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In reply to the discussion: The problem with saying "All Lives Matter" [View all]KMOD
(7,906 posts)105. OK, this is just silly at this point.
I was hoping that your concern was sincere, and that perhaps you were naïve, but now it's clear that you are deliberately obtuse.
Zimmerman would not have stalked me. He stalked Trayvon because he viewed him as a threat. He viewed Trayvon as a threat because Trayvon was black. He shot Trayvon because Trayvon was black. Zimmerman had an irrational fear of black people that caused his stalking and killing.
Trayvon was simply walking back to the condo he was staying in. He was just a teen. He's dead because of Zimmerman's subconscious prejudice.
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And? Generalising grudges over the past makes a worse world, not a better one.
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#17
"The statement that Black lives are systematically willfully dehumanized is excessive"
kwassa
Jul 2016
#38
I agree with some of your points, but you still do not solve the BLM conundrum
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#21
To talk about systemic racism, nothing can be more clear than NYC's "broken window" policy.
rusty quoin
Jul 2016
#36
Misrepresenting what I say isn't proper discussion. Where do I support Zimmerman?
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#89
I suppose anyone who doesn't absolutely share your views sounds like a RW troll?
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#115
Facts? I haven't seen you bring up one fact yet. Just letting everyone know you got caught.
Rex
Jul 2016
#95
And? All I said was that we do not **know** how Zimmerman picked his 'suspects'
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#96
I think Zimmerman was a mild loon and that his case did not reflect on anything much
Albertoo
Jul 2016
#127
This is also false on it face, you been listening to faux new too long... they've been saying simila
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#124
No. It isn't just the past. Lynching is a problem today, too. Did you read about the racist Kansas
tblue37
Jul 2016
#24
That one can find examples of white victims of police brutality is unsurprising, and does nothing to
fishwax
Jul 2016
#110
Perhaps black people should not be targeted for traffic stops because they are black.
rusty quoin
Jul 2016
#77