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teaoli

Suspicious Characters?

Jul 17, 2013 09:08

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tonksinger July 17 2013, 16:21:37 UTC

It's like certain portions of the country have completely forgotten that when white people wear hoodies, no one shoots them.

teaoli July 18 2013, 01:22:38 UTC

I wonder if they have truly forgotten, though. I sometimes think they’re just so full of their own outrage over others’ outrage, they (involuntarily) ignore the fact that a hoodie is usually just a hoodie for some people. Or they don’t even consider the possibility of such a truth existing.

Geraldo, at least, didn’t even pretend to have forgotten: he said outright that his advice was for Black and (non-White)Latino kids.

spockside July 17 2013, 17:57:08 UTC

Geraldo Rivera shot his career in the foot back in the 1980's and he's still limping. Oy.

teaoli July 18 2013, 01:23:41 UTC

I didn’t think he’d ever recover after the Fiasco of Al Capone’s (Empty) Vault, but he’s still around.

spockchick July 17 2013, 20:22:54 UTC

uk news has this all over. What a travesty. If Trayvon was white, we would be looking at Zimmerman having a jail term. Sadly, as in all western countries, we have the usual ranking of white (top), hispanic (middle), black (bottom). People who bleat on about the 'justice system' really, really, really are not stepping back to see the big picture.

There is a phrase in the UK 'I'm all right Jack', basically why look to injustice outside yourself coz you are OK. This is the mentality of so many people who say 'but, but, but.. the law, the law. It found it was ok'.

The law is an ass.

teaoli July 18 2013, 01:24:55 UTC

The sentiment, if not the phrase, is alive and well in the U.S., P2. :(

And the law is an ass.

celestialbeing1 July 18 2013, 00:26:42 UTC

Of course I remember what this asshat said. He's always been an asshat and spews his hatred because he needs to feel relevant. Fuck him. I didn't like his ass then and I cannot stand him now.

teaoli July 18 2013, 01:26:11 UTC

He’s pretty difficult to swallow. Even his son (the one he referred to in the video) was apparently angered by the things he said there.

celestialbeing1 July 18 2013, 01:42:40 UTC

As far as I'm concerned, he can go choke on his own spit. I've been angry...well, I'm always angry about this sort of thing, long before this one case because I know that it's ALWAYS HAPPENING. Now to witness folks being so comfortable in their racism and prejudice is sickening. And maddening. And makes me want to flip a table onto their heads.

spockchick July 22 2013, 11:07:59 UTC

I just watched this video. Apart from the shocking amount of pancake Rivera appears to be wearing, his defense of racism is very troubling. Yeah, you look suspicious so 'you deserved it'. It is spookily similar to rape apology. If you didn't wear those heels and that skirt...

'If you didn't wear a hoodie, you wouldn't have got shot dead', is victim-blaming in the extreme, something which in my mind appears to be on the rise. What the twit has also hilighted (unwittingly) is the demonisation of teenagers, a phenomena that IMO seems to be rising also.

The body language of the other hosts was interesting, although their words did not disagree, the right hand man and the woman looked bodily uncomfortable.