Open Thread: Zimmerman Verdict
Reacting to the verdict.
In a disgusting if not surprising development, George Zimmerman has been found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin. For coverage, see here.
Discuss, post links, etc below.
EDIT: This is a troll-free thread. If you’re coming here to gloat over the verdict, to use the verdict as an excuse to trash women or feminism, or post racist garbage, don’t. If you want to argue that the verdict was just and/or we live in a post-racial society, go somewhere else. None of us are in the mood for that bullshit.
Posted on July 13, 2013, in open thread, racism, victim blaming and tagged george zimmerman, trayvon martin. Bookmark the permalink. 360 Comments.
Also, you know what would probably help increase black people’s trust in the community? If the people who murdered their children actually got convicted.
Sandinafem,
He chose to pursue Martin. It’s not like he was on a walk and suddenly Martin attacked, he was following him with a weapon and calling the cops. The cops told him specifically NOT TO PURSUE. He disobeyed, he threatened Martin by following, and Martin defended himself from his stalker. Seriously, if a dude followed me home like that I would probably hurt him badly too.
Also, can you give a cite for the blacks beating whites?
Racism is not OK from others just because of the actions of black people. That doesn’t make any sense. By that logic you could also justify a black person murdering a cop, because if cops didn’t want to get murdered, then they shouldn’t beat black people and profile them. If racial profiling is OK because of the actions of some of a certain race, that would make the rioters in LA innocent too, since they were judging whites by other whites(still need cite).
“Now of this helps increase the trust of the community.”
I have no idea what this sentence means. Can you be more clear?
Sandinafem, bugger off. This thread is not for debating the verdict or being a racist twit. Spew elsewhere. Please. I hear there are some wonderful Facebook threads full of people who agree with you. Go find ‘em. Have a blast. Don’t let all the legos get under your feet on the way out.
So we have Sandinafem calling a woman wh0re and b1tch on one thread, and talking racist shit on this one. Anyone smell a sock?
Smells like normal troll to me. Maybe just terminally clueless, can’t quite tell yet.
The pong’s fairly similar in either case, really. These one-size-fits-all trolls, I dunno.
Kitteh — which other thread? I just deposited a novella length complaint about my psych in pecunium’s inbox and got behind over here.
I definitely smell sock though.
Katz — I’m almost heartened by the trolls. Because they’re so obvious. Because their racism is in such stark contrast to the community norms.
That is, because their racism is so obvious to us all, and their trolling so fucking obvious, it makes me have some hope for humanity because the rest of us are “oh hell no” about it. I’d be more upset if people where defending them, if they weren’t getting the shit they deserve.
It’s proof that our little corner of the internet really doesn’t tolerate overt racism. I mean, yeah, I wish we didn’t get them, and I wish no one thought like them, but at present? Not tolerating that shit feels like a huge thing.
auggziliary — I think now should be none.
It is very heartening, when you put it that way.
Manboobz: Come for the mockery, stay for the hope in humanity.
A stray kitty showed up at my house on the Sunday after the verdict, she’s enjoying the good life now and likes to sleep in the windowsill… But this verdict has been bothering me all week. Now I’m reading a lot of idiot racist stuff about it on my facebook feed with no way to comment, if I didn’t it wouldn’t matter, those people are so dense and ingrained in their way of thinking like MRAs. I want to kick & scream and upload it to youtube. Argh. Florida is dumb. The judge was dumb. The jury was dumb. The prosecutor was dumb. The defense was dumb. Zimmerman was dumb. It must be so upsetting for the parents. I was reading right-wing bile on The Daily Mail when I saw the verdict, and was shocked, angry, and sad, but reading Trayvon’s father’s twitter was the most heartbreaking, I cried. The audio from the phone calls prove everything, Rachel’s story checks out and it was not self-defense. I enjoy listening to Randi Rhodes, where would we be without her voice? The judge allowed obviously biased jurors and one of the defense witnesses sat & watched 2 weeks of testimony before his turn, which is against the law. Furthermore the prosecution was asleep at the wheel and didn’t even prepare their own witnesses, the prosecutor seemed more upset that he lost a case rather than at the loss of a child, police served as a witness for the CRIMINAL DEFENSE (since when has that ever happened?) and don’t you just love that awful racist moron juror with no critical thinking skills on Anderson Cooper was saw dollar signs and was mostly interested in writing a book to profit off a kid’s death? wtf.