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The Media’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Excuse: Blame the Zimmerman verdict on Florida’s gun laws.
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| 07/16/2013
| Allen Ginzburg
Posted on 07/16/2013 7:25:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
From the very start, the ONLY people I’ve seen bringing up the FL Stand Your Ground law are the media and FReepers.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:31:49 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: SeekAndFind
Apparently we are supposed to think of the Second Amendment the same way we have recently been told to think about the freedom of religion: it’s our God-given right, but woe to those who dare to exercise it in public.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:33:13 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Roccus; SeekAndFind
Totally right, Roccus.
We even have deniers on FR who haven’t reached the right conclusion: this was all about gun control via judicial activism.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:40:27 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
To: Old Sarge
I’ve also been saying the same thing. This case is all about gun control.
It will be cited more than Sandy Hook ever was. TM will be the poster boy for gun control.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:42:00 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
(obama, border)
To: SeekAndFind
The media has been using the Zimmerman trial as a platform for the most extensive propaganda and myth program I’ve seen since they took over the fed govt in 2008. They have made the defendent white, claimed the incident was about race, stated the defendent was told things that he was not told, and many other fictions including that “stand your ground” was to blame.
How many lies can be told before this runs its course? From the responses of the celebs and athletes I read yesterday, it appears the least informed Americans are still clueless so I will infer that a large part of the population remains fooled or complicit.
There was always an anti-freedom and anti-self defense plan in this just as there was a plan to increase racial polarization and violence. That is why this case has been so popular with the media. No other issue has the potential to move their ideology along.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:48:23 AM PDT
by
iacovatx
(Conservatism is the political center--it is not "right" of center)
To: ealgeone
If it’s about gun control it isn’t working for me.
If Zimmerman hadn’t been armed he would be dead.
I want a carry permit.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:51:33 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: SeekAndFind
Once again the media has revealed how it is distorting the news.
Excuse my rant, but I am fed up with all the hype and misinformation spread by the media. For example, Mystery Writers of America (MWA) gave the Edgar Award for Best FACT Crime book this year to "Midnight in Peking." Yet the author presented distortions regarding White Russians (see June blog at link
Then, entertainment programs keep inserting false info about Sarah Palin and others. Recently I just twice turned on Jay Leno and both times he attacked her. D. Letterman has done the same. On talk shows, and outright lies are not challenge and person sprouting nonsense are given a pass.
Where was the media after the horrific nightmare tortures of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsome? Where was the sympathy for their parents when they heard of the rapes and bleach being forced down the throat of the victim?
To: ealgeone
It will be cited more than Sandy Hook ever was.
Let's see if the Sandy Hookers let themselves be used by the gun grabbers once again, this time to join in solidarity in the quest for justice for Trayvon and "meaningful" reforms in the "Gunshine state"
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:55:23 AM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: ealgeone
TM will be the poster boy for gun control. I'd say GZ did an acceptable job of gun control so I have no problem with the gun-control crowd using TM for their efforts as it will only ensure those with functioning brains see it for the appeal to emotion that it is. Many of those reacting to that emotionally will put themselves in Zimmerman's place and realize they don't want to be defenseless against the likes of Trayvon.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:55:53 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Venturer
I strongly encourage you to get it now.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:57:40 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
(obama, border)
Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep em coming! Thank you all very much!
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:03:49 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(When immigrants cannot or will not assimilate, its really just an invasion. Throw them out!)
To: iacovatx
Here’s the reality whether we like it or not: Trayvon’s death wasnt about race, guns, or anybody’s pet issue.
It was about misjudgment and overreaction — exactly what many people (mostly politicians and race hustlers) doing now to the verdict.
To: ealgeone
I agree. I wondered why all this fuss over the story. It got far more attention than Benghazi or scores of other far more tragic death involving multiple killings. But yes, this is a chance to push gun control.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:12:53 AM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
To: SeekAndFind
"Would Zimmerman have left his car and followed Martin without the comfort of the cold steel strapped to his body? Its unlikely."
If must be handy to be omniscient.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:18:15 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: SeekAndFind
It was about misjudgment and overreaction... Trayvon was a murder looking for a place to happen. He was planning on it's being somebody else' murder, but it didn't work out that way.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:20:41 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: iacovatx
The role of the media in this case is disgusting. The talking heads keep getting more and more shrill.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:22:34 AM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
To: iacovatx
since they took over the fed govt in 2008
WRONG - the RATS won the Congress in Nov 2006, when I left the GOP party.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:25:13 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: SeekAndFind
Heres the reality whether we like it or not: Trayvons death wasnt about race, guns, or anybodys pet issue. It was about misjudgment and overreaction exactly what many people (mostly politicians and race hustlers) doing now to the verdict.
Yes. Also, judging the gansta trash talk TM put up on Twitter, this should serve as a lesson for any wannabe thug, of any race or background, btw. What happened to TM is the inevitable consequence of letting your alligator mouth get your butterfly ass in trouble. And instead or blaming guns remember TM was using MMA-style fight moves when he was beating on GZ. TM may have been a naive, impressionable child influenced by the wrestling he saw on TV? Why Doesn't the Martin family go after WWE? File civil suits against Vince and Linda McMahon. Maybe the DoJ could subpoena some pro wrestlers (Subpoena John Cena!, HEY, there's a tagline the rent-a-mob can chant)
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:39:29 AM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: SeekAndFind
The Battle of Athens Part II, may be coming if this crap keeps up.
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posted on
07/16/2013 8:49:03 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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