Which I surely was about the outcome of the Zimmerman trial. The jury performed its duty admirably, contrary to my suspicions, and in so doing it has restored a kernel of my faith. It also has made me smile by giving a bold finger to the teeming mass of barbarians, lunatics, fools, and career agitators who are enraged that the rule of law triumphed over their bloodlust. This has been a valuable civics lesson for a dying civilization, and everyone who has a chance to sit on a jury should cherish rather than disdain it, for that is perhaps the only opportunity you will have to make a difference anymore (within the system, anyway).
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There is, of course, the distinct possibility that the Obama administration will pursue "civil rights" charges, which would be just as ludicrous and offensive as everything else about this administration. For one, Zimmerman is not a government actor and cannot deprive anyone of civil rights (indeed, he couldn't even be sued on such a theory). The only person whose civil rights are being routinely menaced and violated is Zimmerman himself, who exercised his most fundamental right to defend his life but has been attacked by government goons ever since. The state prosecution never should have been brought, and it never would have but for political intervention. Obama and other politicians disgraced their offices by taking sides rather than allow due process to run its course. Now that it has, they threaten to come back and persecute the man even more. For all the loose talk of riots, THIS is what truly justifies them, the spectacle of a government hostile to its law-abiding citizens.
EDIT
There is, of course, the distinct possibility that the Obama administration will pursue "civil rights" charges, which would be just as ludicrous and offensive as everything else about this administration. For one, Zimmerman is not a government actor and cannot deprive anyone of civil rights (indeed, he couldn't even be sued on such a theory). The only person whose civil rights are being routinely menaced and violated is Zimmerman himself, who exercised his most fundamental right to defend his life but has been attacked by government goons ever since. The state prosecution never should have been brought, and it never would have but for political intervention. Obama and other politicians disgraced their offices by taking sides rather than allow due process to run its course. Now that it has, they threaten to come back and persecute the man even more. For all the loose talk of riots, THIS is what truly justifies them, the spectacle of a government hostile to its law-abiding citizens.
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