To Whom Is George Zimmerman a Hero? And Why?

[xfundy]

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/george-zimmerman-hero-77272/

... I keep wondering how Jonathan Haidt—with his theory of the differing values of liberals and conservatives—would explain this embrace of Zimmerman. The liberal reaction presents no problems. Haidt says that liberal morality rests on two principles:

• Care/Harm
• Fairness/Cheating

(Snip)

... In Haidt’s schema, conservatives take harm and fairness into account but balance them with three others:

• Loyalty/Betrayal
• Authority/Subversion
• Sanctity/Degradation

(A sixth foundation—liberty/oppression—underlies both the liberal and conservative side.)

Obvious answer is racism, as well as a desire to punish those who "deserve it," also addressed in the article.

[marble falls]

1. Good article, only wish it were longer. Racism has gotten so polite that racists jut can't see....

their own actions as racist.