our mad rush to condemn him and increase newspaper sales. What do we do now?"
Blame the cops.
Did the cops make mistakes? Probably a couple, but the items listed in that article are stretches. This reeks of saving face.
Whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?
Blame the cops.
Did the cops make mistakes? Probably a couple, but the items listed in that article are stretches. This reeks of saving face.
Whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
For those of you keeping score at home, MSNBC is in the bag.
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Official report vs. the dude's own biased doctor... got it.
One thing that just occurred to me is that people say the STAND YOUR GROUND law is flawed, and Zimmerman should still be convicted because he could have just run away. But... why isn't there any argument that Trayvon should have just run away, too? Is there a double standard when it comes to who is expected to have morals and common sense?
And lastly...
[url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... utopsy-sho
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Separately, a medical report on Martin’s alleged killer, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, prepared by his personal physician the day after Martin’s shooting in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, found that the Neighborhood Watch volunteer suffered a likely broken nose, swelling, two black eyes and cuts to the scalp.
....
The official report, prepared by the medical examiner in Volusia County, Fla., also found that the 17-year-old Martin had one other fresh injury – a small abrasion, no more than a quarter-inch in size – on his left ring finger below the knuckle.
Official report vs. the dude's own biased doctor... got it.
One thing that just occurred to me is that people say the STAND YOUR GROUND law is flawed, and Zimmerman should still be convicted because he could have just run away. But... why isn't there any argument that Trayvon should have just run away, too? Is there a double standard when it comes to who is expected to have morals and common sense?
And lastly...
But after questions about possible racial motivation for the slaying – Martin was black; Zimmerman is a white man of Hispanic heritage...
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Yeah, let's put up a memorial for a drug dealer. Wrongly killed or not, why does he warrant a permanent memorial?
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Yeah, let's put up a memorial for a drug dealer. Wrongly killed or not, why does he warrant a permanent memorial?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Did you see that they were asking people to describe what they thought of Trayvon, and many potential jurors were describing him as a boy of 10-12 years old?
Tell me the MSM doesn't influence the morons of this country.
Tell me the MSM doesn't influence the morons of this country.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
The new O.J. trial kicks off.
A couple things:
1) How can you apply both those racials slurs to the same person?
2) She bowderlized "nigger" but "cracker" is said fully, albeit with a disclaimer.
"A man was watching him," said Rachel Jeantel, 19, who was on the phone with Martin just before he was fatally shot. "He said the man kept watching him. He kept complaining that a man was just watching him."
...
"And then he said, 'That N-word is still following me now,'" said Jeantel. "I asked him how the man looked like. He just told me the man looked 'creepy.' 'Creepy, white' -- excuse my language -- 'cracker. Creepy [expletive] cracker."
A couple things:
1) How can you apply both those racials slurs to the same person?
2) She bowderlized "nigger" but "cracker" is said fully, albeit with a disclaimer.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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http://abcnews.go.com/US....6Pmsi-0
She's supposedly a college student.
In a painfully embarrassing moment, Jeantel was forced to admit that she did not write a letter that was sent to Martin's mother describing what she allegedly heard on a phone call with Martin moments before he was shot. It came when West asked her to read the letter aloud in court.
"Are you able to read that at all?" West asked.
Jeantel, head bowed, eyes averted whispered into the court microphone, "Some but not all. I don't read cursive."
She's supposedly a college student.