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Beg to differ, but somehow I

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:41:10 +0000

In reply to I doubt any country today is

Beg to differ, but somehow I don't think in Germany they would hold sessions in the Bundestag with a majority ascribing all their problems to Turkish immigration and Turks living off welfare and make up special district rules to keep Turks from voting in such large numbers. Perhaps they'd do that for East Germans though...

I doubt any country today is

Aaron Carine — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:01:57 +0000

In reply to Wattree, you have been

I doubt any country today is handling race questions better than the United States. But in the past we had a special reputation for racial injustice and race hatred and some of that has stuck to us. And the Martin case shows that things aren't going that well.

I dont care what Rush

Resistance — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:40:35 +0000

In reply to About Blatant Racism

I dont care what Rush believes or thinks. I have disliked him since he attacked Bill and Hillary, I disdain Fox news; so if you say THOSE conservatives, I can't disagree with your opinion, because I don't know them and have no desire to be a ditto head.

The default position in the

rmrd0000 — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:38:37 +0000

In reply to Racists Convicted Trayvon of

The default position in the justice system is that Black males are a threat

Racists Convicted Trayvon of

Wattree — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:43:32 +0000

In reply to My position is to support the

Racists Convicted Trayvon of Not Being Able To Prove Why He Deserved to Live

Zimmerman Supporters are suggesting that no one point out evidence of racism - whether that racism was intentional or not - while at the same time, accepting the fact that it goes without saying that because Trayvon was a young Black male that Zimmerman was justified in his assumption that he constituted a threat to the community. What is that if it isn’t racism?

Clear Evidence of that is the fact that most Zimmerman supporters are accepting the murderer's version of events - a murderer, I might add, who has been caught in several inconsistencies. Why would they do that? If a guy is arrested for shooting someone in an alley, would they blindly accept the murderer’s word that the victim attacked him? If so, what's to prevent every murderer from claiming that he was being attacked. So if every murderer was treated with the same deference that George Zimmerman was treated, the only way to convict anyone of murder would be with an independent eye witness.

We have no evidence to suggest that Trayvon did any of the things that Zimmerman claimed. Yet, Zimmerman supporters are claiming that we have to prove Zimmerman guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Well, it had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman initiated a chain of events that ended in the death of an innocent kid. So it is up to Zimmerman to prove that there were mitigating circumstances that made the murder of an unarmed child justified. But instead, they convicted Trayvon - who was guilty of nothing more than going to the store - of not being able to prove he had a right to live. How is that not racism?

http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/10/2856356/sc-supreme-court-stops-murder...

Your mention of snipe hunt

Resistance — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:11:20 +0000

In reply to Enjoy the snipe hunt.

Your mention of snipe hunt reminds me of why the IT Director for the State of Florida was FIRED, because he was a whistle blower. The director alleged, the State withheld pertinent information and when they did release it was adulterated evidence and was not delivered in a timely manner, an essential part of DUE PROCESS. Something the State wanted to deprive Zimmerman of . When the defense asked the judge, to sanction the State prosecutors, It appears the State told Zimmerman's defense team "Enjoy the Snipe hunt"

If only you actually

Verified Atheist — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:48:27 +0000

In reply to My position is to support the

If only you actually understood what the findings of the court were.

I hope you appreciate the irony of supporters of Zimmerman bemoaning the vigilante justice that he could potentially become a victim of. I do not wish for such vigilante justice, of course.

I would be extremely

Verified Atheist — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:46:30 +0000

In reply to So ? Are you surprised the

I would be extremely surprised that they would be only ones making that discovery and that a gleeful Fox News, Red State, et al. wouldn't be sharing the evidence with anyone who would be willing to listen. Anyone not blinded by bias would be similarly skeptical.

My position is to support the

Resistance — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:43:46 +0000

In reply to And yet Zimmerman's brother

My position is to support the findings of the court and the trier of facts and to give more weight to the exonerated. It appears the problem presented to Zimmerman and any who support his claims, is that he will never be found "innocent", because the law didn't address that issue. it's just that there was reasonable doubt he committed 2nd degree or manslaughter. Not a decision acceptable, to those seeking vengeance, no matter the truth.

So ? Are you surprised the

Resistance — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:42:24 +0000

In reply to And yet Zimmerman's brother

So ? Are you surprised the defense would have their own team of investigators looking into Trayvons past, but the discovery was not permitted to be entered as evidence?