The frustration is compounded because there are frequently losers and jerks on both sides of these cases.
Yeah. That is why that one is my litmus test. In the Zimmerman case, EVERYONE on the other side was a loser or jerk. That is, no reasonable person, with even a rudimentary understanding of the facts of the case, would have expected charges to be filed.
I posted a lot on a liberal site at the time. About 2/3 of the liberals there finally came down against Martin. But there was still a core group that were absolutely furious that Zimmerman was getting away with cold blooded murder. And these were folks that were repeatedly referred to the excellent Conservativetreehouse.com coverage and so many other sources. i.e. they had the facts.
On a comical note, I said to one, “I think I get it. You are black, aren’t you?”
He went ballistic at my raw racism. But in the end, yes, he admitted that he was black. He was a black racist.
The funny thing is that, given the way they can be treated, even today, in our culture, I understand how a black person can see the world through the lens of race. As a white male boomer, my race rarely mattered about anything. To a black man, it could easily be a daily occurrence. That has an impact on a person.
But still, it doesn’t excuse what many are doing, nor does it excuse just being stupid in your analysis of information.
One very disturbing aspect of the OJ case was the admission by many blacks that while he had done it, his acquittal was just because in the past whites had gotten off for killing blacks. To them Nicole & Ron were meaningless biscuit-heads who were sacrificed to right a vague past wrong.
The violence many blacks encounter in their daily lives is the fruit of this attitude about human life in general.