beebrisk
Brilliant_Rock
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Matata|1332905656|3157922 said:[quote="beebrisk|1332897304|3157815"
You also proved my point, thank you. Because YOU just jumped to a conclusion about my upbringing, lifestyle and access to "reality", didn't you??
Au contraire, my opinion of you is based entirely upon YOUR description of yourself, mostly from the BC thread. You've made it clear that if you don't experience it, it isn't so; if you don't feel it, it can't possibly be; you're strong and impervious and others who don't measure up to your ideal of strength are weak and/or idiots. Your words convey that your world is black and white rather than shades of gray. You take quick umbrage at opinions formed about you based on your words which belies your claim of strength and reveals an Achilles Heel. You are also capable of rational and cogent thought. I think you are incredibly interesting.[/quote]
I am opinionated for sure. I believe in right and wrong and I believe in absolutes (see my tag below). Relativism isn't my thing..
You are correct that I have an issue with "gray areas" which I believe are often either concocted to confuse and obfuscate important issues, or simply the result of intellectual laziness and lack of critical thinking.
While I disagree that this makes me some kind of "interesting" yet uncaring and unfeeling louse, it certainly doesn't win me any "most popular" awards. If I was concerned about that, I'd keep my mouth shut.
Getting back to the topic at hand here, my point was that THIS particular case (as opposed to so many other violent crimes) is clearly being used by the media, profiteering race-baiters and a politically correct culture that would have us believe anyone willing to remain impartial, wait for the facts, and unwilling to condemn George Zimmerman without proper evidence or any of the facts is is obviously a "racist".
I'm not here defending George Zimmerman and I'm not making him into a hero. I'm also not here to turn Trayvon into a martyr or some morbid symbol of how a few loud mouths wish to promote their view of race relations in this country.
But in the meantime I certainly will take umbrage at anyone who suggests that a person who thinks as I do is too sheltered to understand or too prejudiced to feel anything. I'm not suggesting that YOU did that Matata, but I will not take part in propagating the idea. No way. No how.