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Egalitarian Thug

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38. Because I was (un?)fortunate enough to be born early enough to see
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:45 PM
Jul 2013

the cusp of this nation's most critical junction since the Civil war.

As a small child I grew up in a nation of hope and opportunity. Watching man set foot on the moon is one of my very earliest memories. As a teenager, I saw this nation make a specific, deliberate choice to turn its back on the future and embrace a fantasy created by the most bankrupt, evil men on earth, and here's the most important part, I saw tens of millions of people that absolutely knew full well that what was being done was pure evil, and they went along with it for the chance that they could get rich along the way. They sold their souls and our future for a BMW and a 3-piece suit. They turned their backs on their fellow human beings and ignored their suffering and deprivation.

Since then I have watched this nation literally disintegrate, while most of those around me developed the capacity to purposely blind themselves to what was happening all around them.

It permeates this site and DU is, believe it or not, better than the overall reality. Small, mean, minds that take a perverse pleasure in making everything that they can influence, worse.

The racism, bigotry, the NRA, all that you mentioned and much more are merely symptoms of the underlying cancer that is consuming us all. America is the embodiment of evil in the world today.

I'm actually crying. bravenak Jul 2013 #1
Rev Al says this is an atrocity malaise Jul 2013 #7
It is. bravenak Jul 2013 #39
Justice in this country is a fucking JOKE!!!! Cooley Hurd Jul 2013 #2
Seriously. Casey, George, what jokes. anneboleyn Jul 2013 #11
Not guilty nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #3
I am surprised too. I didn't expect this at all. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #9
I expected manslaughter nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #12
So did I. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #13
The justice system needs overhauling badlly as moral thought. lumpy Jul 2013 #32
FUCK! arthritisR_US Jul 2013 #4
Florida doesn't like convicting high profile killers apparently ShadowLiberal Jul 2013 #5
~shakes head~ Marrah_G Jul 2013 #6
so fucked up. how did they find his excuses credible? how? bettyellen Jul 2013 #8
Completely fucked up suffragette Jul 2013 #18
hey you! *hugs* bettyellen Jul 2013 #40
Back at ya suffragette Jul 2013 #41
I'm disgusted! City Lights Jul 2013 #10
All to be hoped for is that Geor. Zimmerman will get his just desserts sooner than later. lumpy Jul 2013 #22
It would be poetic justice for Zimmerman to get shot by a vigilante. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2013 #31
The power of the GOP, Foxx Noise and the NRA FarPoint Jul 2013 #14
Civil suit coming malaise Jul 2013 #16
Just as long as Georgie has no peace...ever FarPoint Jul 2013 #19
I can go along with that. n/t LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #34
Hope so and hope Zimmerman has to spend many many hours sitting in court rooms and losing lumpy Jul 2013 #35
No it isn't, it's America. The reason I'm such a cynical asshole is simply experience Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #17
I always seem to take the bait.... FarPoint Jul 2013 #24
I'm sorry, too. This is another in a seemingly endless list of outrages. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #28
Not sure how long the NRA- Zimmy FarPoint Jul 2013 #37
Why did you think this would happen ? Because of racism, ignorance, regional bigotry, lumpy Jul 2013 #30
Because I was (un?)fortunate enough to be born early enough to see Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #38
Damn. I am so glad I live on the West Coast, I couldn't hack it anywhere else. lumpy Jul 2013 #26
Sean Hannity is celebrating like no tomorrow. Boomerproud Jul 2013 #27
Stunning verdict. ecstatic Jul 2013 #15
Damn suffragette Jul 2013 #20
DISGRACEFUL!!! nt Raine Jul 2013 #21
He'll do it again malaise Jul 2013 #23
un fucking believable arely staircase Jul 2013 #25
They didn't read the individual counts BainsBane Jul 2013 #29
unf'ingbelievable miked62916 Jul 2013 #33
what the fuck is wrong with Florida? Blue_Roses Jul 2013 #36
It's always been this way. A haven for thieves and racists going back for as long as it's Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #42
Very well said malaise Jul 2013 #43
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