I just think we should consider all sides of this Trayvon Martin thing.

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For instance, has anyone stopped to consider that it might all be viral marketing for Skittles?

Yeah, white people, I know I should probably let this wait until the next meeting of all the white people on the planet*, but we've seriously got to stop concern-trolling the black people about this hoodie business. They're starting to think we're serious about it. We're the race that likes to dress up as zombies and wander around pretending to be zombies. If a black guy starts shooting us and says "Hey, I thought they were zombies," it's gonna be our own fault.

In all seriousness, though, we (other races too this time) do need to stop harping on the fact that the actual shooter is Hispanic. Yeah, there're always going to be crazies of all races. What's racist is that you have white people saying "Hey, maybe it was justified, the other guy did smoke marijuana once and took a picture where he was flipping the middle finger." Like, holy shit, that's all it takes to be worthy of getting gunned down in the streets? Thank God I'm not a teenager anymore. With all the masturbation I did, I'd probably get gang-raped in the shower.

I actually saw two people at a church (not mine, long story) discussing the "controversy." Which doesn't seem all that controversial to me. God says murder is wrong. Thus, if you have a gun and someone else doesn't, you shouldn't shoot them. If you do, you should be punished. I don't really see how this breaks down if there's a photograph of them flipping the bird. I mean, imagine if he was actually flipping the bird at someone instead of just doing something stupid for the camera because that's what stupid teenagers do.

I think they might be a Cthulu church. I'm just saying, who sounds more likely to talk about how the murder of an innocent person is justifiable, a follower of Dread Cthulu or a Mormon?

It's something that got me thinking about Project X, the movie that's aggressive about not being self-aware. There, you have the three main kids destroying property, having anonymous sex, doing drugs, doing alcohol, listening to loud music, flipping off a police helicopter, and the movie portrays this as unironically "epic". And I gotta wonder, would that movie have gotten made if even one of the characters were black? Because that's something I noticed when I was watching it, none of the named characters are black. You just have anonymous black guys who show up to do phresh dance moves and show off how awesome the party is. It's a movie that, insomuch as it's 'about' anything other than "no, popping your collar totally makes you look like a badass", is about fucking da police and screw the system and whatnot. And it's about suburban white kids. Who are upset about how society isn't getting them enough pussy.

So as a movie, Project X was designed to take three unknown actors and catapult them instantly into the limelight. Now I'm actually glad that not one of those guys was black. I mean, I'd hate to feel awkward about hating that movie.

Comments

[laurilee59.livejournal.com]

The problem with the Trayvon Martin case is simple, it’s not about hoodies or profiling it’s about all the media exploitation. Since the explosion of live television coverage ala OJ Simpson every media outlet wants to capitalize on someone else’s pain and suffering. With the advent of such shows as Nancy Grace, Court TV ect, we as individuals sit back in the comfort of our home and make snap judgments about a case in which we are only getting perhaps 1/8 of the facts. We have idiots like Geraldo Rivera making his hoodies remarks. Because he’s a TV personality there is going to be a certain population of folks that believe it, never taking into account the man is an idiot. All they know is he is on television and the news reported therefore it’s true. We have a system that was established two hundred years ago. The media needs to stop exploiting the tragedy that befalls people and let our jurist prudence work. All of those shows that want to continuously hash over every minute detail of this case or any others needs to stop and let the system work as intended. This case is a tragedy, no matter what side of the fence you are on. A family has lost a child; another family struggles to understand what caused their child to take a life. Mr. Zimmerman of course will carry that burden of his actions the rest of his life.

[azarias.livejournal.com]

The problem with the Trayvon Martin case is simple, it’s not about hoodies or profiling it’s about all the media exploitation.

The media response to this is undoubtedly fucked up, but that's not the central problem. The central problem is that there's something rotten in the state of Florida such that a teenager can be gunned down under suspicious circumstances and his killer walk free immediately, and there's every indication that, had this story not grown legs in the media, the local police would've considered it over and done.

Don't confuse the symptom with the illness.

[laurilee59.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your delightful insight into my lack of understanding. I was not aware that the State of Florida was the only state in which a teenager can be gunned down under suspicious circumstances and the killer walks free. I'll be sure to ignore all of the teenage deaths that occur under those circumstances in the future as they only occur in Florida. There is nothing wrong with the media reporting what happened. But to use your words; "Had this story not grown legs", this story did not grow legs it turned into a freaking centipede. Don't forget you can't diagnosis the illness without symptoms.