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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,984 posts) Thu Aug 1, 2013, 08:05 AM Aug 2013

Do you feel safer because George Zimmerman is criscrossing the United States with a gun? [View all]

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	Yes
	3 (19%)
	No
	13 (81%)
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Do you feel safer because George Zimmerman is criscrossing the United States with a gun? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2013 OP

Should have had the option of feel less safe or something xoom Aug 2013 #1

How about a "Doesn't affect me either way" option? Pelican Aug 2013 #2

You can start your own poll./nt DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2013 #3

clearly, you are not a black teenager noiretextatique Aug 2013 #8

+1 JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #26

this La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #58

As a parent of a former black teenager Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #64

oh please noiretextatique Aug 2013 #66

That is how I feel, 1 vote for this option Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #9

Yet some say white privilege doesn't exist. (nt) Heidi Aug 2013 #11

What white privlege? rl6214 Aug 2013 #36

The privelige of not having to be concerned Heidi Aug 2013 #38

Plenty of white people get shot every day rl6214 Aug 2013 #40

Very few white folks get shot simply because their whiteness makes people irrationally fearful. (nt) Heidi Aug 2013 #42

Can you prove this rl6214 Aug 2013 #44

Why, yes. Yes, I can. Heidi Aug 2013 #45

... La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #59

Well how about pipi_k Aug 2013 #55

There are many who don't believe male privilege exists any more than white privilege. Heidi Aug 2013 #56

Well then... pipi_k Aug 2013 #61

here are some pix magical thyme Aug 2013 #57

Huh... pipi_k Aug 2013 #62

I vote this option also DrDan Aug 2013 #29

No, and I'm afraid to wear my hoodies too! Scuba Aug 2013 #4

Might I add... 99Forever Aug 2013 #5

I feel that he will end badly, sooner rather than later. nt onehandle Aug 2013 #6

My guess is that he's feeling he's going to need it a lot more than he needed it before Trayvon... cascadiance Aug 2013 #7

And he's going nowhere in particular treestar Aug 2013 #10

Yes, I feel safer now that he has left Florida!!! Sancho Aug 2013 #12

No. But I don't feel less safe either. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #13

Zimmerman is a nonentity. branford Aug 2013 #14

Many believed minorities would riot over verdict, the bigoted gun lovers were wrong. Hoyt Aug 2013 #17

Three really good points! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #27

How do your statements address the OP or my comments? branford Aug 2013 #32

I'm addressing your post, "my fellow liberal." Hoyt Aug 2013 #33

I never expected any riots. branford Aug 2013 #34

Your point about pipi_k Aug 2013 #54

You made three accusations and can't prove a single one. rl6214 Aug 2013 #37

Meds are a matter of record, other "accusations" are obvious except to Zman supporters, including Hoyt Aug 2013 #41

What meds rl6214 Aug 2013 #43

Neither safer nor threatened michreject Aug 2013 #15

It's unlikely he's still in Texas Liberal In Texas Aug 2013 #16

I just hope he stays away from Georgia. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #18

Maybe he'll end up in Russia with Snowden mountain grammy Aug 2013 #19

Is the take away here that..... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #53

Neither. N/T GreenStormCloud Aug 2013 #20

I'm thinking he isn't going to come to MA Marrah_G Aug 2013 #21

I think he may be scouting out Texas as a state to move to. Having his guns sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #22

As Long As He Stays 1,000 Miles From Me... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #23

I don't give a shit one way or the other. rrneck Aug 2013 #24

I don't feel more or less safe. There are tons of people - lynne Aug 2013 #25

Shit. Aristus Aug 2013 #28

Wonder what he told his wife? Liberal In Texas Aug 2013 #30

Don't feel pipi_k Aug 2013 #31

Makes absolutely no difference to me. rl6214 Aug 2013 #35

Yes, I do - it shows that the rule of law can stand up to popular pressure. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #39

Amen! branford Aug 2013 #46

Excellent post. N/T GreenStormCloud Aug 2013 #51

For some time pipi_k Aug 2013 #65

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #50

amen DrDan Aug 2013 #52

I feel he is desperate ,armed and dangerous olddots Aug 2013 #47

My EDC provides my own safety. ileus Aug 2013 #48

"...I put my faith in it's ability to save lives..." Paladin Aug 2013 #49

i feel angry that he was allowed by instituitionalized racism to be free, but i also realize La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #60

It doesn't effect my sense of safety one way or another. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #63