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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZimmerman's web page Features Vandalized Graffitti
Not sure if this has already been posted. Pretty stupid. It speaks more than he realizes.
"The clear intent of the page is to show appreciation for, at the very least, the sentiment expressed by the vandals. Intentionally or not, though, that Ibsen quote (I guess the couldnt find one that said A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one click on my PayPal link.) is an encouragement to more deeds.
more:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-zimmerman-website-praises-vandalism-of-black-cultural-center/
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)against doing this kind of thing.
It's like rubbing salt in the wound.
What a selfish, narcissistic jerk he is.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)they were not aware that he had set up this Web site.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)not one iota of sorrow for the young life he killed. What the hell kind of person is he? Yuk!
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)there are no words that will ever undo the deed he did.
There is no excuse for what he did, and he knows it.
I hope that he will struggle with the effects of his actions for the rest of his life.
He has neither displayed nor expressed any sincere regret, and continues to try and paint himself as the 'victim'.
beyond sad.
Response to Bluerthanblue (Original post)
Vattel This message was self-deleted by its author.
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)a Black Cutural Center in Ohio, and has since been removed. He CHOSE to use this message to promote himself.
Not sure what you are trying to say with your 'sarcasm', but his using this crap on the page he set up to get money for himself, is pretty damn stupid and only serves to incite more incidents.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)he posts on his website could be used as evidence by the feds in determining if his murder of Trayvon rises to the level of a hate crime. Its quite possible that the "stalling" by the special prosecutor and the Feds is merely a waiting game... giving Zimmerman enough rope to hang himself. The strategy seems to be working...
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)letting him do this.
I hope you are right.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)but they were helping his dad set up another one.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)we all make mistakes.
I happened to go onto his website a few minutes ago, and it doesn't look like he still has the picture up. The other one of a poster is there, but not the graffiti on the Cultural Center.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)They vandalized the center.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)and was RACIST VANDALISM, dear. Not the innocuous scribblings of some misguided kid or urban "artist". Wow.
RZM
(8,556 posts)I've always found the 'the' a bit pretentious.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Begging for money on the internet seemed like scraping bottom, but no he managed to go lower.
His antics are not helping his case. From the moment he made that 911 call, he has done nothing but make things worse with each step.
Let's review:
Calls 911 because that's what he does whenever he sees a black man, woman or child.
He follows said person against the advice of the dispatcher.
He ends up pulling a gun and shooting an innocent teenager.
He is not arrested but vacates his home and goes into hiding ASAP.
Sends paid shills and family members out to defend him on TV.
Will not show his face and take responsibility for his actions under any circumstances.
Solicits money on the internet for legal expenses when he has neither been indicted or arrested.
Posts a racist graffiti on his beg-a-thon website that shows both his overt racism and his true lack of regard for other people's property.
So what's next? Run for public office? Start dating the Octomom?
To Georgie Porgie Puddin and Pie:
I think if you are man enough to justify killing Tayvon, you need to be man enough to step forward and account for your actions. Otherwise you are not a man. You are a toothless rat. And you should not have been carrying a gun. Case closed.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)Sonner claims to know where he is but doesn't want to reveal it. Yeah, Right. He's still trying to play up the fact that this idiot has been suffering from PTSD and the poor thang feels emotionally alone. bless his murderous, cowardly heart.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)There's a weird overprotectiveness in the responses from his family that we have seen. Also, his actions sound like he's mentally challenged. I mean if you believe you have done nothing wrong, why not publicly come out and say so? Not doing so seems an admission of guilt.
Or the fear that we'd hear him say one word and all our worst fears would be confirmed--that he was not someone who should have been allowed to carry a weapon.
The fact that he couldn't become a cop. His anger management issues. The length of time he was enrolled in community college (7 years) without finishing. He sounds like he has a mental disability. And if he does, it would be documented in his K-12 school records. I think his family should release those. Prove he is not special ed. I just have this sixth sense from years as a teacher.
Where would the family send him if he is on the lam?
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)day one.
cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)and this is not an excuse for murder, however, "being a man" in the normal sense of the word is WAY down the list of a paranoid schizophrenic. And, if undiagnosed, there would be nothing to stop him from getting a gun to "protect himself", even though the voices may have been in his own mind.
He was likely truly terrified of "black people" given the town and his culture and the privileged nature of his parentage. Their world exists pretty much within their own mind...and gets increasingly stuck there. Also, it often does not present clearly until one is in the teens to 20's and it breaks up families.
Definition
Schizophrenia (in Greek, "split mind" is a severe mental illness characterized by a variety of symptoms including but not limited to a loss of contact with reality.
bizarre behavior
disorganized thinking
disorganized speech
decreased emotional expressiveness
diminished or loss of contact with reality
diminished to total social withdrawal
http://www.psyweb.com/Mdisord/jsp/schid.jsp
Vattel
(9,289 posts)cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)would certainly describe what little we know of his behavior. (including being clueless about the implications of this photo) Those considered high-functioning are usually well above average intellectually and can be stabilized to some degree by medication and accommodation from family and community. (There goes Georgie again)
Without meds and psychiatric help, and many go either undiagnosed or won't cooperate, they are a time bomb waiting to go off. There is no place for them in the mental health system UNTIL they do something that puts them into the legal/penal system. If he has been diagnosed, it will be part of the defense.
And this is a guess ... if not and they take him in and do a psychological evaluation and diagnose him of something like this, they could hopefully still charge him with manslaughter and put him in a prison hospital. That could be part of a legally logical reason for the delay.
Initech
(100,100 posts)I'm posting this from my phone and it looks fake to me. Sure Zimmerman is an ass but still don't rush to judgment on this one.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)inconvenient coincidence. Really Initech?
Initech
(100,100 posts)It looks fake to me that's all I'm saying. I've been on the internet long enough to know a bad Photoshop job when I see one. How do we know what the original source is?
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)like zimmy's one of them. "ENJOY"
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/04/06/columbus-students-rally-against-racist-graffiti.html
Initech
(100,100 posts)My uncle is one of them. It's just I live in LA and I've seen way better graffiti artists who would never stretch their work out over two walls. I'm not, nor ever will be defending Zimmerman or what he did. Ever.
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)the person who wrote the on the cultural center in Ohio was an artist- or that they were concentrating on the design,
I think they were talking hate.
I'm glad to know you aren't seeking to defend Zimmerman or the message the vandals left.
His actions, and the message he's sending out when he uses this graffiti on his 'website' are indefensible imo.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)live in the northstate now and understand what you're talking about but this is real and doesn't help zimmy convince us that he's NOT a racist.
Initech
(100,100 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)I wonder about the motives of people who say things like that. Racism can be subtle and often is