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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:57 PM Jul 2013

Robertson: George Zimmerman Right to Follow Trayvon Martin Because Criminals Wear Hoodies

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. “There’s been some crime in this area and the criminals were wearing these hoods so it’s one of those things,” Robertson said.

Video here:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-george-zimmerman-right-follow-trayvon-martin-because-criminals-wear-hoodies

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Robertson: George Zimmerman Right to Follow Trayvon Martin Because Criminals Wear Hoodies (Original Post) The Straight Story Jul 2013 OP
OK, I wear shoes and criminals do too, so I guess I'm an acceptable target next time? spooky3 Jul 2013 #1
Depends. Are you black? nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #3
If Trayvon had been wearing dress slacks and an Oxford shirt . . . John1956PA Jul 2013 #7
Uh-oh! Here's one now! KansDem Jul 2013 #2
Pat would crucify him The Straight Story Jul 2013 #4
Pat the clown lsewpershad Jul 2013 #26
That Jesus is fine. This guy, OTOH,... Deep13 Jul 2013 #6
+1 lsewpershad Jul 2013 #25
Welp, guess I gotta throw out all my hooded sweatshirts now, Arkana Jul 2013 #5
I have always thought it possible Jenoch Jul 2013 #8
Damn, should I turn myself in now... Spazito Jul 2013 #9
I've got 4-5 hoodies.... all american girl Jul 2013 #11
It makes me angry and sad... Spazito Jul 2013 #14
Thank you sooo much for voicing what I am not smart nor clever enough to say. all american girl Jul 2013 #27
You're welcome but it was your post and the words you used that moved me... Spazito Jul 2013 #28
Well, hot damn, I have a family of criminals... all american girl Jul 2013 #10
Pat is a lunatic. That anyone gives him the time of day is beyond me. eom truth2power Jul 2013 #12
The latest in a long line of idiotic comments from Pat Robertson. Boomerproud Jul 2013 #13
pat robertson is a racist?!?! noiretextatique Jul 2013 #15
Come on, cuff me now. I'm am old white lady, surely I'm a criminal, too. dmr Jul 2013 #16
"Fully formed young African American male" LibertyLover Jul 2013 #17
Sounds like he got it off a slave auction list. knitter4democracy Jul 2013 #33
Hmm...well I guess he is calling the KKK criminals too. SummerSnow Jul 2013 #18
The criminals were also riding bikes... Blue Owl Jul 2013 #19
nearly all serial killer and mass murderers are white guys so.... leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #20
My grown, hardworking, law abiding sons wear hoodies as does my son in law. Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #21
I THINK people should send HOODIES to Pat Robertson .. AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #22
This would appear to support Roberton's position. onenote Jul 2013 #23
"Will no one rid us of this meddlesome priest?" nt Nay Jul 2013 #24
Criminals Lancero Jul 2013 #29
I will be so glad when he crosses over... Punkingal Jul 2013 #30
example heaven05 Jul 2013 #31
There are hacks on DU who have implied as much LanternWaste Jul 2013 #32
If he had just pulled up to the curb in a Bentley and stepped out of it wearing a Ferragamo suit his louslobbs Jul 2013 #34

spooky3

(34,467 posts)
1. OK, I wear shoes and criminals do too, so I guess I'm an acceptable target next time?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:05 PM
Jul 2013

I really believe that Pat Robertson dreams up stuff to say JUST to get publicity and keep those donations coming in.

John1956PA

(2,656 posts)
7. If Trayvon had been wearing dress slacks and an Oxford shirt . . .
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:14 PM
Jul 2013

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.

Spazito

(50,444 posts)
9. Damn, should I turn myself in now...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:14 PM
Jul 2013

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)
11. I've got 4-5 hoodies....
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:20 PM
Jul 2013

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)
14. It makes me angry and sad...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:29 PM
Jul 2013

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)
27. Thank you sooo much for voicing what I am not smart nor clever enough to say.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:05 PM
Jul 2013

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)
28. You're welcome but it was your post and the words you used that moved me...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:12 PM
Jul 2013

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.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
15. pat robertson is a racist?!?!
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:32 PM
Jul 2013
you'd think these people would show some restraint, but when you have so-called liberals defending zimmerman, you know pat and the republicons are not the only racists in america.

dmr

(28,349 posts)
16. Come on, cuff me now. I'm am old white lady, surely I'm a criminal, too.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:38 PM
Jul 2013

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)
17. "Fully formed young African American male"
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:41 PM
Jul 2013

Reading those 6 words almost made me sick. Dog whistle much Pat? What a miserable human being Robertson is.

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)
21. My grown, hardworking, law abiding sons wear hoodies as does my son in law.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 02:12 PM
Jul 2013

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.

Lancero

(3,011 posts)
29. Criminals
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:13 PM
Jul 2013

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)
30. I will be so glad when he crosses over...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:18 PM
Jul 2013

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.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
32. There are hacks on DU who have implied as much
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:28 PM
Jul 2013

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)
34. If he had just pulled up to the curb in a Bentley and stepped out of it wearing a Ferragamo suit his
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:26 PM
Jul 2013

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?&quot ........... 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

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