The Gadfly
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- Feb 7, 2011
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I can understand being mad about the Trayvon Martin case, however going out and just hurting an innocent person you don't even know in retaliation for that is just beyond me, I don't understand that lynch mob mentality. This is the same as whites back in the 50s who got mad and went out to hurt and kill the first Black person they see.
Quite true, HG, but the larger question here, is where these kids are getting the message that it's OK to behave like this? The same could be said for the group of kids who ransacked the Walgreen's in Miami after demonstrating for Trayvon-who gave them the idea that t's acceptable to do that "because I was mad" or "we were just, you know, caught up in the moment"?That message isn't just coming out of thin air; somebody or group of somebodies in our society is putting that message out there, and some of the kids are acting on it. Sooner or later one of two things, neither of them good, will happen:either they will kill someone, or they will attack the wrong someone, and get killed, The worst of it is, that whichever it is, it will be both completely unnecessary and futile, and Trayvon Martin will still be just as dead.Why would anyone want that? Why?
To be honest I really don't know where these kids are getting that its ok to behave this way, like I said Trayvon's father has come forward and asked for a peaceful resolution to all this, there is a thread posted here about that, so if these kids are doing this, the message is coming from another source.
Yes, and I have to wonder what that source is; because none of the Black parents I know are teaching their kids that, so I don't believe they are getting that message at home. It has to be coming from some other group or subculture out there; I'm not even certain which race those promoting this, (whoever they are) belong to.