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1 blueraven  May 10, 2014 6:38:09pm

George must have fucked him over somehow.
He was on Nancy Grace every damn day during the trial zealously defending Zimmerman.

He is a racist who also defended the guy who shot the kid in the parking lot for playing loud music.

Hard to believe he, all of a sudden, had a change of heart.

2 EiMitch  May 10, 2014 6:45:10pm

re: #1 blueraven

George must have fucked him over somehow.

Sadly, that sounds like the most plausible explanation to me. When did I lose my innocence and start thinking this way?

3 Cardio (formerly JRCMYP)  May 10, 2014 6:45:57pm

I’m all for anyone having an epiphany and then speaking up. So, fine. But if he’s heading off some kind of Zimmerman debacle, well, he sucks. And I’m tired of being cynical.

My wish is that Trayvon’s parents have some kind of peace. So, maybe we can work toward that kind of future and not the “what’s in it for me” stuff.

4 team_fukit  May 10, 2014 6:48:27pm

re: #1 blueraven

re: #2 EiMitch

I wondered the same, I’m cynical lol. But I also wonder if Taaffe is just sadz that he doesn’t have that stable cable news gig anymore to get him some attentionz.

5 Major Tom  May 10, 2014 7:13:37pm

“Taaffe says his brother’s death last month and the death of his two sons over the past two years has changed him. “

“I’m sorry that you lost your son, I know what that’s like and I wish things had been different.” Taaffe said.

Short version: He found some empathy.

6 missliberties  May 10, 2014 7:17:54pm

re: #5 Major Tom

“Taaffe says his brother’s death last month and the death of his two sons over the past two years has changed him. “

“I’m sorry that you lost your son, I know what that’s like and I wish things had been different.” Taaffe said.

Short version: He found some empathy.

I’ll take it. Whatever he was in past why not welcome a positive change.

I know people are horribly cynical these days, but how else is the world gonna change, except one person at a time.

7 William Barnett-Lewis  May 10, 2014 9:21:04pm

re: #1 blueraven

George must have fucked him over somehow.

That or a Lee Atwater moment and he is scared of Hell.

8 majii  May 10, 2014 9:43:45pm

After reading this, I can’t help but reflect back on what Taaffe and GZ’s supporters were telling us Black Americans after GZ killed Trayvon Martin in cold-blood—that there was no racial component to GZ stalking, confronting, and shooting an unarmed black teen. We knew race played a very important role in GZ’s actions that night in February 2012. If Trayvon had been white, GZ would never have questioned why he was in the neighborhood.

What many who aren’t black don’t understand is that we’ve dealt with racism for so long that if we say something is related to racism, we have no reason to lie, and we’re not doing it for the kicks—-we’re doing it to draw attention to the racial inequality that still exists in American society. We also know why many on the right rallied to GZ’s side. It was to silence us and keep us from forcing them to acknowledge that they also know that some Americans are not treated the same as others based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, etc. In essence, they were protecting the status quo. They began the same mess when the dead beat Cliven Bundy and the militia members decided to stand against the BLM. Had Bundy not shown his racism early in the game, many who were supporting him in April would be supporting him today.

9 Patricia Kayden  May 11, 2014 2:49:35pm

“If Trayvon had been white, GZ would never have questioned why he was in the neighborhood.”

Zimmerman’s own words on the night of the shooting made that point plain. As much as I can, I will avoid SYG states. As a Black female, I don’t want to be shot down for “threatening” some trigger happy White person.


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