I just finished reading the Washington Post editorial page, always a depressing exercise, and talking with some well-meaning liberals.
The common thread is how can it possibly be that an armed adult vigilante can follow a young innocent boy and kill him and nothing can be done? There are calls to end Florida's stand your ground law, from corrupt AG Holder no less, there are calls to do away with concealed carry laws, there are calls to redo self defense laws. There are calls from the usual race hustlers, ie Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, to prosecute Zimmerman on federal hate crime charges, even though the FBI investigation essentially said there were no grounds for it.
The common thread of all this anguish was a determined refusal to face facts.
If we go by facts, the first people to blame would be the black thugs who terrorized Zimmerman's little neighborhood. If they had not insisted on robbing and breaking into houses, Zimmerman would not have been on the lookout for suspicious people. I have yet to hear anyone make this point.
Why is it that liberals absolutely refuse to even entertain the possibility that Trayvon started the fight, even though all the physical evidence and testimony support that conclusion? At most, they will say "no one knows what happened except Zimmerman and Trayvon." Well, that's not quite true. We know Zimmerman sustained multiple injuries to his face and head that were completely consistent with his version of events.
Why does the appalling history from Trayvon's twitter account not at least give them pause? If Zimmerman had an online record of making threats, racist comments and glorifying violence, you can bet they would give it plenty of relevance and the judge would have let it into evidence. Here we have a record of Trayvon actually bragging about suckerpunching or coldcocking people, yet it's ignored. Similarly, he wanted a gun. Zimmerman having a legal gun was evil, but Trayvon wanting an illegal gun means nothing.
Finally, there is steadfast refusal among liberals to even discuss or acknowledge the single most telling comment, that of Rachel Jeantele that she told Trayvon to fear Zimmerman because eh might be an aggressive homo. The inescapable conclusion, that Trayvon was infuriated and sought to teach the homo a traditional lesson, is too horrifying for them to even think about, much less debate.
We've learned , or at least had retaught, a valuable lesson. Facts mean nothing to liberals, the law means nothing, justice means nothing. They are all means to an end. No tragedy should go unexploited, and if you have to make up facts and ruin peoples' lives, that's ok as long as it doesn't hurt anyone important on their side.
The common thread is how can it possibly be that an armed adult vigilante can follow a young innocent boy and kill him and nothing can be done? There are calls to end Florida's stand your ground law, from corrupt AG Holder no less, there are calls to do away with concealed carry laws, there are calls to redo self defense laws. There are calls from the usual race hustlers, ie Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, to prosecute Zimmerman on federal hate crime charges, even though the FBI investigation essentially said there were no grounds for it.
The common thread of all this anguish was a determined refusal to face facts.
If we go by facts, the first people to blame would be the black thugs who terrorized Zimmerman's little neighborhood. If they had not insisted on robbing and breaking into houses, Zimmerman would not have been on the lookout for suspicious people. I have yet to hear anyone make this point.
Why is it that liberals absolutely refuse to even entertain the possibility that Trayvon started the fight, even though all the physical evidence and testimony support that conclusion? At most, they will say "no one knows what happened except Zimmerman and Trayvon." Well, that's not quite true. We know Zimmerman sustained multiple injuries to his face and head that were completely consistent with his version of events.
Why does the appalling history from Trayvon's twitter account not at least give them pause? If Zimmerman had an online record of making threats, racist comments and glorifying violence, you can bet they would give it plenty of relevance and the judge would have let it into evidence. Here we have a record of Trayvon actually bragging about suckerpunching or coldcocking people, yet it's ignored. Similarly, he wanted a gun. Zimmerman having a legal gun was evil, but Trayvon wanting an illegal gun means nothing.
Finally, there is steadfast refusal among liberals to even discuss or acknowledge the single most telling comment, that of Rachel Jeantele that she told Trayvon to fear Zimmerman because eh might be an aggressive homo. The inescapable conclusion, that Trayvon was infuriated and sought to teach the homo a traditional lesson, is too horrifying for them to even think about, much less debate.
We've learned , or at least had retaught, a valuable lesson. Facts mean nothing to liberals, the law means nothing, justice means nothing. They are all means to an end. No tragedy should go unexploited, and if you have to make up facts and ruin peoples' lives, that's ok as long as it doesn't hurt anyone important on their side.
