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TMR: Good shot Zimmy.
Good shot zimmy. Ghetto Thug Monkey. These are all comments from Fox News' Comments section. Post Racial Society my muthafucckinazz.
"There's a very simple test to see if something is racist. Just go to a heavily populated black area, and do the thing that you think isn't racist, and see if you live through it." ~ Reeve on the Clearly Racist Re-Nig Bumper Sticker and its Creator.
Re: TMR: Good shot Zimmy.
Disgusting.
Part of me is happier to see people be open about being bigoted racist a-holes. Easier to point out and not in denial that racism exists type of idea here.The other part knows how sad it is, and that they might be the next to take a shot.
Sad obviously trumps the happy.
Zuma Zoom
I didn't go to the link, as I've seen enough hate for the day. I just wanted to say that everyday I'm going to stop reading comments, because every.single.article I read, there is at least one racist comment even when the article has nothing to do with race.
In fact, it's quite scary and disheartening the amount of hate and ignorance out in the world.
As the old folks used to say "The more things change, the more things stay the same"
This whole thing makes me just sick. I was watching Morning Joe this morning and lord, Joe Scarborough was about to blow his lid. He kept asking Reverend Al to remind people of where tomorrow's rally will be and basically used the show as a platform to recruit people to it.
I just about threw up when I heard that the medical examiner drug tested his body yet didn't bother to ID him using his cell phone. Disgusting.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
My family still lives near Sanford and my dad said it's just shocking and appalling how many people are standing up for Zimmerman and the PD.
I read this earlier today:
http://www.timwise.org/2012/03/trayvon-martin-white-denial-and-the-unacceptable-burden-of-blackness-in-america/
It's long, but well worth the read.
I cannot read comments on articles anymore.
Also, we're being considered for a baby boy this coming week and a huge part of me is utterly terrified that we'll have a son who will grow up to be a black man in this fcuking "post-racial my motherfcuking ass" country.
WTMF? This fills me with rage, FILLS me. He died from a self defense gun shot as the law enforcement would have us believe. WHYTHEFUCK do you need to drug test after they are claiming it to be pretty cut and dry down there according to law enforcement.
I am never going to get over this. First this young man with a bag of skittles and an iced tea minding his own business is gunned down in cold blood and now his poor little body underwent even more abuse. I realize it is protocol but Christ on a cracker, really? REALLY?
Just another John Doe young black man, who needs to identify him?
And you know who didn't get drug or alcohol tested? Zimmerman.
I know I keep saying this but what I can't wrap my head around is that everything else aside, how has he not been arrested??? I can maybe understand people thinking he shouldn't be convicted under Florida's law (although the more information that comes out the more I think that line of thinking is pretty much BS but anyway) but how do people think it's okay that he hasn't even been arrested? Is this the society we live in - where you can shoot someone else, and as long as he's the right race (or the wrong race I guess) you won't even be arrested or charged, even if no evidence whatsoever supports your story?
I just...I...I can't. I had to stop reading them once I started crying. I'm so full of rage and disgust and disbelief and hate and UGH.
I clicked on the article the comments originated from, but I can't find any comments on that page. Do you think they closed/erased them?
I do agree w/PP who said they're glad people are being so open about their hate instead of keeping up the front of being "color-blind".
Exatafuckingly. I am seething with hatred right now, and it is so against everything in my body. I mean as in I want to physically hurt everyone associated with this young mans death.
I honestly think he wasn't arrested because initially, cops thought Trayvon was a young gang-banger up to no good, and that he wouldn't be "missed". Or if he was missed, it would be by people who couldn't make a stink about it in the national media. The story would make the local news and then it would go away. And that's likely what would have happened, because that's what does happen all the time. I don't think he was even identified for 2 days, so for 2 days the police department thought it was a done deal. When he turned out to be a resident's son, a "good kid" football hero visiting from out of state, they tried to cover their asses by defending their actions.
I read that the even the authors of the "stand your ground" bill recently stated that it would not apply to Zimmerman, as he explicitly told the 911 operator he was following Trayvon.
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hot damn this isfuckedup.
I couldn't find the comments either, and I even logged in to Fox News to see if they would magically appear. I looked at other articles on Martin/Zimmerman and there were no comment sections for those articles.
The comments are disgusting. . . wherever they came from.
I feel sick reading those comments. I can't believe people. I am horrified, and sad, and angry.
Is Zimmerman under "watch" at all? I've thought a couple of times, what if he flees the country?
I don't know but I heard on the news today that they didn't take the freaking gun from him. Isn't that evidence? How stoopid are these cops?