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Trayvon Doesn’t Matter to the Left
FrontPage Magazine ^ | March 28, 2012 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 03/28/2012 4:57:33 AM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 03/28/2012 4:57:35 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

If Zimmerman is a “white-hisplanic” does that make Obama a white-black er. white-African?


2 posted on 03/28/2012 5:18:20 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Toilet paper, the poor man's gold. It will hold its value better than the dollar.)
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To: SJackson

IMO —watching the lamestream news the useful idiots blindly chanting “No Justice -No Peace” and such as led by the community organizers—and the New Black Panther Party— and the Muslim Brotherhood -and all the homosexual activists—are all part of the same problem they represent this private Army Maobama called for. When he said Trevan could have been my son— he sent clear message to the enemy that he is one of them. That his DOJ would NOt prosecute any crime committed in prosecution of the destruction of our Country. And this is SO TRUE— They don’t give a tinkers dam about the 17 yr old they are using -nor about the innocent man they want lynched. IT is ALL about breaking the system.


3 posted on 03/28/2012 5:18:45 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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To: SJackson
The Trayvon Martin case is murky. The facts are unclear.

Actually..the facts are pretty damn clear..text book self defense.

4 posted on 03/28/2012 5:19:49 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: SJackson

Same-old, same-old Marxist tactics. They know exactly what they’re doing.


5 posted on 03/28/2012 5:21:18 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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To: SJackson

The first I heard was that a white neighborhood watchman had shot and killed a defenseless black teenager who was walking home from the store where he got skittles and something to drink. What is that kind of news story supposed to do? I had visions of this poor defenseless kid walking down the street and this big old white guy just shot him. When you get the facts, though, it is a totally different story. That is what the news does today. They bent this story so as to create sentiment about race.


6 posted on 03/28/2012 5:22:45 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: SJackson

*Shock!* *GASP!* Say it isn’t so!

I can’t help but cast my mind back to the 1955 movie “Trial”, where a young attorney played by Glenn Ford discovers the true intent of the commies behind a young boy’s “defense fund”. Care about the boy? Heck no! It is the agenda that matters!


7 posted on 03/28/2012 5:30:51 AM PDT by LRS ("This is silly! It can't be! It can't be!!" "Oh yes it is! I said you wouldn't know the joint.")
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To: SJackson

Time for a little racial rope-a-dope.

The Leftists are going to keep hammering away at this. They have no choice. They are all in. They have to stand by their narrative that the Hispanic man killed the Black teen out of racial animus.

Eventually, as facts overtake the narrative, it will become clear that they are unfairly targeting this innocent Hispanic man, and that can only serve to drive a wedge between Hispanics and the Leftists.

Obama is counting on Hispanic support for his re-election. Don’t be surprised if they are not too enthusiastic to keep Eric Holder in the AG slot for another four years.


8 posted on 03/28/2012 5:30:51 AM PDT by Haiku Guy ("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: mac_truck; SJackson

Given the evidence, the only hope for liberals is to allege that Zimmerman physically attacked Martin first, then, when Zimmerman was losing the fist-fight, he shot Martin.

That keeps this story in the realm of unprovables where one can choose to believe either side without dispute.

Otherwise, this is a cut and dry case of self-defense.


9 posted on 03/28/2012 5:36:33 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
The media has already started killing the story, they had to because the truth is coming out.
10 posted on 03/28/2012 5:40:14 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: SJackson

Zimmerman created the entire situation he finds himself in. Why anyone would think a kid walking down the street ‘looks suspicious’ is beyond me. I’m insulted by this notion alone. And really, what the hell was Zimmerman doing with a gun? Did he think he was Deputy Dog? The ‘neighborhood watch’ people out there better learn a lesson from this situation.

With all of that said and assuming what I read is accurate, it appears Trayvon Martin made the first violent move. The only question that then remains is: Was Trayvon’s violent move justified? If it was, Zimmerman is a murderer. If it wasn’t, Zimmerman was acting in self defense.

It’s clear that Trayvon was aware that Zimmerman was following him. Therefore, it’s completely understandable why this could ‘freak’ Trayvon out. It would certainly freak me out to be followed by a stranger. Think of someone in a car following you or for that matter, think of someone following your 12 year old daughter. It’s creepy, isn’t it?

With that said, Zimmerman has stated that he was returning to his car when he was attacked. To me if he was a neutral observer or backing off of Trayvon when he was attacked, Zimmerman was simply defending himself with his gun. If however, Zimmerman was walking towards Trayvon (after having followed him in his car for sometime) and Trayvon turned around and attacked him out of fear, then Zimmerman was being the aggressor and he ultimately murdered Trayvon.

