Posted on 05/13/2016 11:43:31 AM PDT by tcrlaf
George Zimmerman‘s gun sale attempt isn’t going very well. After having to move his online auction to a new site once already, the bidding on the weapon that killed Trayvon Martin seems to have been taken over by trolls determined to remind Zimmerman of his infamy.
Despite his not-guilty verdict for the death of Martin four years ago, Zimmerman is a pariah to many for his apparent non-regret for the incident, and a myriad of controversial statements from him since then. Zimmerman posted the gun to be sold on United Gun Group, but the auction seems to have been taken over since the bidding war hit astronomical prices from accounts that were most likely fake.
The leading bidder used the screen name “Racist McShootFace” (maybe there’s any relation to this trolling), who sent the price past $65 million. Other troll accounts included “Donald Trump,” ‘shaniqua bonita’ and “Tamir Race.” ABC 7 reported that “Racist McShootFace’s” account has been deleted, but the enormously high price is still on the site.
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And the actual gun is worth about $150.
Put the gun used to shoot Reagan up for sale and watch the libs jump and open their wallets. Hypocrites.
The gun doesn’t have any real historical value. In a generation, or less, it will be Zimmerman who?
Zimmerman should have just sold it discreetly to a local gun shop and been done with it.
How many folks these days remember Bernie Goetz?
Guns used in presidential assassination attempts have wide historic interest. This... Not so much. It has a niche audience at best and is mostly useful for both sides to troll one another.
Hopefully I can snatch that name up for my next usertag on Xbox!!!
Exactly.
The usual “activism” of anonymous basement dwellers. Social media enables cowards.
“How many folks these days remember Bernie Goetz?”
MANY New Yorkers still do and bring him up. Especially those interested in gun rights
Guy’s got a right to sell the piece.
Trolls got a right to troll.
From what I know of the case Zimmy was looking for trouble...
You want to find a crook? They’re easy to find.
Trayvon bit it, Zimmy made it, but they’re both creeps.
I’d rather have the canoli.
* The news comes out that Zimmerman shot Martin while claiming self defense.
* The left learns Martin is black and Zimmerman presumably white, so assume Zimmerman must have shot Martin out of racial hatred and no self defense was involved.
* The right is not sure if Zimmerman's claim of self defense is true or not. The race of Zimmerman or Martin is not an issue to us, only what happened, and until we know more we can't be sure.
* It is learned that Zimmerman is half hispanic. The left denies this, because they have already decided he is white.
* Its learned that Zimmerman was bleeding from the back of his head where he said his head was beaten down into a sidewalk. The left says the pictures must be fake.
* It is learned that Zimmerman's face was badly beaten and bruised and bloodied. The left says the pictures are fake.
* It is learned that eye witnesses saw Martin on top of Zimmerman beating his head down into a side walk. The left expects Zimmerman's defense is going to be based on "stand your ground" laws and is surprised when its not.
From here it gets worse. The left and reality are officially divorced from one another.
From the Wikipedia article on Zimmerman:
In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, accused her of cheating and theft of his firearm and money. He also put her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman’s Twitter account was suspended by the administration of the resource according to their policy against posting another person’s private and confidential information including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos. Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims. He tweeted: "She cheated on me with a dirty Muslim. She'll sleep with anyone."
He's still leading an interesting life.
Everyone with whom I interact certainly knows Bernie Goetz!
The Left has always been at war with reality. You illustrate an excellent example of the malady; but the malady is evident up & down the list of issues, on which they confront—and deny-the truth.
All of their facts change. None of their opinions.
“Zimmerman should have just sold it discreetly to a local gun shop and been done with it.”
He is probably unable to get a job. Nobody would dare hire him for fear of being lib-ed out of business. He is probably desperate for money. I have no idea how you survive when 40% of the public reacts to you like one of the pod people aliens.
Eh, the trolls are just playing into his hands by stirring the pot.
He was a night watchman. He was supposed to look for trouble.
He called the cops, backed off when told to. Trayvon circled around behind him and attacked him.
Trayvon admitted trying to kill him. If he didn't shoot Trayvon, Zimmerman would be dead.
If the exact same thing happened to an off-duty cop, it wouldn't even have made the news. Obama alone made this famous and defamed Zimmerman.
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