I think you’re basing too much on someone that MIGHT have said a word that can (if it even was the word they tell us he said) offend. I say if that is all you’re basing his guilt on then you’re a fool. Sorry, but we all say things that can be taken as racist or foolish and that doesn’t make us guilty of anything. Have you never said a racist thing in your life or said something that could offend others?
I think you are being too thin skinned and if that is all Tryvon needed to attack Zimmerman then he was a thug that should have been shot.
Posts such as yours are offensive to me. They make you come off as a weak person that can so easily be offended by a word. So Coon offends you? I think you’re being silly.
To believe that Zimmerman is guilty for uttering an offensive word is an indication that you exercise poor judgement and I wouldn’t want you to sit on a jury for any case.
You obviously grew up in a very protected situation. I grew up in a mostly black neighborhood and I have heard worse and been called much worse.
You need to grow a thicker skin. I also feel it odd that you are on Free Republic being so offended by words that you would feel the utterance of such words imply racist guilt. Maybe your better off going to a more compassionate site like MoveOn.org or Huffington post. Heaven knows that the liberals are less racist than us conservatives.
Helloooo?? I never said Zimmerman was guilty of anything legally wrong.
I only said that the tape I heard definitely sounded like those foul words, and yes, I do believe anyone speaking them is a racist (other than quoting someone else, of course).
Yes those words are offensive. No, they do not mean Zimmerman is guilty of any wrong doing. All evidence so far is that he shot in self defense.
But in a trial those words may be used against him re motive.
My neighborhood is very mixed, more black than white. But this has nothing to do with me. I do think insulting the races of others is offensive. So do a lot of people who sit on juries. That’s all I said.