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Dick Whitman · Jul 15, 2013

YankeeFan said:

Dick Whitman said:

doctorquant said:

YankeeFan said:

Yeah, if Dick is allowed to be outraged by this case ...
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Dick said he was disgusted with the left, too ... so he's practicing equal opportunity disgust!
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The reason this case particularly disgusts me is that, because of race, people on the two sides of the aisle aligned opposite their usual sympathies. So lefties became zealous prosecutors. While righties became zealous advocates of defendants' rights. Stomach-turning. (The same thing frequently occurs in rape prosecutions.)

What it does is make me suspect that the political alignment on most issues comes down to race. Or, sometimes, gender. But it's all just identity politics. And that frustrates me, because it means that a lot of people don't have any actual principles. Just pet causes.
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Dick, the best known (and most revered by the right) Conservative jurist, Antonin Scalia, is perhaps the fiercest defender of 4th Amendment rights.

I think it's unfair to portray conservatives in general as unsupportive of defendants rights.
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Scalia is an outlier on the right, and I think you know that Scalia is an outlier.

Let's not pretend that movement conservatives are fierce advocates of defendants' rights. Please let's not pretend that.

Armchair_QB · Jul 15, 2013

YankeeFan said:

Bernie de la Rionda should be ashamed of himself:

The prosecutors in the George Zimmerman case spoke to ABC News Monday morning, continuing to doubt Zimmerman’s version of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and openly speculating about his reasons for not taking the stand.

“I prayed that he would have the courage to take the stand,” lead prosecuting attorney Bernie de la Rionda said. “But as we all well know, he made the decision not to.”

ABC’s Matt Gutman asked if de la Rionda thought Zimmerman was “scared” to testify.

“The proof is in the pudding,” de la Rionda said. “Did he take the stand?”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/prosecutors-contradict-zimmermans-story-in-abc-interview-claim-he-lacked-courage-to-take-the-stand/
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-prosecutor-prayed-testify/story?id=19666346#.UeQP1FPgJQI
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In addition to being a lousy lawyer Bernie is apparently a fucking piece of shit too.

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