The Zimmerman case is big, but it's effect is done. The feds and race baiters have already done the damage. It will only affect us if there are riots because of a well deserved acquittal.
I'm thinking we're all so shell shocked from being whupped so often, we're using it as entertainment to escape our bruises.
The big question: If we put our nickels together, will we get a dime back?
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I hear you, and I figured a reasoned response would include something like (can we not concentrate on more than one thing at a time). I agree, we should be able to, but the American public is fickle and sometimes easily led (some groups more than others).
I often have to remind myself that on FR, we are still a slice of the distribution - more often on one end of the spectrum, but we are still a slice of it. It can be hard to reconcile that with the idea that we are tightly knit on one end of the spectrum for the most part, but all (or at least a lot of) the other social mores are there in the spectrum as well.