I just read his “black and white” article about Zimmerman. He tries to play “the middle” and argue that both sides are partly right and both are partly wrong. It’s like arguing that a divorce between a man and woman where the man was a compulsive gambler, alcoholic and womanizer, and the wife took the kids to church every week and had a glass of Merlot every day with dinner, was a 50-50 proposition. They both had blood on their hands.
BS.
The Zimmerman case has become a litmus test for racial bias for me. If a person who claims to know the details still thinks that a white cop wannabee shot down a defenseless black kid and the system didn’t protect the kid, I no longer respect that person’s ability to use reason regarding ANYTHING.
Sometimes it really is black and white. Sometimes one side really is wrong. Nobody’s perfect, but sometimes people are in the wrong. I see it all the time on those dash cam crash videos. It really can be that black and white with this sort of stuff.
BTW, I have no opinion on the NC case yet because it’s not gone to court and it is still in the solidifying stage. In the beginning I thought Zimmerman was the bad guy.
Good analysis. I agree with you litmus test. The frustration is compounded because there are frequently losers and jerks on both sides of these cases.