[marktwain]

The author shows integrity. Hard to believe he will be able to remain a liberal for long. He still equates George Zimmerman's zeal to protect his neighborhood as a mistake. It is easy to do, after the fact.

[BCW]

The United Stated is more divided than it was in pre 9/11...things have changed - and it seems the press and political apparatus want division and violence to spur at their whim — they use stories and events at their will - and keep the ball rolling to gain sponsors and viewers...when the first Gulf War occurred - they had their first taste of 24/7 coverage and the power they wielded over their viewers — and now they will continue until the street burn and innocent lives destroyed - all for the sake of this new type of journalism where they believe they are the overlords of us all!

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Bottom line: Tryavon Martin just another ghetto bred thief, thug, gangsta, race hater, anti ‘Gay” brother, and druggie!!! End of story!!!

[from occupied ga]

It’s how activists and the media embarrassed themselves with bogus reports

I maintain that liberals, race pimps, anti-gunners, etc. NEVER embarass themselves. To feel embarassment, you must be able to feel shame, and they're so dedicated to the worship of the state or to their sense of entitlement, that they are incapable of feeling shame for being wrong. For that matter, I think they're incapable of realizing that they're wrong even when the facts stare them in the face. How many times have you heard some Democratic politician say, when presented with evidence that some idiotic initiative failed, "We didn't go far enough.?"

The liberal mindset - they are never wrong. They just didn't go far enough. If doing a little of A makes situation B worse, then doing ten or a hundred time A won't make situation B ten or a hundred times worse, it will make it better. This is true as long as A is something that fits the liberal philosophy such as paying women to have bastards (and expecting the number of unwed mothers to drop) or disarming law abiding citizens (and expecting criminals to disarm themselves - liberal view on weapons is that the more helpless you are the safer you are) or extending unemployment (and expecting the unemployed to seek jobs sooner), etc.

[from occupied ga]

The author shows integrity.

Not all that much, and only bey comparison to garbage like Holder, Sharpton and the NAACP. He lists what Zimmerman did wrong. I read the article twice to see where he listed by number Martin's mistakes like attacking Zimmerman which is what got him killed. Does't appear to be mentioned.

[Mustangman]

In any of these so called ‘race’ cases it is always and initially assumed that the ‘white’ person is a racist and more to the point, representative of a racist America. Once the actual facts finally emerge, and it is known that the black person actually was at fault, then the media begins a tactical retreat by writing stories lamenting the difficulties of “Two Worlds Colliding” and philosophizing about how “White People Don't understand Blacks” . In the end, they are positioned perfectly for the next over-hyped race-baiting case. And so it goes.....

In spite of this ‘high-minded’ reflection, the real simple issue can be covered in one simple sentence, “Don't punch or mug someone because he might shoot you in self defense.” We haven't really heard or read that too much, have we?

I doubt to a moral certainty GZ shot Trayvon because he had a hoodie or because he was black or even because he didn't know him. No, it's clear he shot Trayvon because he was getting pounded on MMA style.

You see, when you are getting pounded on MMA Style, thoughts move more quickly to defending your life and less quickly to the social ramifications of “Two Worlds Colliding.”

Hey, Maya Angelou, Maybe you can write a poem about that!?

[MrEdd]

Translation:

My side isn’t winning.
We are sinking as fast as the Ella Fitzgerald.
I want to leave the sinking ship early and pretend not to have been part of the lynch mob.
If I attack my own side no maybe I can salvage part of my credibility.

[yldstrk]

there is no evidence that Trayvon was an “innocent young man”; there is no evidence what he was doing there or why he was there, it is an assumption to say he was “innocent”, it is more likely he was casing the neighborhood, in light of the backpack of burglar tools

[JoeProBono]

[sourcery]

Suspicion is neither illegal nor immoral. And that applies to Martin and Zimmerman both.

It wasn’t Trayvon’s suspicion that Zimmerman might be a pervert that was wrong. It was what he did because of that suspicion.

Zimmerman’s suspicion that Martin was a burglar wasn’t wrong either, and for the same reasons. That would be true even if Zimmerman hadn’t been a member of the Neighborhood Watch.

Suspicion that others might do us wrong is why we have a military, police, locks on our doors, passwords on our online accounts and gates and fences protecting our property. It’s why we don’t go into certain neighborhoods without good reason, why we carry weapons, learn martial arts and have lawyers vet our legal agreements and contracts.

The right to be suspicious is just one of the aspects of the right to self defense, which is just one of the aspects of the right to life. To demonize people for exercising that right is evil.