Like totally cosmic, man.
"...if he had identified himself to Martin as a concerned citizen and initiated dialog in an effort to dispel each party's concern..."
This sounds like it was written by a social worker.
“This sounds like it was written by a social worker.”
Yeah, you know, Zimmerman really should have “initiated dialogue” and “opened the channels of communication” with “I feel...” language instead of “you” language. As in:
“I feel as though, because of the social milieu of your upbringing in a marginal class and as a member of an oppressed minority set aside as an ‘other’ by the ruling white Anglo-Saxon, male, heteronormative patriarchy, you were conditioned to act out from a sense of alienation to form a false consciousness wereby you walk around at night in concealing clothing, unconsciously playing out your assigned role as Young Black Criminal.”