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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you're a white person who thinks Zimmerman should have been convicted of something.... [View all]calimary
(81,179 posts)Glad you're here. As glum as we are. At least we have each other with whom to commiserate. This weekend, in between doing my work, I seriously NEEDED to come here and hang and vent and post and read, and feel some sense of solidarity. It's been good to be in this good company. You get the reassurance and validation that you're not alone in how you feel. So many of us, white, black, male, female, gay, straight - come down on the same side on this issue, among others. He's a flat-out, unrepentent, self-anointed vigilante MURDERER. Pre-determined. The instant he spotted the black kid where HE decided that black kid had no right to be - unless he was obviously up to something. Judge-jury-executioner all in one. The one-stop shopping murderer guy. Sweet. And they let him walk.