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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI HATE that the Trevon Martin story seems to be
eclipsing all else. Another OJ thing, take your eye off the stuff that's really happening.
yardwork
(61,736 posts)I noticed that the Voting Rights Act was gutted yesterday even while I posted in threads about the Zimmerman trial.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)You see, the TM case is very much linked to the rest of the mess.
There are a bunch of people who think that the nasty things America does are only meant to kill the people who "deserve" it, the people they are scared of, the ones they are angry at.
What this truial is about is whether or not The Zimmermans of the world get to kill people.
That is exactly what the NSA is about too, if being sacred of people means you can kill them.
yardwork
(61,736 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)gold crash, stock market drop on Bernanke, 1st quarter 1.8 gdp not as good as reported earlier, Prez O speechifying on climate change, and my normal day-to-day drudgery.