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Predictions Of Riots If Zimmerman Acquitted Display Appalling Lack Of Faith In Black Community
Mediaite ^ | July 10, 2013 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 07/11/2013 6:34:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Imagine the pleasant surprise I encountered after reading the headline “just in case George Zimmerman walks free…” adorning the top of a post composed by hip hop mogul and GlobalGrind.com founder Russell Simmons. It was my hope that Simmons, a respected voice in the black community, would spell out for an attentive audience why pundits preparing their audiences for riots in the wake of a possible acquittal were wrong. Instead, Simmons identified a variety of “victories” that resulted from the killing of Trayvon Martin. He cited setbacks for the National Rifle Association and state-level “Stand Your Ground” laws which he believes the activists who turned the trial into a political proxy war made possible. Simmons’ post is just one of many reckless provocations that have become a lamentably familiar aspect of the coverage of this trial and its “effect of inflaming passions without enlightening,” as National Journal’s Matthew Cooper put it.

But worse than the base impulse to score political points and threaten national comity by implying that one or another cultural worldview is threatened by a verdict in a far-flung murder trial are the pundits and officials readily preparing for – and, in some cases, stoking through innuendo – a violent reaction from African-Americans should the jury find Zimmerman not guilty. What is most striking is that few bristle with offense at the obscene implication that African-Americans will be unable to internalize such an outcome without lashing out in an uncivilized fashion.....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billoreilly; blackkk; ericholder; florida; georgezimmerman; holderspeople; kenyanbornmuzzie; newblackpanthers; riots; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: gr8eman

It’s not about rioting. It’s about looting. They need an excuse and a new TV and pricey sneakers.


61 posted on 07/11/2013 7:44:45 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Errant

yep, The taxpayers of this Country have provided many things to people for the “greater good” and many have crapped on the generosity. The number of taxpayers will be going down and the tree is going to be so top heavy it’s going to fall over. No one to tax (steal) from anymore.


62 posted on 07/11/2013 7:46:45 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: stboz; 2ndDivisionVet; null and void; Vendome

So, in the SF Bay Area, can we expect to see rioting in —

San Francisco’s Union Square?
Walnut Creek’s Broadway Plaza?


63 posted on 07/11/2013 7:51:06 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; wardaddy
I think maybe the one on the left is the author. He looks like a real expert on the black community.


64 posted on 07/11/2013 7:53:48 PM PDT by Errant
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To: thecodont

Santana Row...


65 posted on 07/11/2013 7:58:55 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“What is most striking is that few bristle with offense at the obscene implication that African-Americans will be unable to internalize such an outcome without lashing out in an uncivilized fashion”

Indeed.

But, it’s about as predictable as their voting patterns. IOW, it’s extremely predictable. History shows.

If the shoe fits....


66 posted on 07/11/2013 7:59:14 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: piytar
Funny thing, they usually behave themselves in Texas... Remember the little march they had in Jasper?

In all truth, folks in the South have gotten along remarkably well. But now, with Obama and this administration working to create division, some goodwill is disappearing.

67 posted on 07/11/2013 8:04:27 PM PDT by Errant
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If this is a political trial, and I think it is, then it is worth noting that the best long term outcome for the left is an acquittal that is perceived to have been motivated by the racism of the white jurors. "Vote to Avenge Trayvon!" should make an effective rallying cry. The prosecution/judge team in this case has certainly acted as though its desired outcome was an acquittal that could be seen as racially unjust.

If Zimmerman is acquitted, Obama can appear on television and solemnly proclaim that America still has a very, very long way to go to achieve racial equality. His low-information fans will eat it up.

68 posted on 07/11/2013 8:08:47 PM PDT by TChad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
. . . Appalling Lack Of Faith In Black Community

I have not lost faith.. it's not the black community per se.

It's who wants to see violence, death and destruction.

Obama and IFOO (ideological friends of Obama) that's who.

