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(99,710 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2013, 07:41 PM Jul 2013

Has George Zimmerman Become A Right Wing Folk Hero? [View all]

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Has George Zimmerman Become A Right Wing Folk Hero? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 OP

Nope. I think he served as an "useful idiot" for the Rep gun crowd. They'd never make a Dem Lucinda Jul 2013 #1

They need someone to look up to now that James Earl Ray is dead. name not needed Jul 2013 #2

And Joseph Paul Franklin is still incarcerated/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #4

no, he's pretty much a cipher. grasswire Jul 2013 #3

RW NRA poster boy hero. HappyMe Jul 2013 #5

I think FOX news loves Z, and plenty of folks sent him support. Racist Randy Weaver is rwing martyr Hoyt Jul 2013 #6

A lot of people on the right leaning gun boards think he is a dangerous asshat. aikoaiko Jul 2013 #7

Go there often? Hoyt Jul 2013 #12

It's just for research, I swear mwrguy Jul 2013 #14

well every time there is an interest in a firearm tech group, aikoaiko Jul 2013 #17

Yes, I go for the info on firearms not the politics. aikoaiko Jul 2013 #16

are there any left leaning gun boards? nt NoGOPZone Jul 2013 #49

Not many and none with the depth of expertise I'm looking for aikoaiko Jul 2013 #57

he is a hero for gun humping racist cowards Skittles Jul 2013 #8

I don't frequent the RW websites, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #9

Just turn on FOX. He's their 21st century Wyatt Earp/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #10

No thanks nt Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #11

He might get his own show/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #18

All you have to do is turn on Fox and see they have made him a saint. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #13

Maybe, till the first time he does something to annoy them in any way Spirochete Jul 2013 #15

how would I know? MNBrewer Jul 2013 #19

Ronald Reagan is a right wing hero. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #20

Yes, Reagan is, isn't he? MNBrewer Jul 2013 #43

They seem to be popular in the same circles, aren't they?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #47

They might be MNBrewer Jul 2013 #48

No need to run with them. Do I have to be a soccer fan to know David Beckham was popular?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #50

I don't care what the right wingers think, why would I research their heroes? MNBrewer Jul 2013 #52

Advanced research is superfluous. The fact can be divined by the most casual of observations/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #53

then what is the purpose of this idiotic poll? MNBrewer Jul 2013 #55

You seem mad. Have a nice day./nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #56

That's like asking is the wingnut gun-toting crowd trying to legitimize racism. Coyotl Jul 2013 #21

I'm FASCINATED XemaSab Jul 2013 #22

Well Zman trained as a fighter, carried a gun, thought he was a policeman, and sounded like a Hoyt Jul 2013 #27

Morally wrong? Maybe XemaSab Jul 2013 #28

They are steps that any murderous bigot takes. Sorry, you have to look at the big picture in these Hoyt Jul 2013 #30

Lemme tell you about my grandfather XemaSab Jul 2013 #35

Look, the Zman obviously wanted to hurt, or kill someone -- he worked hard at preparing for it. Hoyt Jul 2013 #37

Bombing a church is illegal XemaSab Jul 2013 #42

If Zimmerman libodem Jul 2013 #29

"If Zimmerman Were truely innocent he would have testified in his own behalf." XemaSab Jul 2013 #32

I'm relieved to know you didn't like the verdict libodem Jul 2013 #36

Thanks for summing up how I feel about this case. yardwork Jul 2013 #33

Other: IDK. LWolf Jul 2013 #23

Undoubtedly treestar Jul 2013 #24

Until he kills a white RB TexLa Jul 2013 #25

+1. Hoyt Jul 2013 #31

So true. /nt yardwork Jul 2013 #34

+1000 Tom Ripley Jul 2013 #40

Agreed....he's like this months version.... rppper Jul 2013 #59

They're more anti-Trayvon Martin than pro-George Zimmerman n/t cigsandcoffee Jul 2013 #26

If he hasn't, he will be. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #38

Yes, he and Randy Weaver can go out and co-headline the yahoo festival circuit Tom Ripley Jul 2013 #39

A right wing fucking zero, I'd say Blue Owl Jul 2013 #41

From hearing right winger friends or acquaintances, I'd say as a person: No Populist_Prole Jul 2013 #44

Given the fact that Zimmerman is a registered Democrat GreenEyedLefty Jul 2013 #45

He will eventually go the way of bachmann and palin. His true personality will show. jwirr Jul 2013 #46

Let's hope we hear more from the woman who said he raped her as a child Politicalboi Jul 2013 #51

In the same way Turbineguy Jul 2013 #54

I don't like phony moral equivalence/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #58