The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin Travesty

[natina]

TRAYVON MARTIN CALLED zimmerman A "NIGGA" too.

so how is that racism?

If anyone in this case was being racist. It was Martin by calling Zimmermen a "white ass cracker" I'm still amazed that Jeantel had the audacity to say in court that "White Ass Cracker" wasn't a racial term.

[maddygirl]

TRAYVON MARTIN CALLED zimmerman A "NIGGA" too.

so how is that racism?

So, by your definition, if Zimmerman called Travyon a "black ass nigga" then called him a "cracker" it would cancel out the racism.

[Johnny.Blaze]

TRAYVON MARTIN CALLED zimmerman A "NIGGA" too.

so how is that racism?

In the world of Ghetto slang. Nigga does not mean the same thing as Nigger.
And honestly I've never heard a black man call what he thinks is a white dude "Nigga"

So Martin called Zimmermen a "white ass cracker" And also a "Nigga"?
Seems odd...

[Johnny.Blaze]

Cracker should now be referred to as the "C-word"

[bobvela]

I already mentioned gun show loopholes. Close 'em.

The 'gun show' loopholes you mention... are really the 'private sales' 'loophole'.

Any person or business that routinely sells firearms must be a federally licensed dealer (aka FFL) and has certain paperwork requirements (ATF form 4473) which involve background checks of the buyer. Even at a gun show an FFL is still required to have the buyer fill out the 4473 and have it called into the NICS for a background check.

A person who is not in the business of routinely selling firearms is free to go to the gun show and sell their arms with a handshake if they like (depending on state laws). The same also goes for any transaction they might conduct in their living room, a parking lot or virtually anywhere else within the state that both are a resident of.

To call it the 'gun show' loophole once again demonstrates your ignorance of the issue as it applies to *all* private sales. Of course your ignorance is shown doubly so when you say 'gun show loopholes' (plural). I'm very familiar with the laws regarding firearms at the state & federal level... and would love to hear what other loopholes you think exist at gun shows other than the lack of a background check for private sales (which still does not absolve the seller of liability).

[broncofan]

Cracker should now be referred to as the "C-word"

I think that's a really lame idea.

[Johnny.Blaze]

I think that's a really lame idea.

If you actually thought I was serious then Wow !!!

[broncofan]

If you actually thought I was serious then Wow !!!

Hey, not trying to start a flamewar. I know where you're going with that and while I recognize all slurs are bad, they don't all carry with them the same force. To me it's not an arbitrary thing that people are hesitant to say the n word even when quoting someone.

[natina]

it was in the court transcripts that martin used both the c-word and a variation of the n word to describe zimmerman stalking him.

but martin used the word nigga and not the actual n-word which is a form of that word

In the world of Ghetto slang. Nigga does not mean the same thing as Nigger.
And honestly I've never heard a black man call what he thinks is a white dude "Nigga"

So Martin called Zimmermen a "white ass cracker" And also a "Nigga"?
Seems odd...

[african1]

Oh the ol' slippery slope argument.

Trust me Trish, time and again we see that slippery slope happening.

For instance, Diane confessed to an outright ban herself, stating that if she could get 51% vote she would ban every gun in America (except the ones used by the body guards protecting her family of course)

The Texas legislature allows you to carry firearms into their chambers...

I bet you there will be no mass shooting happening in that place since the weirdos and criminals know they can be stopped and killed by CCW armed law-abiding citizens.

I didn't confess anything. I volunteered that I was hunter; that's not the same thing as a gun enthusiast.

gun enthusiast or not, I hope that you know that the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with hunting.

Enthusiasm over a hard, steel rolled barrel that shoots projectiles into soft pliant flesh is something you may or may not experience.

O Trish! for a minute there I thought you were salaciously thinking about my hard meat during the act of deflowering the deflowerable.

I'm merely suggesting that even though it's your right to keep a firearm at home, it nevertheless increases your family's risk of injury and death.

Yet that right should never be trampled upon by any entity: Foreign or domestic.