There is so much sound and fury, self-justified white defensiveness, and other insanity in every Trayvon Martin thread (YOU WEREN’T THERE MAN, HOW DO YOU KNOW?), that I just want to make it clear where I stand. And here it is: If Trayvon Martin had been a white kid wearing ipod earbuds instead of a …
Young Black Men: The New Learning Experience for Scared Gun Nuts
Oh fuckitall: One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman said she had “no doubt” he feared for his life in the final moments of his struggle with Trayvon Martin, and that was the definitive factor in the verdict. The woman, who was identified just as Juror B37, spoke exclusively to CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” …
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Guardians of the Gated Community
I didn’t sleep much last night and woke up feeling sick with sorrow and dread. Yesterday was a monumentally shitty day in this corner of the blogosphere, what with the confirmation of General Stuck’s death and then the horrible news about Tunch, John’s feline doppelgänger (a big ol’ sweetie disguised as a badass) and this …
Zimmerman Trial and #ThatThirdHand
In the Zimmerman Trial yesterday, the defense team noted that if George Zimmerman is, in fact, telling the truth, Trayvon Martin would need three hands. How did the victim see this gun? Or is it just another lie that [Zimmerman] tells? [Martin]’s holding one hand over his mouth, one hand over his noise and with …
You’ll Have to Read This to Believe It
In what can only be considered a modern masterpiece of wingnuttery, Daniel Flynn pens an op-ed in the American Spectator that is one half Kim Du Toit’s infamous Pussification of the Western Male and 1/2 half Ron Paul newsletter. You really have to read it to believe it: They don’t make men like they used …
Opinion is Not Fact
In the second week of the George Zimmerman trial last week Dr. Shiping Bao, the medical examiner for Trayvon Martin was called to the stand, and his testimony was utter magic. The defense team questioned Dr. Bao about a change in his opinion and this was his response, behold: Based on another autopsy I did …
Fight, Flight, or … Chase?
The George Zimmerman trial has entered its second week and between the defense’s opening “knock-knock joke,” the racist and gendered language around the key witness Rachel Jeantel, and the media’s sensational coverage, the trial has turned into a full-blown media circus. During the trial coverage today, the jury heard an audio recording of the interview …