truly
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quote: Originally posted by The Seeker
Ben, first I'm a long way from a community activist. I don't need a bunch of people standing behind me to stand up for what I see as wrong. I've done it all my life. To me the bunch of self serving idiots that did all the screaming about what happened in the Zimmerman, Martin case care little about right and wrong. They are using this to further their cause. All you heard was Zimmerman is a white Jew. They can't use the killing of Adkins to stir up their followers . Reported by local newspaper as Black and Hispanic that doesn't really serve their purpose. The Black Panthers, Sharpton, J. Jackson, E. Holder and the rest of them aren't any different then the KKK except their color. Holder needs cases that they can, with Media Matters help, remember his brain wash statement, to advance his radicial gun laws.
We don't need a bunch to stand behind us either, it just turns out that there are many who agree with us. There is strength in numbers. You know that. It is why you called upon the MN coonhunting community to work together in regards to trapping regulations this winter. When you did that whether you realize it or not you were trying to activate a community to advocate for it's concerns. COMMUNITY ACTIVISM. It doesn't mean that it is useless to work on something as a "lone wolf", shouting from a mountaintop, there is a time though when we have to work together. If this particular case is really meaningful to you that would be a good approach.
For anyone who hasn't read the article that Bob linked to- the victim was a man with a mental handicap of some sort. Sounds like there was a verbal altercation that led to him being shot. If you have a friend, a brother, or a son that is mentally challenged, how would you feel if they were gunned down by someone claiming self defense? Would you feel that someone with all of their mental acuity should have been able to figure out a way to diffuse the situation without pulling out a gun?
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