# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1241 "2016-05-19T17:36:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [Supposedly](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/us/trayvon-martins-parents-settle-wrongful-death-suit.html?_r=0)? > It will be necessary as long as there are people like you. > > Regards, > Shodan Seriously? You think Zimmerman is a hero who heroically defended himself? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1242 "2016-05-19T17:38:41Z")
That’s a little disingenuous, even for you. A civil suit against the community where he was killed is very, very different than trying to auction off the gun used to kill a child. Eta: this was a response to Shodan. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1243 "2016-05-19T17:59:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It will be necessary as long as there are people like you. You’re such a SJW. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1244 "2016-05-19T18:36:56Z")
The problem with Zimmerman is that he’s a douchebag. I don’t think he was guilty of murder of Martin, but he’s still a douchebag. He came away from his trial believing he was a hero. He was wrong. The respectful thing would have been to quietly slip away into anonymity, much like Casey Anthony did (even though I do think she was wrongly acquitted). But George is a douchebag that can’t help himself. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1245 "2016-05-19T18:37:26Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Seriously? > > You think Zimmerman is a hero who heroically defended himself? No, I derived a good deal of amusement and some education from refuting **you with the face** ’s many, many misunderstandings of the law, misrepresentation of the facts of the case, and watching others also refute her (and other clowns like **Stoid** and some others). **you with the face** said > [@](#): > > White knighting for Zimmerman’s rights will never stop being unnecessary, btw. to the extent that she wants to fight on this messageboard against Zimmerman’s rights, to that same extent I can fight back. Do you understand the distinction between “he’s a hero” and “he did nothing illegal”? Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1246 "2016-05-19T19:16:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > to the extent that she wants to fight on this messageboard against Zimmerman’s rights, to that same extent I can fight back. > > Do you understand the distinction between “he’s a hero” and “he did nothing illegal”? > > Regards, > Shodan Are you deliberately misinterpreting what **you with the face** said just so that you can feel offended? Gosh, you’re not even the good kind of SJW. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1247 "2016-05-19T19:21:26Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > The problem with Zimmerman is that he’s a douchebag. Nah, even a douchebag would want to put his past behind him and try to live a life in quiet, reasonably inoffensive obscurity. Zimmerman is truly a special case of awfulness. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1248 "2016-05-19T19:40:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **you with the face** said to the extent that she wants to fight on this messageboard against Zimmerman’s rights, to that same extent I can fight back. Go ahead and fight for Zimmerman’s pwecious wittle rights, **Shodan**. Who am I to stop you from looking like a moron when your heart moves you in that direction? I already said I’m glad he’s out there reminding us of who he is as a person. That’s me applauding him as he exercises his 1st amendment rights as only the Zimster can. See, I’m all for his rights. God bless America. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1249 "2016-05-19T19:52:15Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Are you deliberately misinterpreting what **you with the face** said just so that you can feel offended? Oh, I am not offended. As I said, I got a good deal of entertainment and a certain amount of education from watching her flounder around being wrong. Check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662721), in which she attempts to point out how **Bricker** , an actual lawyer, is wrong about a case in Florida with a cite of California law. The various Martin-Zimmerman threads must number in the thousands of pages, so I doubt I could search them, but much of them consisted of her (and good old **Stoid** the Impervious to Fact), repeating over and over “you only know that because Zimmerman said so!”, and, when the evidence apart from Zimmerman’s statements was pointed out, repeating “but you only know that because Zimmerman said so” a little more shrilly. Good times, good times. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1250 "2016-05-19T19:56:12Z")
Zimmerman: [“First and foremost, I would like to thank and give the glory to God for a successful auction that has raised funds for several worthy causes.”](http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/05/george_zimmerman_thanks_god_after_gun_used_to_kill_trayvon_martin_is_sold.html) I don’t think God wants to take credit for this. And I hope that those worthy causes tell him (Zimmerman, not God) to go to Hell. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1251 "2016-05-19T20:13:39Z")
Now we’ll see if he actually gets paid. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1252 "2016-05-19T20:19:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Zimmerman: [“First and foremost, I would like to thank and give the glory to God for a successful auction that has raised funds for several worthy causes.”](http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/05/george_zimmerman_thanks_god_after_gun_used_to_kill_trayvon_martin_is_sold.html) > > I don’t think God wants to take credit for this. And I hope that those worthy causes tell him (Zimmerman, not God) to go to Hell. I suspect your definition of worthy and Zimmerman’s definition do not coincide and that the causes in question (one of which is ‘the fight against Black Lives Matter’) will be highly unlikely to reject any largesse coming their way. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1253 "2016-05-19T20:20:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Zimmerman: [“First and foremost, I would like to thank and give the glory to God for a successful auction that has raised funds for several worthy causes.”](http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/05/george_zimmerman_thanks_god_after_gun_used_to_kill_trayvon_martin_is_sold.html) > > I don’t think God wants to take credit for this. And I hope that those worthy causes tell him (Zimmerman, not God) to go to Hell. Bless his rotten little piece of shit heart. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1254 "2016-05-19T20:55:43Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I suspect your definition of worthy and Zimmerman’s definition do not coincide and that the causes in question (one of which is ‘the fight against Black Lives Matter’) will be highly unlikely to reject any largesse coming their way. Assuming that Zimmerman actually raised money from this auction, there is without a doubt in my mind that he will pocket all of it for himself. You have to remember he is fluent in Bizarro. And in Bizarro, it’s not really God that he is thanking. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1255 "2016-05-19T21:10:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Zimmerman: [“First and foremost, I would like to thank and give the glory to God for a successful auction that has raised funds for several worthy causes.”](http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/05/george_zimmerman_thanks_god_after_gun_used_to_kill_trayvon_martin_is_sold.html) > > I don’t think God wants to take credit for this. And I hope that those worthy causes tell him (Zimmerman, not God) to go to Hell. WTF? > [@](#): > > A representative for United Gun Group, which hosted the auction, told the Orlando Sentinel that the group was actually running two auctions simultaneously—one for the public and another for “prequalified bidders.” The final selling price has not been released. Running a secret auction behind the backs of the people participating in the public auction? So a person legitimately participating in the public auction could think, “I just made the high bid-it’s mine!”…then get told that it was given to someone else in a private action he was never invited to participate in? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1256 "2016-08-04T22:58:38Z")
[Zimmerman was punched in the face in a restaurant.](http://www.clickorlando.com/news/george-zimmerman-punched-in-face-at-sanford-restaurant) ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1257 "2016-08-04T23:05:09Z")
> [@](#): > > According to the incident report, Zimmerman said he was recognized while eating at the restaurant and as he was explaining to people sitting at the table that he shot Martin in self-defense, a large man approached him and asked, “you’re bragging about that?” > > Deputies said the man left and came back minutes later, asking Zimmerman why he hadn’t left. The fight escalated when the man then punched Zimmerman in the face, according to the report. Thank you, Large Man. It needed to be done. ---
**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 5, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1258 "2016-08-05T02:32:59Z")
That punch was several years overdue. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1259 "2016-08-05T02:53:50Z")
So why didn’t George Stand His Ground and shoot the guy? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1260 "2016-08-05T03:19:22Z")
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