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Robert Zimmerman, Jr., brother of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, continued his everything-including-the-racist-kitchen-sink PR offensive on behalf of his brother by repeatedly tweeting a photo comparison of the teenager his brother shot, and DeMarquise Elkins, the 17 year-old who has been detained in the murder of a Georgia infant. Both pictures feature the young men flipping the middle finger at the camera, with the caption A picture speaks a thousand words
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Zimmerman has, thus far, tweeted the comparison to the Anthony half of Opie and Anthony, Michael Moore, the NAACP, and a Breitbart News editor, as well as the NRA. If Zimmermans point is that anyone who uses that gesture is a murderer, then theyre going to have to arrest the entire Garden State Parkway. If you suspect that wasnt his point, you might be right.
Earlier in the day, in case anyone did miss the point, Zimmerman tweeted several other revealing comparisons between his brothers case and the slaying of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, including one that might be particularly unhelpful. In one, Zimmerman promotes his brothers version of events:
Teen to West: Do you want me to shoot your baby? #TrayvonMartin to #GeorgeZimmerman : Youre gonna die tonight Motherf**ker
And in another, he cuts to the proverbial chase:
Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky
Ah, there it is. The only thing Trayvon Martin and DeMarquise Elkins have in common is that they are black teenagers who have middle fingers. Thats where it ends, but the differences between the two are many. Trayvon Martin isnt accused of any crime, while Elkins is accused of murder. Elkins is alive, and will have an opportunity to defend himself. Trayvon Martin is dead, and cant defend himself against the despicable comparison of himself to an alleged baby-murderer. Even if every word that George Zimmerman says is true, Trayvon Martin was still only guilty of beating a man who was stalking him with a gun.
Whatever you think of George Zimmermans guilt or innocence, the linchpin of his brothers media offensive is that George wasnt racist, and didnt have any particular antipathy toward black teenagers. Pimping this racist, dimwitted comparison is a direct repudiation of that notion. Maybe the idea is for Robert to be so racist that his brother seems reasonable by comparison?
The irony is that even Trayvon Martins most vocal advocates have said, all along, that George Zimmerman deserves his day in court, and his presumption of innocence. In advancing this sick comparison, Robert Zimmerman is denying Trayvon Martin the latter, after his brother denied Trayvon the former, and convicting Trayvon of something he was never even accused of. DeMarquise Elkins has a lot more in common with George Zimmerman than he does with Trayvon Martin; they both allegedly killed someones child with a gun, and they both will stand trial for those acts. If that comparison offends Robert Zimmerman, Jr., then maybe he can understand why being black and having a middle finger doesnt make you a baby-killer, and why he should maybe stop making that comparison.
Update: More Robert Zimmerman, Jr. on the blacks. His desperation is misplaced; hes already got the Daily Caller/Breitbart crowd:
[link:www.mediaite.com/online/george-zimmermans-brother-pimping-comparison-of-trayvon-martin-and-alleged-georgia-baby-killer/|
michello
(132 posts)posting the link, but it's on
www.mediaite.com/online/george-zimmermans-brother-pimping-comparison-of-trayvon-martin-and-alleged-georgia-baby-killer/
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)and phoned the police, parked the car, and then followed them.