Again, you Neighborhood Watch people need to learn from this. This is not Nazi Germany. Call the police if something looks fishy. Don’t intimidate people in your neighborhood just because you’ve never seen them before.

No mater what, it’s a huge cluster-F of Zimmerman’s own making. It’s unclear if he deserves to be convicted of murder but, it’s very clear that he deserves the mental suffering he’s currently experiencing. What a mess!!!!


11 posted on 03/28/2012 5:41:02 AM PDT by Mustangman (The GOP)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

That is what the news does today. They bent this story so as to create sentiment about race.
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Exactly! This story is as much about our media as it is any other thing!

Spend less than five minutes and one of the first facts the media reported in the case, is discovered to be false.

*Trayvon walked to get his little brother Skittles, during halftime of the NBA AllStar game.*

The game didn’t start until 7:30p, est. Trayvon was being pronounced dead at the at that very moment. It wasn’t halftime.

If they didn’t get that simple fact correct, one has to wonder....are they that sloppy or that manipulative. Either way, it is damning.


12 posted on 03/28/2012 5:50:01 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Mustangman
No mater what, it’s a huge cluster-F of Zimmerman’s own making. It’s unclear if he deserves to be convicted of murder but, it’s very clear that he deserves the mental suffering he’s currently experiencing. What a mess!!!!

Your brain, and it's ability to process facts, then apply reason, logic, and deduction, is what's a mess.
13 posted on 03/28/2012 5:51:32 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: SJackson

Of course none of this matters to the left. This is simply a part of the process of victimhood, one of the key steps to the never ending revolution to socialism and authoritarianism.


14 posted on 03/28/2012 5:52:02 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Mustangman
Zimmerman created the entire situation he finds himself in.

The neighborhood was being victimized by multiple burglaries. You have a right to patrol your neighborhood.

Zimmerman thought Martin was acting suspicious and called 911.

Now, we do not know what happened between that call and the fight.

However, unless you want to tell me that Zimmerman started the fight, there is ZERO justification for Martin to lash our physically.

You may not like being followed or confronted, but it does not give you the right to react with violence.

15 posted on 03/28/2012 5:53:34 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Mustangman

“And really, what the hell was Zimmerman doing with a gun?”

Was he legally entitled to carry concealed? If so, your question assumes he has to justify exercising a constitutional right. Do you think that a neighborhood watch guy loses his right to protect himself by being in neighborhood watch?

I carry a gun if I am walking at night. Left wing nuts ask: “And what the hell is ModelBreaker doing with a gun.”

Normal people say: “Hmmm. ModelBreaker must be exercising his constitutional right to carry a gun to protect himself.”


16 posted on 03/28/2012 6:12:44 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: SJackson
Trayvon Doesn’t Matter to the Left

Correct! He is only being used by the 0bama regime to galvanize his core constituents (never let a crisis go to waste ).

17 posted on 03/28/2012 6:14:56 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: MulberryDraw

That’s how I’m referring to him from now on - our white African-American President. Maybe WAAP for short...


18 posted on 03/28/2012 6:25:39 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: SJackson

P.C. cases go through numerous stages:

Stage 1: The outrage, when even those on the right say “this doesn’t look good. What’s going on?”

Stage 2: All sorts of wrong information comes out as the usual demagogues whip up the case.

Stage 3: the truth comes out. Rational people see the whole issue was a tempest in a teapot.

Stage 4: The left come up with all sorts of bizarre theories as to why the accused could still be guilty.

Stage 5: Absurd closing statements to justify the whole thing. “Well, given the long history of racism, it was understandable people were concerned, blah, blah, blah...”

Stage 6: The whole thing is quietly forgotten.

We are in stage 4 now. “George Zimmerman is definitely lying!” is the equivalent of “well, obviously, those Duke lacrosse players used condoms, which is why there is no DNA evidence.” Given how much energy the left has put into this one, we may be there for another few weeks.

It will take a while to get to Stage 5, since the left has devoted so many resources


19 posted on 03/28/2012 6:26:12 AM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: MulberryDraw
If Zimmerman is a “white-hisplanic” does that make Obama a white-black er. white-African?

Halfrican American.

20 posted on 03/28/2012 6:30:33 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a ~Person~ as created by the Law of Nature, not a 'person' as created by the laws of Man)
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