George Zimmerman Cleared

I think he was Hispanic, are you racial profiling shame on you. (Finger wagging with left hand on hip)
 

Zimmerman was Hispanic, if the Feds had anything they would have got him on civil rights. Cretan is profiling, so ask QS or is that off limits?
 

rt3 said:
Zimmerman was Hispanic, if the Feds had anything they would have got him on civil rights. Cretan is profiling, so ask QS or is that off limits?
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I understand he's part white and part hispanic, she's not calling him a cretin because of his "race" or ethnic background, she's calling him that due to his behavior and actions.
 
Cretan

n. Old English Cretense (plural), from Latin Cretanus (singular); see Crete. They were proverbial in ancient times as liars; cf. Greek kretismos "lying," literally "Cretan behavior."

He was and is a liar. So the word was used correctly and has no racial connotation to it.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Gee, I think I now know why "911" doesn't say much-to-anything on some of these topics. But, would have to agree with what he'd say.
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How you can blindly agree with something that someone hasn't even said yet, is beyond me. 911, if he is a reputable police officer, would likely say that Zimmerman should have followed the orders given to him by the police to back off and let them handle the problem...if there was a problem at all. He would likely say that if Zimmerman had obeyed the directions he was given by the department, this murder would not have taken place. Any officer that expects cooperation from the citizens, must not and would not make exceptions for hotheads like George, cherry picking who must obey their directions and who gets a pass.
 
Well, as Gomer would say "surprise, surprise, surprise".........someone gave me (CR) a Reputation Point and I really don't think they wanted to. Apparently hit the Rep Point area on the wrong person! Anyway, thanks.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I understand he's part white and part hispanic, she's not calling him a cretin because of his "race" or ethnic background, she's calling him that due to his behavior and actions.
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Who in the world would believe that the word Cretin was racial profiling?? It's weird...

cre·tin
/ˈkrētn/
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noun
  1. a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

 
George Zimmerman has been cleared, he is hispanic. OJ Simpson murdered two white people, and the blacks cheered.

Why did OJ not come up on Civil rights charges? But you are 100% right Hg, Karma. OJ is in jail. Typical thug, it caught up with him.

Zimmerman?, maybe it will catch up with him to.

Gene
 
Cretin is a class, racial profiling is the replacement term for the old word of stereo typing. In the same context the word may be a slam against cretins. The word was used incorrectly.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Well, as Gomer would say "surprise, surprise, surprise".........someone gave me (CR) a Reputation Point and I really don't think they wanted to. Apparently hit the Rep Point area on the wrong person! Anyway, thanks.
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It it done in alphabetical order.
 
rt3 said:
Cretin is a class, racial profiling is the replacement term for the old word of stereo typing. In the same context the word may be a slam against cretins. The word was used incorrectly.
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Racial profiling is the use of an individual's race or ethnicity as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement (e.g. stop and search or arrest). The practice is controversial and is illegal in many jurisdictions. It should not be confused with offender profiling, which is an investigative tool.

ster·e·o·typeˈsterēəˌtīp/
verb
gerund or present participle: stereotyping



She used the word correctly.






The word was used correctly.
 
That's the ACLU definition, not the full legal contextual one. She used the word incorrectly
 
GeneMO said:
George Zimmerman has been cleared, he is hispanic. OJ Simpson murdered two white people, and the blacks cheered.

Why did OJ not come up on Civil rights charges? But you are 100% right Hg, Karma. OJ is in jail. Typical thug, it caught up with him.

Zimmerman?, maybe it will catch up with him to.

Gene
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Maybe I'm miss reading but you and CR really seem to be stuck on grouping race. Let me make something clear, when OJ was cleared, "some" blacks, some whites cheered many of us did not cheer anymore than anyone else that felt justices wasn't served in this or similar cases where such people walked.

Zimmerman, (Jewish name btw son of a Jewish father who got his son out of previous offenses years earlier, when acquitted was cheered on rather loudly by "some whites and some blacks as well, ok very few blacks but just the same, only some whites in this case as in the Simpson case. Why keep painting every instance as Blacks and not some or a few or those that I've met or encountered.
 
AprilT said:
Maybe I'm miss reading but you and CR really seem to be stuck on grouping race. Let me make something clear, when OJ was cleared, "some" blacks, some whites cheered many of us did not cheer anymore than anyone else that felt justices wasn't served in this or similar cases where such people walked.

Zimmerman, (Jewish name btw son of a Jewish father who got his son out of previous offenses years earlier, when acquitted was cheered on rather loudly by "some whites and some blacks as well, ok very few blacks but just the same, only some whites in this case as in the Simpson case. Why keep painting every instance as Blacks and not some or a few or those that I've met or encountered.
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And WTF "The Blacks" sounds very derogatory or like a new religious group or something.
 
AprilT said:
Maybe I'm miss reading but you and CR really seem to be stuck on grouping race. Let me make something clear, when OJ was cleared, "some" blacks, some whites cheered many of us did not cheer anymore than anyone else that felt justices wasn't served in this or similar cases where such people walked.

Zimmerman, (Jewish name btw son of a Jewish father who got his son out of previous offenses years earlier, when acquitted was cheered on rather loudly by "some whites and some blacks as well, ok very few blacks but just the same, only some whites in this case as in the Simpson case. Why keep painting every instance as Blacks and not some or a few or those that I've met or encountered.
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Bravo, April!!!
 
Regardless of race, senseless killings are way too frequent, IMO. Innocent lives are lost and families mourn, never a good thing. :(
 
rt3 said:
Cretin is a class, racial profiling is the replacement term for the old word of stereo typing. In the same context the word may be a slam against cretins. The word was used incorrectly.
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Do you even have any idea what a cretin is? Do you know what Cretinism is? It's an outdated medical term for a form of mental retardation.. It's no longer used in medicine, but has taken on the colloquial definition of "stupid person"..

Just in case you don't know what colloquial is...

col·lo·qui·al
/kəˈlōkwēəl/
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adjective
  1. (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
    synonyms:informal, conversational, everyday, nonliterary, unofficial; More

 
AprilT said:
And WTF "The Blacks" sounds very derogatory or like a new religious group or something.
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Sorry April, but that is the term from my generation. When I was little it was *****, then they changed it to "colored people" (As in NAACP), then it was changed to Black, Now African American. My mind is simple and I have trouble keeping up with a moving target.

I think it should just be American. But, if race was taken out of the picture, then Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, and Obama would be lost and broke. We were told that with the first AA president that the divide would be healed, all would be great, and we could set around the campfire and sing.

I guess that group of society needs to decide what they want to be called.

Gene


I guess one half of me is English American, and the other half German American.
 
QuickSilver said:
Do you even have any idea what a cretin is? Do you know what Cretinism is? It's an outdated medical term for a form of mental retardation.. It's no longer used in medicine, but has taken on the colloquial definition of "stupid person"..

Just in case you don't know what colloquial is...

col·lo·qui·al
/kəˈlōkwēəl/
0860raolr13_icon_sound.png

adjective
  1. (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
    synonyms:informal, conversational, everyday, nonliterary, unofficial; More
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You must be getting your definition of the Internet. I was using Westlaw searching for class definition that are actually used in case preparation. You and Jim need to catch up.
Some of that "jury nullification" stuff for people who have already made judgement.
 

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