I'm not sure, I didn't watch the video :}. If it was the right one, though, it is very cool that he mentioned Trayvon by name. *Nods* Like I said, that was a very appropriate song for him to perform.
Really? I don't. I honestly think he should have at least been found guilty of manslaughter, even if it couldn't be conclusively proven that he followed Trayvon with the intent to kill him.
I do wish we would have that discussion on race that Obama suggested years ago BUT...
Yes, that's definitely an important one to have, as painful, and in some cases, shaming, as it would be. Unfortunately, I don't think it's ever going to happen, at least not on a nationwide scale. Why? For one thing, it's not something the majority of the population wants to talk about. The other is, of course, that many of us (individuals like you, me, and others excepted), probably think that because evidence of racism isn't as obvious now (though if people are paying any attention to the blatantly racist voting laws being trotted out & enacted by, no surprise, the very same states that were barred from doing so when Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act still had teeth, people may realize that racism is absolutely not gone) and we elected an African-American as president twice, we live in a "color-blind", post-racial world, so we no longer need to worry about things like racism. It's out of sight, out of mind, in other words.
Exactly. *Nods* Though truthfully, I began to worry about that (every person who has a gun now thinks they can do whatever the heck they want with it) as soon as the first "Stand Your Ground" law was put on the books. It's a great idea in principle, I begrudgingly admit, but most of the ones that have been enacted are, as far as I know, so vague that they border on the legalization of vigilante justice. That's bad enough, but it's made ten times worse by the fact that the U.S. has some of, if not the, weakest gun laws in the world, which is a very dangerous combination.
True. *Nods* If the case is somehow brought in front of a federal court, and/or a civil trial is initiated by the Martin family, that's what could, in the end, send Zimmerman to jail for whatever duration is appropriate. Let's hope it's exactly what happens :[.
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Date: 2013-07-16 09:14 am (UTC)Really? I don't. I honestly think he should have at least been found guilty of manslaughter, even if it couldn't be conclusively proven that he followed Trayvon with the intent to kill him.
Yes, that's definitely an important one to have, as painful, and in some cases, shaming, as it would be. Unfortunately, I don't think it's ever going to happen, at least not on a nationwide scale. Why? For one thing, it's not something the majority of the population wants to talk about. The other is, of course, that many of us (individuals like you, me, and others excepted), probably think that because evidence of racism isn't as obvious now (though if people are paying any attention to the blatantly racist voting laws being trotted out & enacted by, no surprise, the very same states that were barred from doing so when Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act still had teeth, people may realize that racism is absolutely not gone) and we elected an African-American as president twice, we live in a "color-blind", post-racial world, so we no longer need to worry about things like racism. It's out of sight, out of mind, in other words.
Exactly. *Nods* Though truthfully, I began to worry about that (every person who has a gun now thinks they can do whatever the heck they want with it) as soon as the first "Stand Your Ground" law was put on the books. It's a great idea in principle, I begrudgingly admit, but most of the ones that have been enacted are, as far as I know, so vague that they border on the legalization of vigilante justice. That's bad enough, but it's made ten times worse by the fact that the U.S. has some of, if not the, weakest gun laws in the world, which is a very dangerous combination.
True. *Nods* If the case is somehow brought in front of a federal court, and/or a civil trial is initiated by the Martin family, that's what could, in the end, send Zimmerman to jail for whatever duration is appropriate. Let's hope it's exactly what happens :[.