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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I think it's been used too much in this case, but you can't honestly tell me that if it was a 28 year old black man chasing around someone who is non-black in a neighborhood and ending in a scuffle where he shot him, we'd see the same outrage. And the same people taking the same sides. I get the feeling Sean Hannitty wouldn't be defending Zimmerman every night and that Al Sharpton wouldn't be calling for justice of the non-black kid who was shot.
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Well these are media whores who make their living by pandering to elements of divide that they are associated with (or that associate with them anyway). You can't expect intellectual honesty from them when it goes against their own paycheck.
And I'm not sure you have to expect that or should. For instance, I'm sure not every gay rights advocate necessarily would have been as vocal or outspoken on civil rights for black americans just as not every black american is actively advocating for gay rights. Its a "pick your battles" world to that extent even if you believe in it.