I agree 100%.
They don't care about Trayvon's rights. Why should he have the right to walk down the street on his way home from the store without being accosted by some stranger in the dark? Why should he have the right to go to the store for skittles and tea in a neighborhood someone else thinks he has no business being in? Why should he have the right to be a teenager who wears what the majority of teens wear and to actually have the hood covering his head in the rain? Why should he have the right to be a typical teenager who engages in the same activities and makes the same mistakes that other typical teenagers do? Why should he have the right to defend himself against an aggressive stranger (THE KIND OF STRANGER PARENTS WARN OUR CHILDREN TO BE LEERY OF) who is threatening his safety/life? Why should he have the right not to be shot down like a damn dog by some wanna be vigilante who targets him based on his looks (race/dress)? Why should he have the right to a life and a future without having someone steal that chance from him for no damned reason?
No one is saying to dismiss anything. What people need to do is to stop making Trayvon's "past" out to be more than it is. Do you consider yourself a thug since you did jail time in your past? My guess is that you would never apply that label to yourself, but for some reason you refuse to give that 17 YEAR OLD KID the same consideration you do yourself and pass unfair judgement on him based on stereotypical bullshit.
If a model citizen/"victim"/killer like Zimmerman says something, regardless of how ridiculous it is, it must be the gospel truth. :smt012
According to how he comes across, other than himself and a select few, black people are always in the wrong.
Then again, maybe it's because the defense made their little animation that "proved" Zimmerman's nonsense story (that anyone with common sense would never believe to be true). It's not like people can actually make animations portray whatever they want them to; if it happened in the animation, then it really happened. That's right folks, even cartoons are real.![]()
Truth be told, NONE OF THIS SHIT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF ZIMMERMAN WOULD HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING!!!! The fault and responsibility is on him 100%, because it was his choices/actions that created the situation in the first place. Even if Trayvon beat his ass defending himself, Zimmerman brought that shit on himself. I don't care what nonsense spin anyone puts on it, the only one standing his ground that night was Trayvon, and it's a damn shame that he had his life stolen from him for no fucking reason. There is NOTHING that made Zimmerman's actions acceptable that night, and those who think otherwise should be ashamed of themselves IMO.
I can't rep you girl, and I'm sure you got plenty of it from others for this post, but here's my love for you and this post, especially the bold. That's been my stance from the get-go and we can debate all day every day, but it all goes back to this fundamental truth. Great post!! :smt023:smt023