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In reply to the discussion: "If Trayvon Had Only Answered In an Appropriate Manner There Would have Been No Problem" [View all]K Gardner
(14,933 posts)81. LOL.. I guess I wasn't looking when that one passed :-) Thanks. n/t
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"If Trayvon Had Only Answered In an Appropriate Manner There Would have Been No Problem" [View all]
K Gardner
Mar 2012
OP
This is what so scares me about living in Florida and the ease with which people can carry a gun
HockeyMom
Mar 2012
#3
I carry everyday and everywhere I am allowed to in Florida. Even my store has a gun.
L0oniX
Mar 2012
#49
Maybe you could help by working with the religious right on that "sick society".
L0oniX
Mar 2012
#205
So, HOW exactly does that work? If it wasn't his employment ... ? He just starts showing up in a
patrice
Mar 2012
#194
There are so many questions. I wonder if, as you say, "the area" = the gated-community in which his
patrice
Mar 2012
#207
I believe there's actually a law that says movies actually have to change stuff like that around
Downtown Hound
Mar 2012
#137
I certainly wouldn't want to live in an area where I am subject spot interrogation....
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2012
#7
Yeah apparently it was confirmed. He was self-appointed but not on the team. n/t
vaberella
Mar 2012
#168
You are not going to like this but your comment is in fact a text book example of racism
MattBaggins
Mar 2012
#64
Free public education malls, open 8a - 8p, 365. Cradle to grave free education.
patrice
Mar 2012
#231
His father was not the custodial parent and may not have known the exact reason
csziggy
Mar 2012
#249
You created an account just to revive this thread and slam a murdered child?
K Gardner
Mar 2012
#250
It tickles me to no end to see all of the "angst" over the "younger pic" used
Number23
Mar 2012
#259
I have no idea why they are trying to smear Trayvon's reputation now, after he is dead.
Major Hogwash
Mar 2012
#260
Smearing his reputation is the first tactic to discrediting the international
Number23
Mar 2012
#266
Lol boy gets suspended from school. therefore he must be such an asshole he deserves getting shot...
DFab420
Mar 2012
#158
Who gives a MOTHERFUCK about his school suspension? What's wrong with you?
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#232
oops....I see this POS has been tombstoned, without an "ex" Freeper having the chance to defend him
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#233
zimmerman had prior ARRESTS...not sure if he was ever suspended for being late to school though
noiretextatique
Mar 2012
#244
That is exactly what they're taught in order to come back home to their mother alive...
vaberella
Mar 2012
#171
So many options depend upon what/whose game one plays. Get suckered, or intentionally choose, THEIR
patrice
Mar 2012
#147
And it was not civilized of Zimmerman to chase Martin around the neighborhood that night
fishwax
Mar 2012
#218
So anyone who thinks that there are a variety of responses, other than "Fuck you!", many of which
patrice
Mar 2012
#235
so, mr taffe knows how trayvon answered? how's that mr taffe? and what is the 'appropriate manner'?
spanone
Mar 2012
#17
"These racist fools cannot even see that the very idea of blaming the victim..."
Hell Hath No Fury
Mar 2012
#124
I'm not surprised at all that there weren't any follow up questions. He's just another newsmodel,
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2012
#18
The fact that you think you're entitled to be rude to others because of how they treat
lose the pain body
Mar 2012
#45
It IS possible that some people are thinking that ANYONE in that position should do what it takes
patrice
Mar 2012
#237
That Is The Appropriate Answer, Ma'am, and What Anyone Interfering With A Stranger Should Expect
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#60
Yes and perhaps you will yeild that, amongst all possible reactions to this answer, that particular
patrice
Mar 2012
#144
People Who Accost Strangers In Public, Sir, Ought To Be Made To Feel Small
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#155
Not an absolute. Some of us feel that private victories can be the sweetest. That said, it is
patrice
Mar 2012
#160
Such behaviors aren't always about that particular person feeling "above themselves and their
patrice
Mar 2012
#161
My Assertion, Sir, is Simply That People Have A Right To Go About their Peaceable Way Without Bother
The Magistrate
Mar 2012
#170
Agreed. With the caution that that way should, in fact, be peaceable and not visit, intentionally or
patrice
Mar 2012
#186
Yes, so TM's reaction, whatever it was, is justifiable. But WHO in the neighborhood knew
patrice
Mar 2012
#159
One of the first articles I read after hearing news of the tapes on the radio,
AnotherDreamWeaver
Mar 2012
#187
Yes, that kind of stuff. Have you tried to get a job lately? Personality assessments are
patrice
Mar 2012
#188
Could neighborhood legal involvement be one of the reasons PD was trying to bury it?
patrice
Mar 2012
#197
+1000 that is the correct answer to any asshole who thinks they can judge "where you belong"
noiretextatique
Mar 2012
#239
No one has to answer anyone! You don't even have to answer the police ...and you shouldn't.
L0oniX
Mar 2012
#25
I was just about to post this! Now we have to answer "correctly" to "Watch Captains", or DIE?!
WinkyDink
Mar 2012
#52
Personally, I'd be wondering if some SOB, crazy enough to interrogate me, might also be crazy enough
patrice
Mar 2012
#243
So you read what you posted and cannot see that Anderson was simply allowing for the other side to
lose the pain body
Mar 2012
#32
Where is the cigar in this case? I'd like to be able to identify it but the problem I'm having
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#112
Agreed. All characterizations of THEIR conversation are hypothetical. But the conversations
patrice
Mar 2012
#246
Black Men must must explain to people who we are & what we're doing for no reason at all...
HipChick
Mar 2012
#51
That was my first takeaway. "Most committed by Black males," should have had a followup question.
ieoeja
Mar 2012
#142
"It was Zimmerman that did not answer in an appropriate manner and not the other way around."
qanda
Mar 2012
#181
When all is said and done, and the books are written. Taaffe will come off worse than Zimmerman...
Junkdrawer
Mar 2012
#100
Jeez. Since when does someone have to answer another about what they are doing on a public way?
AllyCat
Mar 2012
#108
Why does the young man have to tell this person anything? He was just walking and doing nothing
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#115
In my opinion, the problem occured long before Trayvon spoke a single word.
ZombieHorde
Mar 2012
#131
There are way more than 2 polar possibilities & the choice depends on way more than the 2
patrice
Mar 2012
#145
Well first off you can tell by the interview this man doesn't know Zimmerman or associated with him.
vaberella
Mar 2012
#167
I have put Trayvon's image with that of other innocents who motivate my somewhat
patrice
Mar 2012
#196