George Zimmerman Apologist Bingo nt

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25. My point is that your "but the president...!" argument doesn't work

Of course he's going to stand behind a podium and give nods about the jury. When he's standing up there, he is the highest representative of law in the United States. He's not going to say "Yeah, fuck that jury." And I already said I have no idea if that's what's running through his head. Just that I'm willing to bet he has a more candid opinion in private, whatever that opinion might be.

Justifying your own bland admonishments of "the jury decided!" by pointing to a guy who for glaringly obvious reasons has to stick by that line just shows that your own argument is weak and ill-considered. We know the jury decided. We don't need you to tell us, thanks. Constantly making the point doesn't educate anyone. It just exposes that person as a smug ass-hat, especially when it is used as admonition towards people who are bothered by the verdict or its ramifications. That a jury decided does not guarantee that the decision was the correct one. It doesn't even guarantee that the jury gave it any thought, for all we know they spent sixteen hours seeing who could stuff the most marshmallows into their mouths at one time. All it means is they reached a decision, and there is no ethical value to that either way.