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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]ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)Just heard someone on the Stephanie Miller show that this state in no longer the Sunshine state, but rather the SHAMEFUL state.
I've lived here since 1971, back then it was a bit more blue! I know what has happened here and it seems as time goes by, it gets worse & worse. I'm also a white mother and can't understand WHY!!
In a way part of me says YES, boycott this state, but then I live here and "tourism" is about all we have anymore. I seriously need to sell 5 acres of land that we bought some time ago for an investment, but now simply want to break even if and when I can sell. I KNOW there are many, many white people here are who are as outraged as I am. Well, MORE than outraged.
As a person who's politically active, I knew about the SYG law, but I'd have to bet that there are far more people who had no idea about it. It has let people interpret it in their own way & it's been twisted around like a pretzel and rarely has anyone been prosecuted!!
To those who pray, please let THIS case shine a very bright light on it. And it would be nice if enough people could be rounded up to protest in Tally, but I doubt that too. My forays into political activism here has been woefully heart breaking.
So FWIW just making my own comment. I dare not speak of what I would like to have happen to Zimmerman, but one thing sticks in my craw... Hannity iterview... "it was God's will!"
I left the Catholic church a long time ago, it was hard at the time, but now it's very hard to understand how religion has become and end all and be all of so much that happens.
Am I an atheist, not sure... but probably agnostic at the very least. I know I BELIEVE what I can see with my own eyes. So much these days make me cringe!
My rant is too long, but believe me I could go on!