# George Zimmerman - In the news again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480 "2014-07-31T13:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1041 "2015-05-17T20:53:50Z")
Given Zimmerman’s history of murdering people, shooting first might be the wisest course of action. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1042 "2015-05-17T21:08:49Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Given Zimmerman’s history of murdering people, shooting first might be the wisest course of action. Consider GZ’s history of using lethal force to defend himself, when necessary, I suggest that you might want to keep a defense attorney on retainer. just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1043 "2015-08-18T16:57:23Z")
From [here](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-usa-florida-zimmerman-idUSKCN0QN1RF20150818): > [@](#): > > George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone. Man, this guy likes to stir the shit. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1044 "2015-08-18T17:08:04Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > From [here](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-usa-florida-zimmerman-idUSKCN0QN1RF20150818): > > Man, this guy likes to stir the shit. [Here is his art.](http://floridagunsupply.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/ebab301dfa0c218276b44830f01bd59e/c/o/confederate-flag.png) The Muslim-free gun shop’s page on it includes this gem, > [@](#): > > You cannot assume everyone who flies a Confederate Flag is racist in the same way that you cannot judge every Muslim to be a terrorist, or every gun owner to be a serial killer. True… but _you_… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1045 "2015-08-18T17:13:55Z")
Wow, that is bad art. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1046 "2015-08-18T17:18:08Z")
What does the Confederate battle flag have to do with the First and Second Amendments of the United States Constitution? If anything Zimmerman should have written: “The Article I, Sec. 9(13) protects our Article I, Sec. 9(12).” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1047 "2015-08-18T17:39:20Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > True… but _you_… never mind. > [@](#): > > “I will not arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriots,” Hallinan said. But you’ll fly the flags of traitors. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1048 "2015-08-18T17:50:35Z")
> [@](#): > > [We said in the video we would give a portion of the proceeds to the Boys and Girls Club, but they then told me they didn’t want me to use their name in my video.](http://floridagunsupply.com/george-zimmerman-confederate-flag.html) Do tell. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1049 "2015-08-18T20:13:36Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Wow, that is bad art. Apparently he sold an earlier painting for $100k. Guess he found a sucker with money. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1050 "2015-08-18T21:10:43Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Wow, that is bad art. There is a whole lot of concentrated stupid in that image. It should be the 10th wonder of the world. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1051 "2015-08-29T07:31:42Z")
And he’s back again. In [response](http://www.salon.com/2015/08/27/george_zimmerman_virginia_hate_crime_shootings_committed_by_pansy_and_condoned_by_ignorant_baboon_barack_obama/) to the shootings in Virginia the other day, Zimmerman directed homophobic epithets at the shooter, and referred to Barack Obama as an “Ignorant Baboon.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1052 "2015-08-29T13:29:29Z")
We already knew he is a class act, but we might be starting to give him too much attention. Maybe we should start treating him the same as the drunk at the end of the bar. Or not, since he deserves all the ridicule we can give him. Tough call. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1053 "2015-08-29T13:37:37Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > And he’s back again. > > In [response](http://www.salon.com/2015/08/27/george_zimmerman_virginia_hate_crime_shootings_committed_by_pansy_and_condoned_by_ignorant_baboon_barack_obama/) to the shootings in Virginia the other day, Zimmerman directed homophobic epithets at the shooter, and referred to Barack Obama as an “Ignorant Baboon.” What I find intriguing is that when President Obama offered up comments about Zimmerman’s own case, Zimmerman complained that Obama was speaking toon soon without knowing all the facts. (A complaint, I might add, that was not entirely without merit). His first tweet on this subject, however, excoriates Obama for failing to immediately say something. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1054 "2015-08-29T13:39:50Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Maybe we should start treating him the same as the drunk at the end of the bar. This. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1055 "2015-08-29T14:34:44Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Maybe we should start treating him the same as the drunk at the end of the bar. I’m schhtan … shhhtand … schhhtandin’ right here. _urp_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1056 "2015-08-29T14:38:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > What I find intriguing is that when President Obama offered up comments about Zimmerman’s own case, Zimmerman complained that Obama was speaking toon soon without knowing all the facts. (A complaint, I might add, that was not entirely without merit). His first tweet on this subject, however, excoriates Obama for failing to immediately say something. For me, the fact that he’s a hypocrite is way down on the list of his failings as a human being. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1057 "2015-08-29T15:37:37Z")
He has all the courage of a coward with a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1058 "2015-12-03T22:54:11Z")
… and he’s [in the news again](http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/12/03/george-zimmermans-twitter-account-suspended-after-posting-revenge-porn-which-is-a-sex-crime-in-florida), complaining that his ex had sex with a “dirty Muslim” and posting revenge porn on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1059 "2015-12-03T23:12:54Z")
I think he’d make an outstanding choice for Vice President on the Republican side. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1060 "2015-12-03T23:36:56Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think he’d make an outstanding choice for Vice President on the Republican side. _ **“GZ for VP”** _ Has a ring to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=54)