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04-03-2012, 09:59 AM #21
I have watched Al Sharpton's TV show and much like you and Rush I have come to the conclusion that personal agenda is Sharpton's #1 concern.
As for Jackson, other than you I have not met a black person in quite a while that considers him a black community leader or someone to take seriously.
I do not deny that racism exist in this country. I also do not think that there will ever be a time that it does not. It is a cancer among all races. But I also think that logic dictates that if you care about a community then you address the big issues first and the small ones later. Blacks have mostly conquered the hurdles of freedom and equality. The big hurdle now is that young black men are the #1 murdered demographic in America and 90 of every 100 of those murders are commited by other blacks. While Sharpton and Jackson have made a major issue of the Trayvon Martin case dozens of blacks all over this country have been murdered by other blacks and they have said nothing about it. While Sharpton and Jackson have scrambled to organize rallies and file lawsuits dozens of blacks have died at the hands of another black and they have not even batted an eye.
You want me to believe that Sharpton and Jackson are community leaders? Show me proof that they care as much about the 90 blacks that were murdered by blacks as much as they care about the one that was murdered by Zimmerman. I see no proof of that.
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04-03-2012, 10:14 AM #22
No knock on any other race but who have the most knowledge and expertise on black males but another black male. I would listen to his ideas on what do in the black community before I would listen to someone who has no idea what it is like to walk a mile in my shoes.
maybe that's the issue, why do people need to concentrate on their race, i don't. black or white has nothing to do with wanting to better yourself, and their are no white fairies that go around and gives us white people stuff.
no one gave me an education, no one handed me my first car, bought it myself and it was a junker. no one gave me my first crappy job, nor gave me a break to get the good now i now have.
in fact i have been beaten several times for my race being white, been jumped, called names, not allowed to get a haircut (yep they only did black hair), been told to not go in certain areas, i have to work to get my job, not get it because someone trying to meet a quota, small business loans are harder to come by because i am white.
do you see me going around crying racism? no, because stupid people come in every color. i am good friends with and respect many black people in my community. we talk if we see eachother in line at the store or walking down the street and i doubt if any of them see me as a racist conservative, in fact they would probally be surprised i am conservative, because of the stereotype that has been given to us.
the funny thing in, living in the underground railroad headquarters, and having one of the prominent liberal colleges in the country in town, i see what the white libs are willing to do, and it often does not go beyond giving someone else's stuff away, but not their own. most are paid volunteers and like to use the term volunteers, but once you get paid, well then we are all volunteering at our jobs.
the people who seem to care the most and truly help the most our from our local churches, where color doesn't play a role.
talk about black on black crime and most black church leaders will tell you it is because of how the kids are being raised, the glamor of the "thug life", and the false accusations that all whites are out to get all blacks.
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04-05-2012, 06:07 PM #23
the biggest problem with the trayvon case, and the only reason it is national news, is because you have a killer who confessed to the shooting, but instead of being arrested, was handed his gun back and sent on his way.
That is the most basic way to sum up this case, and why it is getting the attention it is getting. If Zimmerman had been arrested that night, we (the rest of America) would have never heard about Trayvon Martin.
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04-05-2012, 06:12 PM #24
Fixed it for you. Sad but true.
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04-05-2012, 06:24 PM #25
He was arrested. That is where the video that everyone is saying doesn't show that he was assaulted came from. It is video of him in handcuffs arriving at the police station about 30-45 minutes after the incident. He was processed just like a criminal and everything. After the prosecuting attorney looked at the evidence it was deemed that there was no evidence that Zimmerman had done any wrong and he was released.
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04-05-2012, 09:45 PM #26
if Trayvon was white, he would've never been followed.
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04-05-2012, 09:50 PM #27
okay, he wasn't charged. That was a typo on my part. He was processed, and the lead detective recommended charges. Why he wasn't charged, I have no idea, and THAT is the reason it is national news. The 911 calls were also dramatic, and ridiculous, that that has a lot to do with it as well.
BUT...if zimmerman had been charged, it never would have become a national news story.
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04-05-2012, 10:32 PM #28
It is how it is because certain people are using it to their advantage to make money and grab rating by stirring up racial tensions. Pretty much every news station as well as old reliable Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. He wasn't charged because according to his story, the evidence at the scene of him being beaten and the eye witness testimony it showed he broke no law in Florida.
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04-06-2012, 12:07 AM #29
You have a point, and I despise the 24/7 news networks, but I feel it is situations like this why the media is needed. This story languished for almost 3 weeks, but the family of Trayvon and the media kept the story alive. If my son had been shot dead while walking home from a convenience store, I would've done everything the Martin family has done in demanding justice for their son. It is a compelling story, and the media did it's job in staying on top of it. Then the 911 calls came out and changed everything.
IMO, The racial tension is justified. But it's also okay to ask where Jackson & Sharpton are for other things. I'm sure many have heard, but Chicago had 40 shootings over St. Patrick's day weekend this year. Violent crime happens every day in America. But it's not everyday a person follows another person, kills the person, confesses to the shooting, and walks away uncharged.
Of course, I'm also convinced he said ™™™™g C&&&& under his breath on the 911 call, and I'm convinced it was Trayvon screaming for help, not Zimmerman. So yea, I'm basically convinced it was cold blooded murder.
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04-06-2012, 12:21 AM #30
So the eye witness was being dishonest about seeing Trayvon on top of George while beating his face in while George was screaming? They could have a video tape of the entire incident and some people would still deny themselves the truth. Racial paranoia gets you no where. I listed to the recording twice, and clearly heard punks. Of course it all depends on what tape you listen to the version that was "enhanced" by the media, or the actual recording. If you seriously in your heart think that George hunted this kid down to kill him let alone because he was black I feel sorry for you and the paranoid life you must live.
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