Let's talk about Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and how unbelievably fucked up this all is

if you look at the rest of her cartoons she just seems like a very confused, not very bright person.

at least she isn't just drawing five panels that feature the same stick figures in the same poses every week like every other college newspaper cartoonist. ;-)

i wish someone could just draw arrows towards the key words, maybe underline them?

maybe mispell a name? you know, drive the point home

I guess 1997's nutty, the kitten with testicles for legs was a cartooning high water mark for the daily texan.

I really look forward to having yet another thing to be ashamed of when I tell people I'm from Florida. even worse that I live like a half hour from where this happened. I mean shit would someone please submerge us?

i got the offer to relocate a year ago. said I'd think about it but probably in 2-3 years. thinking it might be a good time to bump that up a year or two.

fucking daily texan

I really look forward to having yet another thing to be ashamed of when I tell people I'm from Florida.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:02 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o/

Bring back Martin Wagner imo

luckily it's March so I can tell people that I'm from Florida and they wanna party with me

MARTIN
CASE OF
JOURNALIS

TREYVON
AND THE
YELLOW

xpost i s'pose i could offer free mojitos...

Angry Television Host Interviews Chair

Yeah, it isn't BAD to kill people. Fuck whoever drew that.

with a bubonic plague infected dildo

vivid

i mean there was some news site that said "did the media rush to judgment on the Trayvon case? new developments re: Trayvon suggest they might have" AS IF HIM BEING A 17 YEAR OLD KID THAT TRIED A LITTLE MARIJUANA HAD ANY GODDAMN RELEVANCE ON TEH SHOOTING

I don't care what the law says, you don't kill unarmed people.

Well ideally you dont kill people at all, imo. but anyway.

Who are this guy's supporters other than straight-up racists at this point? Even if you're anti gun-control or pro stand-your-ground, this isn't the guy you want to be repping for as a great example of your cause.

Who are this guy's supporters other than straight-up racists at this point?

what is that, only like 1 in 3 white people?

Fair point.

i mean i know there are many more racists out there than that one white guy w/ his two non-racist friends but that is the intersection between "this guys supporters" and "straight-up racists"

i notice something though, among this guys supporters. a lot of them talk about "thugs", as in "when did a thug ever stand his ground?" or "when did a thug follow and handgun rule" or "dress like a thug die like a thug"

is that like, an actual thing that nra supporters worry about? thugs loose on the street, stealing jewelry with screwdrivers, selling weed and defacing the hallways?

Yes.

it's like a particular stereotype?

i feel like it's not a word i hear out on the west coast, or if i do, it can refer to lots of different types of people.

or does it just mean people who dress like they're in rap videos?

i live on the west coast, and i feel like it's a common way for racists to describe certain young black men

inferring criminality & stupidity from dress & way of speaking

Thugs = those multiracial bands of bandanna-wearing bad guys you see in Michael Jackson videos and post-apocalyptic films of the 80s.

should be called 'snipes'

[T Sowell]
There is no point in dressing like a hoodlum when you are not a hoodlum, even though that has become a fashion for some minority youths

[Nascar Pony]
dressing like a hoodlum has lately become a fashion for minority youths? and not, like, all youths, sine the invention of the teenager?

Also, isn't that first quote getting it p much backwards or even close to circular, I mean isn't perception of "hoodlum dress" actually somewhat *determined* by how "youth on the street" dress?

not to mention HE WASN'T DRESSED LIKE A HOODLUM

http://www.falconmotorcycles.com/images/stories/news/amaryllis_ian/marlon_brando_wild_one_13_rebels.jpg

most of this is all coming from that pic of the wrong Trayvon that is circulating on the web but regardless of whether it was or wasn't him it was irrelevant. We, really, in America, right now, in 2012, are debating what attire makes someone worthy of being treated like a thug.

sorry but hoodies are awesome. if it wasn't always 93 degrees in FL I'd wear them way more often. but then again I'm white so I wouldn't be considered a 'thug', I'd be 'stylish', rite?

fuckthisshit

oh boy too many years of reading the SFGate comments section has proven that 'thug' is alive and well as a not-really-disguised-at-all racist callout on the west coast. so many grisly comments after every shooting, during the oscar grant riots and trials, etc.
the SFGate comments section is an all time cesspool.

All newspaper comments sections are cesspools. Cleveland.com readers managed to turn an article about Case Western students inventing a new temporary pothole fix into a racial dustup.

yea srsly just don't read em

I think how one comports oneself and how one dresses are perfectly valid reasons for someone to feel "threatened," depending on the context. But as many on this thread have noted, they are literally never an excuse to shoot someone. Guy wanted to be a dick, guy's allowed to call the police. Guy shouldn't be allowed to follow, shoot and kill a kid. Period.

"valid" != "understandable"

sorry but hoodies are awesome. if it wasn't always 93 degrees in FL I'd wear them way more often. but then again I'm white so I wouldn't be considered a 'thug', I'd be 'stylish', rite?

no

It's totally "valid," depending on the context. I don't think it was in this case, though. Though it was "understandable," given this guy was likely a racist vigilante.

'stylish' is not a word i usually associate with hoodies or white floridians tbhw/u

you guys haven't seen stylish until you've seen a white Canadian with sunburnt knees walking down Ocean Drive.

I think how one comports oneself and how one dresses are perfectly valid reasons for someone to feel "threatened"

wrong

It is valid to feel threatened by someone based on how they are behaving towards you; for example, if they are staring at you, shouting at you, running after you, grabbing you, pointing a weapon at you, etc etc etc. What a person is wearing plays into how some of these actions are interpreted but that doesn't make the response "valid" unless all subconscious responses are "valid".

Someone wearing dark clothing walking down the sidewalk is not automatically a suspicious person. Someone wearing dark clothing peering into a first floor window while hiding behind a bush is suspicious, but not because they are wearing dark clothing.

I think how one comports oneself and how one dresses are perfectly valid reasons for someone to feel "threatened," depending on the context. But as many on this thread have noted, they are literally never an excuse to shoot someone. Guy wanted to be a dick, guy's allowed to call the police. Guy shouldn't be allowed to follow, shoot and kill a kid. Period.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:31 (42 minutes ago) Permalink

Maybe if they are walking straight toward you? But what does this have to do with choosing to follow someone?

It really baffles me that this is a law. God help this country once we get commercial-class drones.

hey i'm sure certain ppl feel "threatened" by a man in woman's clothing

depends on what kind of bar you're in