Your "No shit, Sherlock" moment for today

‘Stand your ground’ laws linked to 11% rise in U.S. firearm homicides, study says https://t.co/7Ougdo1A0i

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) February 22, 2022

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

 

Be careful what you wish for...

In light of Georgia passing greatly expanded gun rights legislation, one of its citizens got the not so bright idea to walk around a little league park flashing his gun to anyone he encountered and telling them there was nothing they could do about it.  Worried parents eventually put their kids in the the field's dugout and stationed themselves in front of the dugout to protect their kids.  When police eventually arrived, it turned out the erection challenged gun nut was correct--he was free to scare the shit out of these people thanks to the goobers in the Georgia legislature.

However, if I understand Georgia's Stand Your Ground Law correctly (admission:  I'm not a lawyer), you are free to act in self-defense if you have a reasonable fear for your life.  So in the above scenario, the brain dead moron would be free to wave his gun about all he wants, but if one of the parents felt a reasonable fear for the lives of  their children, they could shoot his ass.

I'm not advocating violence, but that would seem to be the very definition of poetic justice.

Peace,
emaycee

Motor City moron

In their pathetic and sad quest to have a celebrity, any celebrity, that agrees with their outdated and hateful views, the conservative movement continues to turn to the Motor City moron, Ted Nugent.  This time, Mr. Nugent weighs in on the Trayvon Martin tragedy by claiming that Martin Luther King is rolling over in his grave at having wasted his life after what has become of black America.

Mr. Nugent did get one thing right (one more than he probably ever has before)--Martin Luther King is indeed rolling over in his grave (not the least because racists like Nugent distort his words to justify their hatred of black Americans) because 45 years after his death we are still not judging people based on the content of their character.

If we were, then a racist asshole like George Zimmerman would be rotting in jail where he belongs.

Peace,
emaycee

Republican heroes come pretty cheap

So...for killing an unarmed black young man, George Zimmerman is going to be a hero, hoisted high in republican circles as an All-American exemplar of (white) justice, and make more money than those of us who have played by the rules and busted our butts for years at our jobs (not to mention not killing an unarmed human being in the process) can only dream of.

I'd like to say that there once 'twas a time when a man such as this would have been rightfully sent to prison, or at the very least, sent home to live a life of shame, but it isn't so.  But I think it sounds legions about the current republican party, where murder deserves the death penalty, unless of course, the skin of the victim is black and the skin of the murderer is white.

In which case it is reason to celebrate and pay homage to the murderer.

How fucked up is that?

Peace,
emaycee

Zimmerman unwound

The prosecution and the defense have made their final arguments in the George Zimmerman trial, and quite frankly I have no idea how it will be decided.  Regardless, based on this transcript, it is irrefutable that had George Zimmerman, after making the 911 call, gone home and let the police do their job, Trayvon Martin would still be alive, no one outside of family and friends would have the slightest idea who Trayvon Martin or George Zimmerman are, and the taxpayers of Florida would have been saved millions of dollars in legal fees and court costs.

And the world (especially the world of Trayvon Martin's parents) would be much better off.

Peace,
emaycee