**Official** Trayvon Martin thread

[NewRightLibertarian]

To that end they are being very effective.

LOL - And I used to get scoffed at back in 2007 when I and others would talk of "media conspiracies" and "government owned propaganda networks".

Not just this story, but the way RP is treated to how stories are built up and used, I think it's pretty clear now to everybody that is paying a little attention.

The conspiracy pretty much follows the Paul's around at this point. You'd have to have your head buried in the sand not to notice it

 

[AuH20]

To that end they are being very effective.

LOL - And I used to get scoffed at back in 2007 when I and others would talk of "media conspiracies" and "government owned propaganda networks".

Not just this story, but the way RP is treated to how stories are built up and used, I think it's pretty clear now to everybody that is paying a little attention.

If you are against the debt ceiling being raised, you hate poor black people. None of this stuff happens by accident. It's all calculated, playing on people's emotional vulnerabilities and inherent biases.

 

[moo]

it's distraction to some of you because you'll never have to deal with racism, racial profiling & discrimination on the same level as blacks do.

 

[kylejack]

The media is now throwing this phrase around, which I do not ever recall reading before.

a white Hispanic

There's nothing strange about it at all.

Someone who is Hispanic is either from a Spanish-speaking country, or have heritage from Spanish-speaking countries. Their race is independent of that. Hispanics can be black, white, Native American, or any other race.

 

[Anti Federalist]

There's nothing strange about it at all.

Someone who is Hispanic is either from a Spanish-speaking country, or have heritage from Spanish-speaking countries. Their race is independent of that. Hispanics can be black, white, Native American, or any other race.

Yes, I'm well aware of that fact.

I have never seen anybody in any major media outlet be described as a "white Hispanic" before.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

There's nothing strange about it at all.

Someone who is Hispanic is either from a Spanish-speaking country, or have heritage from Spanish-speaking countries. Their race is independent of that. Hispanics can be black, white, Native American, or any other race.

My grandpa is a white Hispanic, as am I. People never seem to believe me when I tell them, and it pisses me off

 

[dillo]

Obama needs to start a race war so that he has some mild excuse for declaring martial law and taking peoples guns

 

[lester1/2jr]

ironic people complaining about the lynch mob coming for zimmerman.

 

[cajuncocoa]

My grandpa is a white Hispanic, as am I. People never seem to believe me when I tell them, and it pisses me off

I think you're missing the point. If I understand Anti Federalist correctly, he's saying he's never seen such a description in the media before. And neither have I.

 

[rag-time4]

Ron Paul was asked about the Trayvon Martin case in a recent Q & A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RETyDEHjHY0

Just a brief response but he said he didnt know all the details of the case, and that he favors local law enforcement handling it vs federal involvement

 

[Bruno]

I wasn't really following the story much, just catching the headlines. But what I read in the report above differs completely from the media story, and that is the point - the story the media chooses to sell to us, as we all should be a little more sensitive to than many others.

The media is portraying him as what looks likes an innocent 14 year old, when he was possibly according to this story a trouble-making gang member with a "No Limit" attitude who may have just recently swung at a bus drive, and was confronted by some guy in a neighborhood he wasn't from. They were likely both in the wrong at some point during the confrontation, and Zimmerman probably shouldn't have followed him and maybe should have left it to the police since they were on they way (where ironically this kid's chances of getting beaten or shot would have been likely higher, unfortunately). I don't know if this Zimmerman's life was in danger when he felt he had to pull the trigger, or not. I don't yet know who started the confrontation, and who was doing what to whom when the trigger was pulled. But the 6'3" young man described in this article is a different picture than the one being portrayed by the media, and everyone has already jumped to their conclusions based upon it.

And no, his pot use, tattoos, and his investment in precious metals to cover his teeth have nothing to do with it.

 

[onlyrp]

somehow a person being suspended from school at 17, makes him ok to kill if he's wearing a hoodie and holds a bag of skittles?

 

[cajuncocoa]

Ron Paul was asked about the Trayvon Martin case in a recent Q & A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RETyDEHjHY0

Just a brief response but he said he didnt know all the details of the case, and that he favors local law enforcement handling it vs federal involvement

Dr. Paul is a very wise man.

 

[dawnbt]

There's nothing strange about it at all.

Someone who is Hispanic is either from a Spanish-speaking country, or have heritage from Spanish-speaking countries. Their race is independent of that. Hispanics can be black, white, Native American, or any other race.

I was shocked the first time the news said he was killed by a "white" guy. I looked at the picture and thought..."yeah, not looking really white, I'd say Hispanic.". At that point, I KNEW there was more to this story.

 

[onlyrp]

That's true. Cops hate us mundanes doing their job for them--killing people, I mean.

Which is why it's unlikely he did anything wrong in this case, wouldn't the police LOVE to lock this kid up and assert their authority on the neighborhood to prevent friendly fire or vigilante justice if he actually did something wrong and they let it slip?

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

I think you're missing the point. If I understand Anti Federalist correctly, he's saying he's never seen such a description in the media before. And neither have I.

Yeah, I haven't either. I wasn't disagreeing with Anti Fed

 

[onlyrp]

I was shocked the first time the news said he was killed by a "white" guy. I looked at the picture and thought..."yeah, not looking really white, I'd say Hispanic.". At that point, I KNEW there was more to this story.

well he's not black, that's all that matters for blacks.

 

[dillo]

ironic people complaining about the lynch mob coming for zimmerman.

ironic people supporting lynch mobs with shotty information and no trial

 

[dawnbt]

If you're gonna divide and conquer, rile the masses, and stir up racial tensions (they already tried class warfare and republicans hate women) they have to make the suspect "white".
Two babies under two were killed in drive-by shootings in over a week in Detroit recently. Why didn't THAT make national news? I just saw on ESPN today that a Texas A&M band student was beaten to death on a charter bus by fellow band members as part of a "hazing", no one has been charged with that boys death! Multiple people, on a bus, how is this not being blown up on the news?
The media outlets are prompted on what stories to promote and what angle to promote them. Period. THAT'S the problem here. This was a horrible situation no matter what happened and no matter what the outcome is, but to incite a race war, which has prompted the Black Panthers to offer a bounty for Zimmerman's "capture", and causing anger and tension in the country is exactly what they want. Even with "new" evidence coming out the outlets (Fox included) are broadcasting the witnesses claims in a very condescending (Ron Paulesque if I may) manner.
Anyone who can't see how the media isn't taking advantage of this tragic situation and manipulating doesn't WANT to see it.

 

[Ender]

Another site says:

He has sake gold grills on and is making fun of it on his FB, but its being passed like they are real.