Nattering Naybob: Excuse my rather blunt post title, Red Ranger but I think it justified, given the verdict that was handed down on Saturday night. If I were African-American, I would be pretty pissed off right now. What do you suppose would have happened if a black security guard (or whatever Zimmerman’s title was), targeted a white kid who had no apparent intention of committing any criminal activity, and, ignoring his supervisor’s orders to stand down, caused an unnecessary confrontation that resulted in the black security guard’s shooting of the white kid. I’m sure FOX News and all its adherents would be just as anxious to give the security guard “his day in court”. I doubt it.
I do not watch FOX News. I would rather be tasked to find a lost dime from the muddy ground inside a nest of hungry Komodo Dragons. So since I know you do watch FOX News, maybe you can answer this: Did you ever see anyone on that station, between the time of the initial killing of Martin, up to the present moment, ever express the slightest remorse or condolence for the death of an innocent teenager? Rather than their exclusive focus on Trayvon Martin’s Facebook page or the fact that he was caught smoking marijuana?
The Red Ranger: I am starting to think that you are just writing these blurbs in an effort to keep our blog vibrant. You cannot honestly believe what you are writing here.
The only thing that I agree with here is that if I were an African-American I would be pretty pissed off right now. That anger would be directed at my fellow African-Americans who only seemed to get riled up when a fellow African-American is killed by a white, Hispanic or even a white-Hispanic. The dozens of black on black murders committed daily do not seem to cause any amount of angst in the black community. They are just accepted and people move on. Perhaps a little more concern within their own community could lead to a reduced level of crime and violence. Instead, of worrying about the rare instance where an armed white-Hispanic is viciously beaten by a drug addled black man and then defends himself they should turn their attention inward and focus on their own community but as is the case within the liberal Democratic world it is always someone else’s fault and no one needs to take responsibility.
I am sure there are numerous instances where a black person shoots an innocent white person every day but this does not make the headlines in the MSM since it does not fit their narrative. I would love to see a statistical breakout of every solved murder to see how many of the killers were white/black vs. whether the victims were white/black. I am fairly certain that the numbers would show a larger proportion of black on white murders than white on black.
I know that you have fallen prey to the MSM’s portrayals in this case but let’s face the facts. A jury found Zimmerman innocent so via the transitive property Martin must have been guilty of attacking him to allow him to defend himself with immunity. Therefore, you cannot call Martin an innocent victim. Perhaps if Martin were not high on drugs he could have handled the situation in a more mature manner. Instead of violently attacking Zimmerman he could have just as easily introduced himself, thanked Zimmerman for trying to protect his neighborhood and maybe shared some Skittles with him.
In regard, to FOX News they certainly have had commentators come on who have said that this was a tragedy for all involved and have expressed remorse over the situation.
If the DOJ seeks civil rights charges against Zimmerman the people of this country will need to take a long hard look at where this country is heading.
Nattering Naybob: Just as you cite cases of same-race murder or murders of whites by blacks, so can I cite many many instances of black suspects being railroaded over the years for victimizing whites. Last time I checked my history (a topic ignored by most Republicans except in the rare cases it suits their needs), very few whites were lynched over the past hundred or so years and if there were, I doubt that any all-black jurors failed to convict the black lyncher(s) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I might also add as a point of fact that the vast majority of lynchings of blacks in the 20th century took place in the Deep South, which is also a Republican stronghold. I’m just sayin’.
The bottom line is that Zimmerman has a history of targeting African-Americans, he was told by his supervisor to stand down and not pursue Martin, and he ignored that direct order, and it was his gun, shot by his hand, that killed an unarmed teenager. And he walked away totally free on Saturday night, probably into a waiting job at FOX News as a criminality or security analyst.
The Red Ranger: Like any good Democrat you try to paint southern Republicans as the root of all things racist. Weren’t some of the most racist figures in southern history democrats (George Wallace for example). By the way did you see the instance on either CNN or MSNBC where when showing a clip of George Wallace they labeled him a Republican. Of course, I am sure that any card-carrying liberal believed that since there this is no way a democrat could ever be a racist. I think that this shows either the complete incompetence in the staff of these networks or indicates the total lack of ethics they have as they try to distort history to a gullible American public.
Southern democrats and southern Republican all voted against the civil rights act so it is not just a Republican thing. A Republican wrote the voting rights act.. A Democrat put the Japanese in internment camps. I could go on and on but history has time and again shown the Democrats to be the more racist party. However, the MSM has taken it upon themselves to re-write history and portray the Democratic party as some long standing champion of minorities and immigrants when they were historically anything but that.
To me the bottom line is you have Trayvon Martin with a history of drug abuse and violent behavior viciously attacking someone who was just trying to make their neighborhood a safer place. Martin misjudged his victim as I am sure he thought he could beat up some overweight white guy. I am sure that if he Zimmerman was not legally carrying a weapon he would have become just another victim of black on white crime and Trayvon would have boasted on his Facebook page about how he beat up some “Cracker”.
Nattering Naybob: We have a fundamental disagreement on this one. Zimmerman and his family, especially his brother, have a history of racist attitudes that indicate a proclivity on George’s part to target out an African-American teenager. How in God’s name is it pertinent whether he had a “history of drug abuse”, meaning he was caught smoking pot. I guess that makes Zimmerman’s murder, justifiable homicide in your eyes. Yet Zimmerman was not even charged with that. This article lays out a report released by the city of Sanford, which summarizes serial instances of Zimmerman acting recklessly and focusing much of his suspicions on African-Americans, some of whom may be he imagined. I find the whole thing disgusting.
Finally, your portrayal of Zimmerman as am “overweight white guy” is a little mis-leading. It is true that right now he probably could stand to ignore the recipes in the latest Paula Deen cookbook, but on the night he murdered Trayvon Martin he actually looked very fit.
The Red Ranger: Martin not only had a history of drug abuse he had drugs in his system on the night of the incident.
What is your definition of fit? He was described by someone during the trial as being a .5 and a scale of 1 to 10 in regard to fitness. I cannot comprehend how you reference everything in Zimmerman’s past but fail to recognize anything in Martin’s past as being integral to this case. Clearly, you are having a hard time accepting the fact that you are wrong in this instance since the jury found him not guilty. Why do you constantly fall victim to the MSM and liberal manipulation of the facts?
In the last paragraph Zimmerman did not call to report a black male. He only identified Martin as potentially being a black male when asked by the dispatcher. This is the exact misrepresentation of the facts that has gotten NBC, etc. into hot water.
The Nattering Naybob: I submit forthwith a before and after image of George Zimmerman. Compared to how he looks now, I feel confident stating that he was “fit” immediately after the shooting. As an apologist for a de-facto law enforcement agent who deliberately disobeyed his supervisor’s orders, resulting in the murder of an unarmed teenager, I know that you will do anything to portray Zimmerman as being at a physical disadvantage on the night of the shooting. If he was in fact at a fitness level of “0.5” on a scale of 1 to 10, as you state, he should not have been on duty in the first place. I think we should give our small but loyal band of readers time to digest all our comments above, then we can continue with another posting during which I will respond to your latest “blame the victim” whining.
Second Grade Minds 