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To: TideGlider who wrote (479197)3/28/2012 11:57:43 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793866
 
There is no benefit to anyone to take a poll like that.



To: TideGlider who wrote (479197)3/28/2012 12:04:13 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie15 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793866
 
what pisses me off the most is that I fell for it. I judged Zimmerman before I had all of the facts. Now I know that I don't have all of the facts and whatever "facts" that I do have, I don't trust. People really do hate being made a fool. And the MSM has made me feel like a fool. I resent it.

The narrative was perfect. Angry white paranoid wannabe cop kills without provocation, an innocent skittle eating, basketball loving kid. And the cops let the wannabe cop go without asking any questions.

Now what do we know about Zimmerman?
He isn't your normal WASP, he's really more hispanic.
He was apparently getting his ass kicked by the kid that he killed. In spite of his greater mass

What do we know about Trayvon
Seems to be a wannabe gangster. Probably not so innocent. And certainly not the 12 year old kid that they showed in the photos.
Not sure about the skittles or the basketball. I mean, would a real basketball fan walk to the store during the game to buy skittles? I wonder if there were any drugs in trayvon's system. If I was a 17 year old kid looking to smoke a doob, I might tell my parents that I was going to run to the store to buy some skittles....

Anyway, now that the "facts" are coming in, it is so obvious that we shouldn't have believed the narrative in the first place. It was absurd to start with.

I feel like a conspiracy theorist now. I feel like I have to assume that everything that I hear in the media is a lie.

I hate that



To: TideGlider who wrote (479197)3/28/2012 12:18:41 PM
From: Alan Smithee5 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793866
 
One-third (33%) of adults believe crime watch volunteer George Zimmerman should be found guilty of murder in the shooting death of the Florida teenager

It's unfortunate that even that percentage would be so willing to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts.

This is why we have judges and juries. Otherwise, we'd be back to having mobs string folks up from the nearest light pole.