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In reply to the discussion: Yes, George Zimmerman is in fact a "creepy cracker". [View all]NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)96. Public opnion, never cared about what really happened,
Just because Martin is black, doesn't mean it was a hate crime. And if you are truly watching the trial unfold with an objective mind, the prosecution's case shows an unnecessary engagement resulting in a horrible, unjustified killing of a person. Zimmerman killed Martin there is no question - there never was, however he wasn't "hunting for any unarmed black kid to kill" like so many seem to want the case to be. Our own President, and half the population came out and racially judged this case before it even went to trial, all in the name of being among the first to judge a "racist" guilty of a hate crime,..... to be perceived as a "social crusader" - because Martin is black. Just because someone of a different race kills a black person, doesn't mean it's automatically racially motivated, murder is sometimes just murder,.....or extreme stupidity resulting in the wrongful death of another person... is just extreme stupidity resulting in the wrongful death of another person. We have laws addressing negligence resulting in great bodily harm or death,..... not every dead black person killed by a white or Hispanic person is racially motivated.
Now as the prosecution makes it's case, or should I say validates the case the defense WAS going to TRY and present, many will blame the justice system for inequality.....always looking for some bigger cause to point a finger. Zimmerman killed Martin.....that in and of itself is bad enough, I feel as though what actually happened that night has been thrown aside, Martin's death, HIS FREAKING DEATH...is now just simply evidence of Zimmerman's racism or America's fetish with guns, whichever cause is more important to the people who want the case to be about their social cause.
What is about to happen is a shame, and you watch, the carnage that will follow once the prosecution finishes making the defense's case will be even worse. Zimmerman wrongfully and unjustifiably killed Martin, the facts support that in my opinion. However the public's NEED to find Zimmerman guilty of racism is what will ultimately cause the case to collapse. And Trayvon Martin will be forgotten, dead in his grave as soon as another opportunity for a nationwide racist fiasco presents itself.
It's a shame, it's unnecessary and it's not justice.
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The word 'cracker' comes from the word 'Craic' pronounced 'crack' which means
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#12
The term comes from Colonial times, what we call a 'cracker' food wise is called
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#32
That's because it did not mean 'white people' it mean 'rural colonists in the South
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#31
it makes sense to me: the crackers are the braggarts, the arrogant ones
Voice for Peace
Jul 2013
#51
Craic is also the root of the expression "cracking a joke". Cracker was applied to southern settlers
Erose999
Jul 2013
#20
Yet to accuse someone of being so inhuman that they believe others can be owned is no small thing.
dkf
Jul 2013
#25
For Zimmerman in particular, the apple doesn't fall far from the slave-owning tree.
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#43
Not to mention "cracker" has several innocuous other meanings, and "n____r" does not.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2013
#2
That's exactly what I used to think, it was because those crunchy wafers were white.
dkf
Jul 2013
#6
I thought it was equal to calling people a redneck, country hick, hillbilly, etc. Example:
patricia92243
Jul 2013
#9
Speaking as the target of that particular slur, if I'm called it, I'll survive the experience.
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#11
I'm a northern, affluent, urban intellectual white gay man, if you call me a Cracker
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#19
It is not the equivalent at all,it is kind of sort of racially based, kind of and is not
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#16
No, it is obviously used by some as a racially based slur, but that does not mean
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#66
There's a restaraunt in Cross Creek called The Yearling which specializes in Cracker Cuisine.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2013
#50
you alerted the OP for being a racist slur, have you ever alerted one racist against black people?
CreekDog
Jul 2013
#110
The SNL skit reinforces the fact that there are no racial 'slurs' against white people
Sheldon Cooper
Jul 2013
#76
In this case the black person WAS the victim of gratuitous violence from a white man.
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#70
I don't give a shit if he called him every derogatory word in the book that could apply to white
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#53
Slurs against any race or gender are bad, unless they're aimed at white males.
Skip Intro
Jul 2013
#73
Martin wasn't in the state of mind to make such distinctions when he was being stalked. n/t
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#90
Informative thread! For all the Caucasians offended by the term "cracker"...
The Midway Rebel
Jul 2013
#112