Didn't Trayvon Martin deserve a fair trial too?

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105. "so why identify with him? "

When you enter these discussions accusing the skeptics of identifying with George Zimmerman, or in the words of some posters, "defending" or being an "apologist" for him, you are insulting them. The implication being, "George Zimmerman is a racist. Therefore, if you are not reflexively sure of his guilt and agree with everything I say, you must be a racist, too."

This kind of black/white, with us/against us binary thinking is baffling from certain members within a group who in any other situation would consider themselves objective, rational and reality-based. It's like on certain subjects a switch gets flipped and reason just goes out the window. I have a difficult time believing intelligence just comes and goes like that in an individual, so the only answer I'm left with is that it's just a dishonest and cowardly tactic to silence others, which further indicates there is an agenda in play that does not lend itself well to the truth.