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In reply to the discussion: Enough of the bs. Let's cut to the chase, shall we? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)"there ain't no good guys
there ain't no bad guys
there's only you and me
and we just disagree"
Why can't people disagree here without seeming to fall in to a dualism of
good guys agree with me, and bad guys disagree with me?
And further, why put straw man arguments into people's mouths so you can paint them as bad guys?
If you want to know what somebody thinks, it is better to just ask than try to read their mind.
What I think is that it is possible that Zimmerman is a decent guy. Not a saint, but also not a demon. "Mostly harmless" as it were. I don't know anything about "ever changing stories". I think it is possible that his version is accurate even if he cannot remember every detail. In his version of events, he shot the unarmed teenager, not because the kid was black and in his neighborhood, but because the kid was on top of him pounding on him while he yelled for help.
Lots of people assume it didn't happen that way, and they may turn out to be correct, but I have not seen the proof. Nor do I think that being followed gives you the right to pummell the person following you.
As for birdwatching. My mom does that, I don't. And my weapon of choice, true to my Irish roots, is the shillelagh, although I have carried pepper spray too. Fortunately, I have never had to use either, except once when a rottweiler came charging down a driveway and started mixing it up with my little beagle. The shillelagh was remarkably ineffective. Turns out rottweilers have very hard heads.