Posted on 08/03/2013 3:29:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To quote Nancy Pelosi, we can now see what's in the Zimmerman-Martin case "without the fog of the controversy". I think the biggest lesson to be learned was from Rachel Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon Martin that testified at the trial.
Rachel Jeantel has just had her 15 minutes. Predictable packaged responses full of defensive fury were covered very well by Thomas Lifson's AT article. The left has exhausted her value by attacking and chiding all white people about the racist thoughts they have decided we are feeling. They skipped the fact-gathering and evidence stage and went right for the punishment in a fawning and self-righteous defense of someone not really under attack. I have to hand it to libs, they stand by their own and as long as anyone remembers the girl's name, she will be one of their own. Their message regarding Ms. Jeantel is
"You didn't see what you think you saw"
"You didn't hear what you think you heard"
"I'll tell you what you saw and heard"
We hardly ever bother to listen these voices anymore. We shouldn't turn away from this young woman, though, because she illustrates something so clearly. She doesn't live in "another world" as her defenders claim, she lives in a prison.
Ms. Jeantel knows who she is and has a reputation to uphold in her social circle. Like many young people these days, she doesn't realize that her personal tweets that define and characterize her are indelible. Apparently, after The Smoking Gun (TSG) tried to reach some of her twitter followers, someone, perhaps her, thought she should "scrub" her account. This is a fool's errand. TSG listed in its article on June 26 all the tweets she tried to delete. Her language is colorful....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Who ast you? If we wants yo opinin, we'll axe you fo it....
“Someone valued them enough to pay for them. Now, as free men, no one would pay anything for them. They have no value. It is tough to live your life when you know you are not an asset but a liability. Beneath all of the umma-chuckin and mau-mauing many know this. Deep down they know it.”
I think their way of thinking is a load of crap — a cop-out to avoid working. Every person has a choice to become decent, valuable, and an asset to the community. It’s a matter of taking responsibility for the path of your own life. We have so many (conservative, usually) examples of black people who have started life in the ghettos and become amazing success stories. Basically, “ya gotta wanna”. It’s easier to be a lazy criminal than a motivated, contributing member of society. (IMHO)
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