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« on: March 24, 2012, 09:25:05 AM »

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/03/geraldo-rivera-blames-hoodie-for-trayvon-martins-death/1

I've been saying this stuff on here for years. It's finally hit home.

It appears this shooting was not justified. But if you dress in a specific way trying to stand out, you're asking for negative attention. That's just the way it is.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 09:32:25 AM »

Which is extra funny because...
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 09:36:04 AM »
« Edited: March 24, 2012, 09:41:57 AM by Yank2133 »

Yeah, lets blame the hoodie......not the overzealous neighborhood watchman who disobeyed polices orders to stand down.

On top of that, Geraldo seems to forget it was raining......
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 09:47:31 AM »

It appears this shooting was not justified. But if you dress in a specific way trying to stand out, you're asking for negative attention. That's just the way it is.
I agree. People wearing ties should be shot on sight.

Oh, and don't get me started on gingers. If they want to live they can always dye their hair.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 09:58:46 AM »

Naso, please post your full thoughts (what was on Facebook) here.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 12:05:48 PM »

Why do so many people have a problem admitting what this obviously was...?
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 12:08:16 PM »

Classic authoritarian move... when members of the dominant in-group do something very hard to justify, transfer blame to the victims for having somehow (irresponsibly!) provoked the incident(s).
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2012, 12:17:54 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2012, 12:47:48 PM »

Regardless of whether its an appropriate or accurate comment regarding Treyvon specifically, it's true enough in the generality. The fetish a lot of young men have for making themselves seem intimidating will have consequences, particularly when coupled with stereotypes about particular racial groups. You can't make yourself intimidating to people without people being intimidated by you.
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2012, 01:01:41 PM »

The dude was wearing a hoodie in the rain. What the hell else should he wear? This is goddamn ridiculous. You people trying to justify this are disgusting.
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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2012, 01:11:21 PM »

Guys- I do not think Geraldo was trying to justify Zimmerman- it is almost impossible to- he was saying that people will assume bad things if kids wear hoodies... he was advising parents to be aware of the connotations not trying to say Zimmerman was right
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2012, 01:18:11 PM »

The dude was wearing a hoodie in the rain. What the hell else should he wear?

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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2012, 01:40:02 PM »

I'm pretty sure I would still like hoodies if I were black or Latino. Thus, I must defend the rights of minorities to wear hoodies, regardless of their skin color.
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2012, 02:30:50 PM »

I have a hoodie.....
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2012, 02:32:10 PM »

Has Zimmerman been charged with 1st degree murder yet? If not, who needs to be fired?
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« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2012, 02:37:22 PM »

But if you dress in a specific way trying to stand out, you're asking for negative attention. That's just the way it is.

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« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2012, 02:38:07 PM »

Has Zimmerman been charged with 1st degree murder yet? If not, who needs to be fired?

I may be wrong, but I don't think he's even been arrested yet.
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« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2012, 02:47:04 PM »

Naso logic:

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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2012, 04:05:32 PM »

But if you dress in a specific way trying to stand out, you're asking for negative attention. That's just the way it is.

Right, and if women dress provocatively, they should expect to get raped?  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2012, 04:29:18 PM »

It wasn't about race! He was bringing in hip hop culture!
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« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2012, 04:29:51 PM »

I can't believe anyone agrees with this idiocy. Well, I guess racists would.

Not that hoodies are even "gangsta" anymore like this assertion suggests. Pretty much everyone I know wears them. The thread starter is either racist, a hermit, a dork, or any combination of these things.
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« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2012, 04:48:54 PM »

It is open season on this guy.

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« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2012, 05:02:03 PM »

Naso, please post your full thoughts (what was on Facebook) here.

I missed it. Please do tell!
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« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2012, 06:23:14 PM »
« Edited: March 24, 2012, 06:25:02 PM by General Buck Turgidson »

Naso, please post your full thoughts (what was on Facebook) here.

I missed it. Please do tell!

I suspect Naso doesn't want to get infracted??
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« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2012, 07:16:23 PM »

This girl I loved wore hoodies a lot even in very hot weather because she liked the carrying capacity for the stuff that she tended to schlep around with her. She was possibly the least gangsta person I have ever met other than some of my aunts. My fifty-five-year-old white mother has more street cred than she did. She wore little round glasses and introduced me to LGBT anime.
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