If you imagine your smug condescension exists on some imperceptible level, then I gotta repeat myself, you're a dipshit.
There's a way to explain things to people when you want to educate, and you'd don't use it. You're here to be a haughty dick.
I'm put off by your certitude. You're not talking about mathematics, so it has no place.
So, you’re basically admitting that you can’t tolerate or accept hard truth if it isn’t presented how you want to hear it. Facts are facts, buttercup. The kid gloves came off when you proved you’d rather double-down on the lie than admit that you fell for it.
This is for you:
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
Clearly, you made Zimmerman’s guilt a core belief and your pinky toe is screaming “DON’T DISRESPECT MY BELIEFS.”
I gave you everything you asked for. Instead of acknowledging truth and getting upset with the people who manipulated you into believing this lie for several years, you took the lazy way out and rejected reality. You distrusted my explanation when I elaborated and demanded more only to throw all of my good-faith effort back in my face and go on deluding yourself. I was prepared to respect you for changing your mind and learning from this, but then you squandered that. Now you expect me to have been more civil after you baselessly reject all of the work I did at your request. That’s rich!
No matter. If you can’t accept my example then I will make an example of you for everyone else. You are only making my case regarding the public’s tendency for willful self-delusion to accept race-baiting lies.
If it’s just a name in a list insinuating that people got it wrong, you demand elaboration. If it’s elaborated on with just the facts, you demand sources and explanations. If it’s sourced with explanations when presented again, you insult me and hand-wave it and dismiss the personal effort as being the work of some blog with an agenda (lie), then double down on the most laughable and easily disproven point of all. We’re onto your game.
Instead of being angry at the race-bating liars, you weren’t even ashamed to go on claiming that Zimmerman continued to pursue. If you are going to be their tool and keep perpetuating their lies just to avoid admitting you were wrong, you’d better believe I’m going to press you on that. You had an out and you didn’t take it. Ya blew it. The chance for civility has passed and you’re still entrenched with your core belief so I feel you deserve any ridicule you get for it at this point. I see it as a deterrent for anyone who might stubbornly follow in your footsteps.
Not only is it incorrect that they ordered him not to follow (“don’t need” is not the same as “don’t”), it’s 100% indisputable that he immediately said “OK” and stopped following. Yes, I said 100%. Stop lecturing me on how disgusted you are with my certitude and tell me how you sleep at night with your shameful certainty that Zimmerman isn’t innocent. Your core belief was wrong and everything else you thought you understood with that context needs to be re-evaluated. Good luck.
He lost Trayvon and said “OK” when they “asked” him to stop. He gave directions to meet at his vehicle by the mailboxes and stopped giving them his address when he realized that Trayvon could be listening nearby. He openly expressed this concern to the operator, saying he didn’t want to give all of his address out since he didn’t know where Trayvon was. The concern was obviously that he could get ambushed/intercepted at home. Listen to it again or read the transcript and tell me where I’m wrong.
Zimmerman lost Trayvon and agreed to give up pursuit the moment they said they didn’t need him to do that. Obviously, his concerns about being ambushed were justified too. There is absolutely no excuse for continuing to dig your heels in on this. You lost.
Gullible people who reject reality to support the narrative are the reason people like Smollett think they can manipulate us all and get away with it. They are the root of the problem. You can choose to stop this or you can go on being an enabler.
Smollett didn’t get away with it but the lying outrage-peddlers demonizing Zimmerman and others on that list sure did. For some inexplicable reason you chose to continue enabling it right here in front of everyone. It’s not too late: Accept reality. Admit you were wrong. Correct those who continue perpetuating lies like this and call out the ones who stubbornly refuse. Be more aware of this when you see it in the future. Don’t shoot the messenger just because your pride was hurt. Stop being their tool. You will have earned our respect.
Before you ask, here’s the relevant part of the recorded transcript that shows Zimmerman agreed to stop following, stopped following, lost Trayvon, arranged to meet the police at his truck, didn’t know where Trayvon was, expressed concern with Trayvon sneaking back and overhearing his address, and then made alternate meeting arrangements:
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Dispatcher: Are you following him?
Zimmerman: Yeah.
Dispatcher: OK. We don't need you to do that.
Zimmerman: OK.
Dispatcher: Alright, sir, what is your name?
Zimmerman: George. ... He ran.
Dispatcher: Alright George what's your last name?
Zimmerman: Zimmerman.
Dispatcher: ...and George what's the phone number you're calling from?
Zimmerman: 407-435-2400.
Dispatcher: Alright George we do have ‘em on the way. Do you want to meet with the
officer when they get out there?
Zimmerman: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Alright where’re you going to meet with them at?
Zimmerman: If they come in through the, uh, gate, tell them to go straight past the club house, and uh, straight past the club house and make a left, and then they go past the mailboxes.
You’ll see my truck.
Dispatcher: OK. Wha- what address are you parked in front of?
Zimmerman: I don't know, it's a cut-through so I don't know the address.
Dispatcher: OK. Do you live in the area?
Zimmerman: Yeah, yeah, I-
Dispatcher: What's your apartment number?
Zimmerman: It's a home it's 1950-oh crap I don't want to give it all out. I don't know where this kid is.
Dispatcher: OK do you want to just meet with them right near the mailboxes then?
Zimmerman: Yeah that's fine.
Dispatcher: Alright George, I'll let them know to meet you-with y’out there OK?
Zimmerman: Actually could you have them- could you have them call me and I'll tell them where I'm at?
Dispatcher: OK, yeah that's no problem.