.. and if Al Gore himself had not stopped it in 2000 we would have had death and destruction in cities all across America.

Frum's "Gore Speaks" 19 Nov., 2002 column

KARENNA GORE: [Ms Gore describes the "right wing" crowd outside screaming things like "get out of Vice President Cheney's house"] And my whole attitude was, like, "We've got to fight back harder. And where are our crowds?" And my dad, I'll never forget his response. He said, "We have to do what's best for the country, and it is not good for the country to have this kind of divisiveness.["] And he was on the phone, really calling off the dogs. There were people who wanted to fan the … the flames of the racial issue and have real unrest. And he was on the phone asking them not to, because of what was best for the country not because of what was best for him politically. And that's really who he is.

[Her father Al Gore] was on the phone, really calling off the dogs. There were people who wanted to fan the … the flames of the racial issue and have real unrest. And he was on the phone asking them not to . . . .

What the hell else could that mean? The 1960s Marxist-Alinsky campus radicals (psycho spoiled brats), et al stirred up many a riot in the 1960s. And they have had control of the Democratic Party since the 1970s. From now on that's the way it is until one side or the other wins.

69 posted on 07/11/2013 8:20:25 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It isn't that they're black, white, or whatever. It is the fact that there is a certain segment, a certain percentage of the population that is easily manipulated. My concern is with the motives of those who would manipulate these people (regardless of race) into acts purely for their own political and power ends/objectives/agenda.

So my fear is that some of my fellow Americans are about to be used - hurt even killed - for the political purposes of a few truly evil people.

70 posted on 07/11/2013 8:33:57 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That is true, but I actually agree and I think the idea that blacks are like sheep and that they are all going to “riot” if Zimmerman is acquitted is an idea planted by the race baiting folks like Obama and Sharpton.

I think that that most blacks will be fine, because probably every one of them has a lowlife, downwardly-mobile loser like Martin in their family and they know exactly what he was up to.


71 posted on 07/11/2013 8:52:50 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius
Watch Bait Car or Extreme Pawn sometime.
72 posted on 07/11/2013 8:55:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: LucyT

We’ll be ready. We are always ready. : )


73 posted on 07/11/2013 9:38:28 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; NFHale; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; ...
RE :”Predictions Of Riots If Zimmerman Acquitted Display Appalling Lack Of Faith In Black Community,”

I still believe that Dems have a much smarter plan then letting them riot.

Their plan involves voter turnout 2014. He will tell them to turn truth to power at the ballot box 2014 and remember the VRA court decision,'Selma, Selma".
Maybe Obama will appear as the dark ‘prince of peace’ to save the day.

Zimmermam with spend the rest of his life in court, part of their plan, well at least till Obama leaves office.

74 posted on 07/11/2013 9:51:45 PM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: matt04

Yep, that is the real point of this. They want to loot with impunity. Hope shop owners are prepared.


75 posted on 07/11/2013 10:01:38 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: cripplecreek

I agree. At least not outside of Floriduh.

No palpable tension here in Los Angeles.


76 posted on 07/11/2013 10:27:19 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: sickoflibs

They already get about 95% of the black vote. Are they going to clone more?


77 posted on 07/11/2013 10:49:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: LucyT

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/misc/philadelphia_bpp_comp.php


78 posted on 07/11/2013 10:50:08 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: thecodont

Same deal as Rodney King.

I was at Scoma’s when they rioted at Union Square. Wr were headed to Britex to look at materials for some costumes.

The valet advised against it.

We left and sure enough, before we hit 101 they at. the piers .

I won’t be anywhere near there when it happens this time.

I’ll be 90 miles to the south drinking scotch and watching it on tv..


79 posted on 07/11/2013 11:01:12 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have every but of faith they will act on their threats.

So no, it’s not an article of but, an acknowledgement they will follow through .


80 posted on 07/11/2013 11:03:36 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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