FLASHBACK--An Unfortunate T-Shirt Hits Florida Streets In Wake Of Trayvon Martin Killing

The Smoking Gun ^ | March 26, 2012

[Brad from Tennessee]

Expanding the definition of “cracker,” a t-shirt featuring the photo of the man who shot Trayvon Martin is now available for purchase.

As seen at right, the shirt has a picture of George Zimmerman and the words “P**y Ass Cracker.” Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic, killed Martin, 17, last month while acting as a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida.

The shirt’s “p**y ass cracker” line is apparently a reference to lyrics from the rapper Plies’s song “100 Years,” which bemoans stiff sentences handed out by racist judges.

[Kenny Bunk]

Clever. We can’t even get them on a trademark infringement.

[Uncle Chip]

I wonder how much the Martin family are making off of every shirt???

[hoosiermama]

Is it enough to pay their legal fees ?

[Uncle Chip]

They’d have to sell a lot of shirts

[Sherman Logan]

This charade is all about the mopney - - it's always about the money - - and if Zimmerman walks, the chance of a civil case (in search of some of that "jackpot justice") succeeding drops significantly.

How's that work? They've already settled with the homeowners' association.

Aside from perhaps the City of Sandord, who I think they would have difficulty suing since Trayvon was already dead when they arrived, who (with money) is there left to sue?

I realize it's a very common meme, so this isn't really aimed at you specifically, but I get very tired of the notion that "It's always about the money."

Well, no it's not. The idea is actually a variant of vulgar Marxism, in which all human actions have at root a financial motivation.

Individual folks like reporters, and institutions like media outlets do have a financial incentive to play this story up, since it brings in viewers.

But most people who get their panties all bunched about the issue have no financial incentive.

It's NOT all about money. It's about tribalism, and feeling self-righteous, and power, and reinforcing one's worldview and hating the evil pussy-ass cracker. Even, perhaps especially, if you am one.