Coon or goon as an endearment? Seriously? WTF!

[cynatnite]

Zimmerman's friend says that his 17-year-old daughter stated it was a term of endearment.

Even if Zimmerman said it out of the "goodness" of his heart, would he say that about a complete stranger he called 911 on?

Complete and utter horseshit!

on edit: Added "goon" since he may have said it instead.

[DCBob]

1. No kidding. That was about the most absurd thing I have ever heard.

It makes me sceptical about anything else he said.

[Ecumenist]

2. A COMPLETE STRNGER WHO WAS "SUSPICIOUS" and who was willing to

murder in cold blood... He also stalked him, chased him and mentioned that "those assholes, they always get away". Yeah, that;s makes perfect sense.

[freshwest]

3. Did he call himself a 'coon' as well? I'll bet he didn't.

[pokerfan]

16. He said no one under the age of 40 uses coon as a slur anymore

and since Zimmerman is obviously under the age of 40....

[freshwest]

17. Okay, what does it mean to him? I knew a white guy in a small town they called Possum.

That was with affection. Not the same word, really, but an animal, nonetheless.

The context of the remark by Zimmerman was not friendly. If this is all they could come up with in a month, LAME.

And it shows that he used the epitaph... Really, I'm not buying it.

[notadmblnd]

4. Even if zimmerman used it as a term of endearment, shooting and killing Treyvon

was an odd way of showing his affection for him.

[matmar]

5. You didn't get the memo? "spic" now means - I love you. Get with the program....

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. "GOON." Not "coon."

That was the second half of the claim. Zimmerman called Trayvon a "goon," intended as "a term of endearment."

Then he slaughtered him.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. Link to what was actually said:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002470840

[Aerows]

9. Yeah

And I'm a "byke" in all of my lesbianhood.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Whatever this guy is getting in return for carrying so much water

I hope for his sake it's worth it

[ecstatic]

10. That Oliver guy is a JOKE

He should feel embarrassed! I bet his daughter is shaking her head in disbelief as well.

[goclark]

11. You hit the nail on the head n/t

[ProgressiveATL]

12. Zimmerman was 180% the size of Martin

I always yell sweet nothings when I'm shooting folks in hoodies... you don't?

Martin was 140 lbs, Zimmerman, 250 lbs. One a minor, one an adult. One had a loaded gun and no demonstrable hesitation in using it, the other just wanted to mind his own business and get home with his candy. Only one found black children inherently suspicious. Well, only one -- and a lot of the media. Truly shameful.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. I guess he shot Martin as an expression of endearment, too

That makes about as much sense.

[spanone]

14. i saw that. hard to believe he actually said that.

[tech3149]

15. I've got a few decades on Mr Zimmerman

But I have to say that neither word was ever used as a term of endearment At least the last two decades I was working in schools and never heard either term used in a friendly manor.