Quote: (07-26-2013 04:58 PM)pitt Wrote:
If you guys think that Zimmerman would shoot Trayvon if Trayvon was white, then you must be kidding yourself.
No. You might be able to argue that he first found him suspicious (partly) because he was black, but those or two separate issues. But he shot the kid not because he was black but because Trayvon was attacking him. Very different.
You don't want to believe he really did attack - fine. But without any more facts that's nothing more than mental masturbation, so I don't really see the point of using that argument here. We only have the information that is available.
In any event, I think Zimmerman would have been suspicious of anyone walking through the neighborhood in the manner that Trayvon was, but of course that's just my opinion. At the end of the day, unless you have info the rest of us don't have, suspicion still does not warrant an attack, whether that suspicion was acceptable or not.
Anyhow, here's a question for you based on your video. The black ladies also failed to call out the white guy and said something about how they didn't expect to see a white guy with burglary tools. Which brings the question to mind - what if a black man had "racially profiled" Trayvon that night and got attacked and then killed him in defense?
Would blacks be demanding justice and threatening a civil rights suit then? Would they be calling for blood and threatening family members?
If the answer is no, then why do it in the case of a Hispanic? If racial profiling is real - and in this case, I insist it was at least somewhat warranted given the racial profile of the burglars targeting that neighborhood - then isn't it the entire society's problem? Why should one man be punished for jumping to a conclusion even black people themselves would have jumped to? If black people hold the same prejudices, aren't they just as responsible? And isn't it then a bit hypocritical to call foul?
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