This moral dilemma is interesting to think about, especially if you think of it in terms of, “What would i do?” I’d be the last to judge him because we only have a portion of the story (the media version).
Half of me wants to accept the fact that he should be putting his family’s safety first. (Shoot, for all we know, his wife is the one who is scared and made him back out by threatening the couch treatment.)
Having said that, what does this teach his kids?! It teaches them to be loyal ONLY if it’s convenient and won’t cause any personal pain, that’s what it teaches them. It teaches them to be a wimp when you’re bullied and to turn tail and run like a whipped dog. It teaches them it’s preferable to crawl into a hole to hide when things get tough instead of standing up for what is good and right and Godly.
Zimmerman risked injury to himself to save this man’s entire family, for crying out loud! And not only that, now the “Hate Zimmerman” mob is claiming the rescue didn’t happen (or was staged)? And this couple can sit there and watch that and STILL do nothing to stand up for the man who helped them?
I wouldn’t climb into a foxhole with either one of these people! If this were my husband, i would be ashamed of him and have no respect for him if he didn’t stand up. As long as he consulted me first before going public, i would EXPECT him to stand up for Zimmerman.
Maybe they have some dirt on one of them, like an affair or an addiction or something.
I might add that my husband has also done what GZ did, so that’s probably influencing my thoughts on this. He came up on a wreck similar to this situation. The driver had broken legs and was trapped behind the steering wheel of a pickup that was on fire. My husband and another man pulled this guy out after prying the truck door open. Yeah, i was very proud of him. And yes, if my husband was Zimmerman, i would want the guy he saved to stand up for him.