Matthitjah Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking? No, not at all. I know plenty of black people with common sense. Take Charles Barkley's comments today for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_S Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Servant Followers: 25 Topic Count: 275 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 5,208 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking? The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 377 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 29 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/28/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking? The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to.Perhaps he felt it needed saying?There have been some highly malignant comments about Martin on Worthy; I wonder if they are typical of parts of American society, or whether most people in fact take a more balanced and respectful view of this young man who has been killed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,710 Content Per Day: 2.45 Reputation: 8,526 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted July 19, 2013 yes, he felt it needed saying, obviously, not because poor martin was this innocent hapless soul, but because it furthered Obamas agenda. If Obama had honestly cared, he would have either not saying anything at all, or urging people not to riot and to respect the law. the law said zimmerman was innocent-its time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_S Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Servant Followers: 25 Topic Count: 275 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 5,208 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking? The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to. Perhaps he felt it needed saying? There have been some highly malignant comments about Martin on Worthy; I wonder if they are typical of parts of American society, or whether most people in fact take a more balanced and respectful view of this young man who has been killed? The president is the representative of the american people, not just a 12 percent swath of it that is delineated only by race. Obviously, he felt it needed saying, but all he was doing was intimating that Zimmerman racially profiled Martin, which is counterintuitive. Obama cannot possibly know Zimmerman's motives for following him, just like none of the rest of us can. What he did was engage in generalizations, i.e. since some white people are suspicious of some black people then every time a white person (even though Zimmerman is half hispanic, go figure) is suspicious of a black person it's entirely racially motivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 and it gets worse... "If a white male teen would have been involved in this scenario," he said, "both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different." He is right about one thing, had it been a white male teen that was shot both the outcome and the aftermath would have be very different. First there would have been no national story. Second, there would not have been an arrest or a trial. Third, had there been a trial with the same outcome, there would not have been riots and protest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.20 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he’d look like Martin. This time, Obama said, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” Obama added that he had experienced racial profiling personally: "There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of being followed in a department store — that includes me." Story here Ive been followed in department stores too. I am not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he’d look like Martin. This time, Obama said, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” Obama added that he had experienced racial profiling personally: "There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of being followed in a department store — that includes me." Story here Ive been followed in department stores too. I am not black. during my time as a WalMart manager I have followed many a person, the majority of them were not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDavis Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 so, has anyone seen any national level coverage of this story? or protest about the not-guilty verdict? http://themartialist.net/?p=306 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted July 19, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.20 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2013 Didnt hear anythign about that. I feel sad for the family that lost their son, but I feel sad for Mr Scott too. He will have to live with the last words that kid spoke. And live with the knowledge that he killed someone. Knowing you took a life, no matter how right or wrong it was, has to affect anyone except the meanest sociopath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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