Trayvon Martin

my existential nihilism has been wrestling itself for about a decade now and maybe the only useful thing i've discovered is that the cliche "don't care what other people think about stuff" is probably one of the best credos to live by.

jasperness wrote:"don't care what other people think about stuff" i

This would solve all of my problems.

Unfortunately I'm English.

Unfortunately i'm a self-conscious and anxious fuck

Oh, me too. Worrying about how others perceive you just seems like a particularly English trait.

There is very little out there of less worth than a user comment on the internet.

After hearing excerpts of her Anderson Cooper interviews and knowing she has a book deal I've concluded that juror B37 is a woman I can't stand.

fucking white women

Ned Braden wrote:fucking white women

Let the record show that I'm totally down with fucking white chicks.

I dunno about you guys, but every day since this verdict I have spent substantial time having the worst fucking argument imaginable.

My friends are a simple, beefy, brick-laying bunch, but they're all almost as mad as I am. It's really refreshing, all things considered.

i haven't discussed this with a single person, but I don't really talk to people about the world. anyway, this read was interesting enough to pre-order this guy's book (chicago violence related probably moreso than trayvon):
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/07/starbucks_locations_quiz_name_the_city_by_its_starbucks_stores.html

zappo wrote:My friends are a simple, beefy, brick-laying bunch, but they're all almost as mad as I am.

These guys?







Understandably so, on a dark Halloween night the next George Zimmerman might not realize that it's face paint!

Exactly what they've been saying. Seriously, though, those are three of the dudes about whom I'm talking. Especially the fat guy.

ClosetOfExhaustion wrote:i haven't discussed this with a single person, but I don't really talk to people about the world.

Yeah, I can't recall speaking a single word about Trayvon Martin in real life.

And I pray it's a stale subject before the reunion of all my mom's boomer cousins in Missouri this September.

Fortunately I was occupied with the grill on the fourth. Otherwise have had no interaction with savages on this particular topic.

savages

Was gonna make a Pitchfork Fest joke here but didn't wanna catch a neg. I guess it's not too late.

The other day my dad was saying something to me about Rachel Jeantel and I was like, c'mon dad you can barely read either. That's about all the irl Trayvon talk I've had.

jasperness wrote:we can all take solace in the fact that our legal system permitted the killing of unarmed black teens well before Trayvon Martin and will continue to do so long after him

Man who Austin cop chased, shot, killed not suspected of any particular crime, but may have been 'up to no good'

I can't even bring myself to click on them shits, at this point.

If Obama nominates Ray Kelly to head Homeland Security, will Undo's head explode?

http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/31/george-zimmerman-speeding-traffic-stop-gun-firearm-texas/

That hardly seems like news, which I guess is unsurprising considering the website.

if we're being honest with ourselves, the whole Trayvon Martin case wasn't even news

local crime stories aren't national news (or shouldn't be)

yeah, i give no shits about george zimmerman getting pulled over in TX and neither should anyone else. i hate our fucking media and the people that make it this way.

Three weeks later, one person I know on Facebook, keeps posting links to news stories that can all be summed up with... White person killed by black person(s), WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!?!?