[GOPJ]

...the most frightening thing about the reaction to the Zimmerman verdict. Of course, that hasn't been confined to blacks, but it does seem to be endemic in younger, public school-educated people. Completely emotion-based, with no apparent understanding of facts, evidence, the rule of law, forensic rhetoric, any of the things we value in Western Civilization.

That whole thing about eating skittles being an 'innocent' act that excused the reality of Trayvon attempting to beat a man to death was beyond weird... and they all mouthed it as thought it made sense.

[Trailerpark Badass]

That whole thing about eating skittles being an 'innocent' act that excused the reality of Trayvon attempting to beat a man to death was beyond weird... and they all mouthed it as thought it made sense.

And the whole "hoodie" thing was remarkably ironic, especially because young thugs DO use hoodies to obscure their face when committing crimes.

I'm pretty sure the term "hoodie" was popularized first in Britain, where young criminals used them tied tightly around their faces to hide from surveillance cameras. In the mid-2000's there was a great deal of public outcry in Britain about hoodie-wearing thugs, a large number of them white, to the point that shops began barring young people wearing them.

I've been in several banks that have signs telling you to remove your cap or your hood.

So this notion that hoodies are just some innocent style choice is utter crap.

I suppose some people think they're entitled to their own reality.