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Pat Robertson yesterday berated the media for portraying Trayvon Martin as a little boy instead of a fully-formed young African American male. Robertson defended George Zimmerman after co-host Terry Meeuwsen pointed out that a 911 operator told Zimmerman not to follow Martin. Theres been some crime in this area and the criminals were wearing these hoods so its one of those things, Robertson said.
Video here:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-george-zimmerman-right-follow-trayvon-martin-because-criminals-wear-hoodies
spooky3
(34,467 posts)I really believe that Pat Robertson dreams up stuff to say JUST to get publicity and keep those donations coming in.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)John1956PA
(2,656 posts)I think that the result would have been the same.
Z was an itching trigger finger whose uncontrolled impulses were destined to cause death or harm to some youth who did not fit his image of the Sanford ideal.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Quick, Pat! Do something!
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)does that every time he {pat] opens his mouth.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)... looks a little too nine-eleveny. Better shoot.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)since wearing them makes me criminal scum.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)that Zimmerman first profiled Martin because of the hoodie.
Spazito
(50,444 posts)I wear hoodies all the time, love them in all colors including the dark ones and, it seems, in doing so I am a criminal according to the racist, antisemitic POS.
all american girl
(1,788 posts)peach, green, brown, etc.
I'm getting to the point of not knowing if I should laugh off their stupidness, or just cry that people actually think this way.
Spazito
(50,444 posts)because they reference the hoodie in a pathetic attempt to deny their inherent, nauseating racism, imo. Anyone but a black person can wear a hoodie without comment. It is not the hoodie, it is the color of the skin of the person wearing it that makes it 'dangerous'.
Ugly racist assholes hiding behind a piece of clothing.
all american girl
(1,788 posts)I have been trying to keep my anger and sadness together, but it's not working so well. I'm a white woman, and I just keep hurting for all the African American mom and dads out in this country. Everyday I worry about my kids because they are kids, but I don't have to worry about a Zimmerman thinking my son is dangerous because of his hoodie, skull t-shirts, and longer hair...(I will say that older people not too fond of his hair when it's past his shoulders, though, I have seen them give a sideways look at him)
Thanks, again, Spazito
Spazito
(50,444 posts)to post what I did so I thank you! I, too, did not have to worry whether my children would come home from a trip to the convenience store because of the color of their skin. My children are grown now with children of their own and, they worry about their children, my grandchildren, for all the same reasons ALL parents do except for the one added and deadly worry that they won't ever come home again because of the color of their skin.
This travesty of justice has brought that home to me in a way nothing else had.
all american girl
(1,788 posts)Who knew, thanks Pat....you moran.
truth2power
(8,219 posts)Boomerproud
(7,963 posts)He always gives us ammo.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)dmr
(28,349 posts)If I could, I'd go up to this idiot wearing my hoodie and scare the living daylights out of him.
BOO!
Oh, that would be fun.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)Reading those 6 words almost made me sick. Dog whistle much Pat? What a miserable human being Robertson is.
knitter4democracy
(14,350 posts)Ugh.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)They are the originators of hood wearing criminals
Blue Owl
(50,489 posts)Therefore, anyone on a bike is a suspect.
Right, Pat?
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)My grandsons and my great grandsons wear hoodies.
OMG!!!! I just checked my closet. I WEAR HOODIES.
I never realized that we're all criminals. Do you think we should turn ourselves in to police? Should we do it en masse or individually? Maybe we should just wait for a self styled executioner to take us out one by one.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Tons of them.
onenote
(42,748 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Lancero
(3,011 posts)Also wear underwear, shirts, shoes, socks, pants... Essentially, they wear clothing.
So, really, Pat's telling us that the only non-criminals on this planet are the nudists.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)And finds out God is black, or probably worse from his perspective, a WOMAN. Not that I think he is going anywhere but hell, which I don't even believe in, but I can hope it's there for people like him.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)of a good amerikkkan christian. Stood at the lynching not helping or trying to stop it.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)There are hacks on DU who have implied as much over the past nine months, but lack the "courage" of their own convictions to state it as plainly as the Robertson did
louslobbs
(3,238 posts)skin was still black.......and as such, in the minds of the zimmerman and robertson type, he was a "fully-formed young African American male."...........(who even says that "fully-formed young African American male?" ........... and as such, was entitled to no consideration as to whether he was just a kid walking down the street, or a "fully-formed young African American male."...........looking for something to steal or someone to rob. Robertson has no shame, otherwise, I was gonna say, he should be ashamed of himself.......sick fucker.
Lou