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In reply to the discussion: Why is America still so ignorant about racism? Read this quote from a neighbor of George Zimmerman. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)what I'm saying is that what any one of us think about that IS NOT DEFINITIVE. The FBI will surely be able to clarify the tape and make what he says more discernible.
See? that is called "waiting for the evidence" and not jumping to conclusions. I'm not saying he did NOT say "coon." What I'm saying is that, as a factual matter, it's not clear, and some people think he says coon, others think he says goon. AND that the tape can probably be clarified by teh FBI, who is pretty good at that sort of thing, and that we'll find out definitively eventually. It's not what I think that matters, or what YOU think that matters.
What matters is the truth. Many don't seem to care about the truth or the facts. They want things to be a certain way, so that's what they see and hear. That's why we have a justice system, so the facts can be presented in a calm setting, and 12 people can discuss, review the evidence, and hopefully go over the case in serious deliberations, based on evidence.