Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Was race a factor in the killing?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • No

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Don't know

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • No, because they are both non-white

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    5
  • Poll closed .
Typical.....another lefty that can't address the points made so they attack the poster....just admit you don't have the intelligence to debate the matter and fuck off....

Heres something you might call stereotyping....."you left-wing idiots are all alike"......

You don't want to be accused of racism? Then start by erasing that stupid line about welfare out of your signature.
 
So you nurture it so it grows and grows like the lefts constant war against the rich....create an enemy, thats the liberal way.....

Love the worldview. So, whenever something happens and there is evidence of possible racism involved as a motivating factor, just say "ssssshhhhhhh...we don't want to talk about that."

Outstanding.
 
So you nurture it so it grows and grows like the lefts constant war against the rich....create an enemy, thats the liberal way.....

Again, bravo, you can just ignore injustice, you would like to, but ou can't. You would have told Rosa Parks to just sit down in the back and be quiet.
 
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

"My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin: If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said. "I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and we're going to get to the bottom of what happened."

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10828484-obama-if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon

seriously...what has this got to do with anything, let alone the issue? so if his son would not look like trayvon...then what?

Okay, I'll bite.

You underlined part of this comment... "My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin: If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon... thereby setting up the premise that it was the central point in the statement.

I don't see it that way. I see it as a lead-in and the main message is "they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and we're going to get to the bottom of what happened."

I also believe that the fact of Obama being half black is going to insure that any statements he makes, similar to the one above, are going to be parsed in some quarters as evidence of stirring up racial issues. If the very same thing had happened under a white president with a white victim, nobody would give it a second thought.
 
Again, bravo, you can just ignore injustice, you would like to, but ou can't. You would have told Rosa Parks to just sit down in the back and be quiet.

She would have had two strikes against her in bravo's worldview. In addition to being black she was an uppity woman who needed to be kept in her place.
 
he was condemning a kid for wearing a hoodie ? Condemning ?....Where did he condemn someone ? He didn't sound in favor of his kid wearing the "gangsta uniform"

and claimed that is that brought trouble his way. ?....and you're saying it didn't bring trouble his way, is that right ?

Basketball players wear hoodies, are they gangsters? What exactly is a gangster by your definition? Any black kid wearing a hoodie. Why should wearing a sweatshirt with a hood be an indicator of trouble? Do you become fearful anytime you see someone wearing a hooded sweatshirt?
 
Just to throw gas on the fire there are two football boards I read, USC and Ohio State, that also have General Discussion forums where politics are discussed. Just like this board people hold a diverse set of opinions. Here are two very different posts I found this morning on the my son would look like Trayvon statement.


""To me, it seems like a caring leader trying to quell racial discontent and provide solace to the family.""


""We do not know what happened, but does our president have an ego the size of f*cking Rhode Island or what? How can he interject himself, personally, into a tragedy, talking about it like it's his son? Fuc*ing egomanical piece of shit. Saying it's a tragedy is fine. Saying we'll find out what happened and justice will be served is fine. But he would look like my son if I had one? Jesus Christ...The idiot knows no bounds.""
 
So is Gerardo sticking up for the Hispanic.....the Latino.....???
Is that whats got your knickers in a knot.......or is it to bash Fox.....

If it wasn't so sad, this whole thing would be laughable....

I have a son who wears hoodies, jeans and sneakers because that's the style norm for teens in our area. Geraldo needs his head examined.
 
he was condemning a kid for wearing a hoodie ? Condemning ?....Where did he condemn someone ? He didn't sound in favor of his kid wearing the "gangsta uniform"

and claimed that is that brought trouble his way. ?....and you're saying it didn't bring trouble his way, is that right ?

Even his kid's embarrassed by those comments.

Geraldo Rivera’s son Gabriel is “ashamed” of his controversial comments about Trayvon Martin and his hoodie from earlier in the day, the Fox News host admitted to POLITICO.
“Gabriel broke my heart. He’s my oldest, 32, and he just told me that for the first time in his life he’s ashamed of what I wrote on [Fox News Latino],” Rivera said in an email.
 
I have a son who wears hoodies, jeans and sneakers because that's the style norm for teens in our area. Geraldo needs his head examined.

My daughters even wear hoodies, jeans and sneakers, this is like saying a woman deserves to be raped because she was wearing a mini skirt or a person can't be trusted because they have a tatoo.
 
My daughters even wear hoodies, jeans and sneakers, this is like saying a woman deserves to be raped because she was wearing a mini skirt or a person can't be trusted because they have a tatoo.

Heck, I have a couple of hoodies myself, also jeans and sneakers. The neighborhood is hereby put on notice!
 
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