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In reply to the discussion: Here's my problem. Can someone explain why Martin would attack Z if Z was doing nothing wrong? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)you asked for a reason. Is that not a reason that fits the facts?
1. Trayvon could have run home but didn't
2. Zimmerman did sustain some injuries
If, however, you are just gonna start with an a priori assumption
1. a black person is dead, therefore whoever killed that person is a racist
then clearly no reason is gonna seem plausible.
And I guess that all those black people who kill other black people are racists too. And if Zimmerman was black, and he was on his back getting hit, and yelling for help, he still would be a racist murderer if he shot the guy who was hitting him.
Seems to me that the story of "racist a$$hole guns down a child for no reason" is also one based on very flimsy evidence, but it is believed so fervently that its adherents want to attack any heretic who doubts it.