Racist bastards. I hate racist bastards. No really, I fucking hate racist bastards. So I'm asking myself was George Zimmerman a racist bastard? Well, sadly I don't think so. If he was, it would be great sensational news, we'd all riot in the streets and mark another notch on the bed post of humanity as we kicked the shit out of some police cars, knocked over some shit and set fire to some buildings. I don't mean to sound overzealous, but I do like chaos and I also love great controversy. I also love standing up to racist fucks and making them look stupid (not feel stupid, they never feel stupid.)
So, if you're following me and saying to yourself, "why did the talking news heads inject race into this?" I have bad news for you, it's because we eat this stuff up. We love it, we eat it for breakfast and dinner, finding all sorts of ways to make ourselves feel superior without ever having to take responsibility for our own feelings and actions. The saddest reality is that everyone is missing the big lesson here. An innocent kid was killed by an innocent man. George should have stayed in the car...I hope for those of you who have a hero complex...STAY IN THE FUCKING CAR! And if you're a kid being followed by some creepy dude...run! I hope for those of you who think you're a fucking bad-ass RUN!
This is a case of two people, one who thought he was catching a criminal (yes, he was prejudice) and another who thought he should defend himself. Trevon had every right to stand his ground, ironic for sure. If some dude was following me, I'd have all sorts of ideas about catching him off guard and defending myself. Trevon wasn't wrong, but he did have bad judgement. Had he run home, this wouldn't have happened. Then there's George, sitting in a car in the dark thinking he's actually doing something positive for his neighborhood, thinking he's caught "the guy". He calls the cops because he sees some black kid (yeah, he's probably as prejudice as you pretend not to be) who he's never seen before walking down the street. He wasn't doing anything wrong when George (stupidly) gets out of the car to see what Trevon is up to, and Trevon (stupidly) doesn't run. Had George stayed in the car, this wouldn't have happened, had Trevon run, this wouldn't have happened.
I have kids. If mine were lost, I would be lost. Losing their son -- their innocent son -- is horrible. It's sad and it's tragic. I made so many mistakes at that age, none of which I paid for with my life. Trevon did not deserve to pay with his life, not even close. It's tragic, it's deplorable. And George, he also doesn't deserve to pay with his life. He deserves to pay for something, for being an idiot with a gun, but not his life.
Was George guilty of a crime? I'm not sure, but it seems like he was guilty of being stupid at the very least. Not only was he stupid, he was stupid with deadly force..A GUN. When you walk into a situation with a gun -- you up the ante. It's no longer two idiots in the dark, it's two idiots in the dark with a fucking GUN. Blame Florida for that. He deserves to be punished, for being a dumb ass with a gun. But what he's not guilty of is killing a black kid because he didn't want a black kid walking in the neighborhood. He was accused of killing out of malice, because he wanted to, he didn't do that. If you want to blame someone, blame the DA for charging him for a crime that he didn't commit rather than the crime that he did. Or maybe, look in the mirror and let's blame ourselves for forcing the DA into it.
There is plenty of racism out there, let's not lose our focus, let's not be defeated. Fight the real fight. Let this bullshit rest.
If he was my son, I'd die. It's impossible to imagine. I'd like to think I wouldn't find a scapegoat, but I probably would. RIP Trevon. Thoughts are with both the Martin and Zimmerman families.
