[Vision2020] Zimmy beams as he tours gun factory

Sun Aug 25 09:26:17 PDT 2013

"... he thought he was going to die and defended himself." First, the only
evidence you have for this is that Zimmerman said it was so. There were no
witnesses to corroborate this. We don't know what happened. My
interpretation of the results of the trial is that there was no reason to
disbelieve Zimmerman, so no reason to find him guilty. That does not mean
that we should believe him. There is no reason to believe him either. The
fact is we don't know what happened in those moments prior to the shooting.

Second, Zimmerman was out looking for "criminals" like some want-a-be cop,
stalked a suspected criminal who turned out to be a boy, called to report
it and was advised to stop but didn't do so, got out of his car to follow
the "suspect," then (supposedly) shot the boy because he feared for his
life.

I'm sorry but if you are not a cop and you leave your house with a gun
pretending to "protect" your neighborhood, my sympathy level will drop
dramatically should something go wrong.

Zimmerman's actions do not sound like self-defense to me. I am not warped
by the mainstream media. In fact, I think this is just another example of
how fear and guns together are more likely to lead to a bad outcome than a
good one. Incidents like this are precisely why we need gun control. Some
people are just not smart enough to know how to use guns with the required
safety and care. The Zimmerman case proves that.

And saying that folks are dupes just because they happen to share some of
the views of the mainstream media is no different from saying that you are
a racist just because you happen to share some of the views of racists.

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> I'm not supporting Zimmerman.  I'm just dismayed by the attitudes people
> have towards him based on nothing but wishful thinking, as far as I can
> see.  These attitudes are shared across the country, and is making life for
> this man dangerous.  All because he thought he was going to die and
> defended himself. His bad luck that he did so at a time when guns are the
> new boogieman, and that his attacker didn't have the common sense to be a
> white male.
>
> It's really how quickly and absolutely this narrative I keep talking about
> solidified that scares the ever-living crap out of me.  It means the main
> stream media is still king, and that your average American still just soaks
> it right up apparently uncritically.
>
> Oh, and I don't plan to shut up, thank you anyway.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 08/25/2013 08:39 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
>
> Of course I don't condone the bounty, or death threats. It is still a
> mystery to me why you keep condoning Zimmerman. If you want folks to stop
> talking about him, why don't you start us off? Really, I only post on that
> guy when you or others try to defend him, or act shocked about the public
> outrage. Otherwise, I don't really think about him much.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> You're right.  He should look properly chastened at all times so as not
>> to offend people like yourself.  I bet he was laughing at a joke!  The
>> bastard.
>>
>> I will admit that if he was thinking in terms of PR, then staging a
>> photoshoot at a gun store was not the brightest move.  I suspect, though,
>> that he can't move three feet in public without some self-righteous a-hole
>> tracking his every move and taking his picture.  It won't last long,
>> though.  They'll get him in civil court soon where the threshold for
>> evidence is not so high.
>>
>> While we're on the subject, does anyone out there in viz-land condone the
>> bounty put on him by the New Black Panther Party?  Does anyone condemn it?
>> How about the multiple death threats he and his family have been getting?
>> I normally wouldn't ask this, but the reactions here to this case have so
>> disappointed me that I just have to.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On 08/24/2013 10:16 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:
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>>  I think it's STUPID of Zimmerman to be cheesing it up for photos while
>> touring a gun factory.  I was seeing shades that idiot president of CA fish
>> and game who bagged a mountain lion in Idaho and went on the cover of some
>> magazine beaming while holding the dead carcass.
>>
>> FWIW - I disagree that Zimmerman was hunting Martin, but nonetheless he
>> did fatally shoot him and this type of behavior is quite the opposite of
>> being remorseful.  But hey, if he wants to stay around Florida and make
>> himself visible while there's a bounty on his head, that's certainly his
>> choice and likely another bad choice in a growing list.
>>
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>> CC: scooterd408 at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
>> From: philosopher.joe at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Zimmy beams as he tours gun factory
>> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:30:05 -0700
>> To: godshatter at yahoo.com
>>
>>   I said it was closer to hunting than self defense. It was. And Martin
>> was a kid; Zimmerman was not. And Martin is dead. Maybe that is why no one
>> is blaming him.
>>
>>  Did Martin make a mistake? Apparently -- but really we don't know that
>> any more than we know why Zimmerman did what he did. But Martin paid a
>> hefty price for his mistake. Zimmerman did not. That's why folks are upset.
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> That's the narrative I'm talking about.  It completely ignores Trayvon
>> Martin's own actions that helped lead to his death and it exaggerates
>> George Zimmerman's actions.  Following someone down a sidewalk is not the
>> same as "hunting" a person.  We have exactly zero evidence that Zimmerman
>> followed Martin in order to kill him.
>>
>> But have fun with the narrative.  If you happen across Zimmerman, get in
>> a few licks for the rest of us.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 08/24/2013 05:44 PM, Joe Campbell wrote:
>>
>> Goes against the narrative? The guy stalked a kid, against the advice of
>> a 911 operator, and ended up killing him.
>>
>>  Honestly, I just don't get it. Stalking and shooting is a lot closer to
>> hunting than self-defense. Why is that so difficult for you to see?
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, he and his family do get death threats regularly:
>> http://globalgrind.com/2013/08/03/robert-zimmerman-reveals-family-400-death-threats-per-minute-starbucks-employee-george-trayvon-martin-details/
>>
>> And there is a $10,000 bounty put on Zimmerman for his capture by the New
>> Black Panther Party:
>> http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/07/19/Black-Panthers-2012-video-for-Zimmerman-bounty-resurfaces/3711374236844/
>>
>> So maybe he is in need of a good home-defense weapon.
>>
>> Of course, progressives are not allowed to feel bad about that because it
>> goes against the narrative.  Pity, one could almost feel bad for a guy who
>> is reviled on the national stage for protecting himself from getting his
>> ass beat, whether or not it was his own stupidity that got him there.
>>
>> Oh, well.  It's much easier to think of him as a monster.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 08/24/2013 03:29 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:
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>> http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-zimmerman-went-gun-shopping-today/
>>
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