Trayvon responses on right

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Sunday July 21, 2013 · 2:28 PM PDT

2013/07/21 · 14:28

I've never been more depressed in my life than I have been reading some of the absurd right wing responses to this young man's shameless murder. First, there's a false equivalency floating around that got posted on Facebook by one of my "friends":

You won't recognize me. My name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old child who was shot at point blank range by two teens who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered me will not face the death penalty ... too bad I was given a death sentence for being innocent and defenseless.
My family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so much as a single moment to acknowledge my murder.

I am one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but the media doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President Obama has no

children who could possibly look like me — so he doesn't care and the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.

There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he would be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to demand justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the lives of those who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no representation and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat innocently in my stroller — I no longer have my life.

So while you are seeking justice for Treyvon, please remember to seek justice for me too. Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee shirts with my face on them and make the world pay attention, just like you did for Treyvon.

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Sunday March 13, 2011 · 12:26 PM PDT

2011/03/13 · 12:26

So now the NY Times tells us that P.J. Crowley, the lone voice of reason in this administration, has resigned for saying what everyone should be saying: that Bradley Manning's treatment in detention has been "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." This man has blown the whistle on our war crimes, which should have earned him a reward. He is, instead, being subjected to isolation, forced nakedness, sleep deprivation, and God knows what else. Complaints by his lawyer have been ignored.

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Wednesday March 02, 2011 · 4:51 PM PST

2011/03/02 · 16:51

I'm sure many of you have been through this before, but it has recently happened to me and I'm feeling sick about it. Someone sent me one of those viral emails that are haunting the internet these days. It was allegedly from my son's cub scout pack scoutmaster, and in the subject heading was THIS IS SCARY--PLEASE READ!. It claimed to be a document called "Joys of Muslim Women by Nonie Darwish," about the many ways Islam victimizes women. I googled her and found out that such a person exists, she is a convert to Christianity, and while she did not actually write this piece, she essentially agrees with it.

I could let all this pass, I suppose, except that the creator of this screed went on to comment. Apparently Nonie Darwish claims that radical Islam aims to take over the west, tear our country apart, and establish Sharia law here. I suppose that some radicals do have that aim. That isn't what made me cringe. What got me was a special paragraph, in red, that said:

(In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so... You can look at how they have taken over several towns in the USA .. Dearborn Mich. is one and so is Lewiston, Me.... and there are others...) This was followed by instructions to pass it on, warnings that some people won't listen, and a prediction that Minnesota (where I live) will be next.

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