I recall when the whole Trayvon Martin killing occured. As I saw the facts come out, I saw many so called dissident conservatives saying that the killing of Trayvon was justified because Trayvon attacked Zimmerman. It was as if the entire event only started with the fight. Even to this day they still mis-represent the case and of course now use the trial as proof. Never mind that a trial was NOT proof enough in the case of OJ Simpson.
The facts of the case, for those unfamiliar are as follows:
Trayvon was visiting his father. Trayvon went to the local "bodega" to get some skittles and Iced Tea or some other drink. That detail is unimportant. Last I checked going to and from a store was not a sign of criminal activity.
On the way back from the store, Zimmerman saw Trayvon and decided to follow him. He followed close enough that Trayvon noticed. In court testimony it was revealed that he told a friend on the phone that he was being followed by a "creepy ass cracker" or something close to that effect.
Again, walking down the street, while on the phone is not a crime or reasonable suspicion of a crime. It's your right. Now a normal person, even if they suspected wrongdoing or potential wrongdoing would follow the person but not engage unless they saw an actual crime. Zimmerman however decided to not only follow Trayvon (stalking) but then exited his vehicle to confront Trayvon who was doing nothing wrong.
Trayvon, fearing for his life, decided to take on his stalker. He failed and died.
I would absolutely put hard cash down that if the races were reversed, Zimmerman would have been the dead hero who thwarted the attempts of a black assailant to rob him.
Some commentators went to such lengths to say that Trayvon should have identified himself to Zimmerman as if black people need to explain there presence to random white people on demand.
According to these conservatives if you have the position I do, it must be some BLM informed position. No, BLM is a fraud organization and Trayvon is still the victim.
So conservatives wonder why they can't get blacks to support them when they get obvious stuff like this wrong.
Similarly white conservatives cannot fathom why black people do not have a dim view of Mumia Abu Jamaal or Assata Shakur. They are aghast that these two shot police. Since these conservatives worship at the feet of police, many of whom turned on them when those lock downs happened, they cannot fathom how blacks could be friendly to someone who shot at them. For these conservatives, black persons who had run in with police must be criminals. Jan 6 notwithstanding.
These conservatives act as if COINTELPRO was (and is) not a thing. That many police, particularly at that time were hostile to black movements and often had standing orders to liquidate them.
These conservatives want us to act like Fred Hampton wasn't shot in his bed or Philly literally dropped a bomb on a house.
Now we have the attack on Israel by Hamas. As is the case for the occupied government that is the US, supposed US representatives went out of their way to support Israel and whatever they do in response. One such representative actually wore the military uniform of a foreign government (guess) to the chamber of government.
But the point here is that so called conservatives, were quick to denoun anyone who had any critique of Israel, including the fact that Israel didn't exist prior to 1948 and perhaps THAT is THE source of the problem.
They don't want to hear any of that.
The problem here is that black Americans remember this thing called slavery and segregation. They supported the ANC. Gaza and the West Bank are no different from Bantustans. Colonialism went out of style in the 1960s and Israel is effectively the last European colony (It was ruled by the British). Supporting colonialism is simply not going to fly with African-Americans. To be frank, it shouldn't fly with anybody.
But these so called conservatives who uphold property rights, can't be bothered with discussing how people's property was taken to create Israel. And they think they are going to win black votes with this attitude?
Which brings me to a question. Why this blind spot. Would any of these conservatives argue FOR apartheid South Africa today? A recolonization of Kenya, Uganda, Ghana? Perhaps Nigeria?
I don't think they would but perhaps I give them too much credit. So, if they wouldn't argue for such a thing why do they support the colonization of Palestine?
Ah yes, Arabs. MUSLIMS and the fear of Jihad. Well you know Steve Sailor talks about Invade the world, invite the world. You don't have to do either of them. Of course some of these conservatives have their attitude because they are Christians and they are looking for the second coming. Which of course will lead to the eternal damnation of the non-believers. Including Jews...
Yeah, I'm not dumb enough to support Democrats at the ballot box but don't mistake that for support for colonialism or Zionism. To be honest conservatives ought not have allowed BLM or Antifa to capture that argument.
History shows that oppression breeds violence. Not everyone goes silently into that great goodnight. For me, or any black person to deny that would be to deny Nat Turner and other slave uprisings that took "innocent lives". Republicans are not going to win over any formerly colonized or enslaved people by supporting a colony without exception.
Perhaps Republicans and conservatives are OK with not gaining ground with that group. In such a case, there is always expanding the share of the white vote. Just allow it to get bad enough for them before you run out of them to "share".
