The Zimmerman Filter

Like I've said on Facebook, (because I can't think of a better way to start this post, so I'm shamelessly recycling it) After this Zimmerman verdict, I've had to unfollow a bunch of people or I'd wind up in the hospital, normal or psychiatric.

Events like this do expose whom among your friends are racists on Facebook. My cousin posted this picture: 

With the Caption: Marley didn't fit The Obama Administration's Race War agenda, that's why it did not get the same coverage! Are you AWAKE yet America?!

Yes, I'll tell you the difference. Marley Lion wasn't killed because of his race, it was a robbery. He wasn't pursued by a Security Guard because he was black and wearing a hoodie. While it took about as long for the four men involved with Marley Lion's death to be arrested and charged as George Zimmerman was, it was because the police were looking for them, not because they were dithering around not sure what to do. Also, Marley Lion was always portrayed as an upstanding citizen, whereas Trayvon Martin was a victim of character assassination.

But really, thank you for trying to combat racism with racism with that caption up there.