Study: GOPers tired of Trayvon story

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- While the story behind Trayvon Martin's shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.

Far more Republicans (56%) than Democrats (25%) say there has been too much coverage of Martin's death, according to Pew, which surveyed a "nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults" last Thursday through Sunday about top new stories.

In addition, 43% of whites said the story has garnered too much coverage, compared with just 16% of blacks, Pew said.

[Blue_Tires]

1. no real surprise...

[rfranklin]

2. They are feeling victimized by all the blackness...even in death blacks get affirmative action...

I have heard that sentiment many times in the complaints of right wingers. There was a letter in my local newspaper yesterday asking for less discussion since justice would take its course. The writer was eloquent but so fucking ignorant that he did not realize that the only reason there was a hope for justice was because of all the protests and consequent news coverage.

[genna]

7. affirmative action in death? really?

What line was he in the front of??

A bullet at point blank range?

I can only imagine how this reader feels victimized by the rich and affluent black beneficiaries. How can I become a part of that thought plantation and bring it into a rich personal reality?

[rfranklin]

21. No first in line for sympathy, concern and outrage...

The affirmative action metaphor was mine because I really sense that they feel African Americans get too much attention whether dead or alive.

[CTyankee]

9. same damn thing in my local rag this morning, too.

My guess is that this meme is being broadcast loud and clear on Fox News.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Mine, too.

They hit all the talking points...Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, British tourists who died at the hands of a black man,the media... It's easy to tell when the marching orders have been issued.

[CTyankee]

20. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that these people are being led around by their noses.

They clearly have no ability to think for themselves.

However, that is cold comfort to us liberals. While we are all having our own ideas and opinions, we are somewhat diffuse. They are pretty solid. They gain a certain amount of traction that way.

[treestar]

24. Got that one, too

They don't even realize they are blaming all black people for what black criminals to. Why is that case relevant, I asked? They won't admit they think it is relevant because it "proves" black men commit more crime.

There is some publication that allows them to pull out all black on white crime.

[ChicagoRonin]

3. "Racism is when one group decides another group's pain"

Quote from an African American friend of mine. I don't know if it came from somewhere/someone else, but I think it holds true.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's when someone says that some group should "get over it" regarding racism, whether it be discussing slavery, Jim Crow, hostile immigration, the Japanese American internment, the Holocaust or any other number of examples of intolerance.

[genna]

10. Agreed.

I wonder whether those who have the bitter diatribes against a group should be subjected to the same conditions wherein they should be forced to grin and bear it. I'm just glad the media didn't try to roll a new canard for this instance, 'black card.'

If I hear one person say it's complicated so they can excuse this neighborhood watch guy's shooting in the decedents' own residential community, then I might have to spend all day replying to some of these racist comments. It does no good for the one who is dead, but it makes me feel like I am doing something to prevent the next stand your ground killing.

[genna]

4. No surprise at all

The more I hear, the more I think some American historical trends will remain the absolute same regardless of the generational openess. A dead black teenager today seems to be subject to some of the same institutional and societal bias.

[gratuitous]

5. But they never get tired of birth certificate stories

Or Bill Ayers or Rev. Wright or Saul Alinsky or . . .

Well, you see where this is going.

[Jamaal510]

23. Or Tim Tebow.

[tanyev]

6. Oh, the poor dears.

[mucifer]

8. Curious if they get tired of the missing blond women stories that the media perseverates on.

[genna]

11. I wish there was some variety to them...aren't missing brunette whites just as appealing?

[doc03]

12. It's just like everything else it has come down to a partisan issue,

The Republicans that watch Fox have been convinced Martin attacked Zimmerman. The Fox watchers I know have been quiet on the story until this morning. This morning first thing out of one of their mouths was they are trying to hang that guy in Florida for shooting that f-----g n-----. I jumped on his ass right then, I said the SOB should have been arrested, he shoots a 17 year old kid that went out for ice tea and skittles. He starts repeating all the Fox talking points about that n---was going to kill Zimmerman and he had the right to defend himself. I said well first of all he was supposed to be on Neighborhood Watch and according to their rules he wasn't supposed to be carrying a gun and they are not supposed to confront anyone and he was told not to follow him but he did anyway. Well I was surprised that shut him up. I'm sure he is calling me a n---- lover behind my back now. You people in other areas may think I am exaggerating the language but believe me in the tri-state area of Eastern Ohio WV and PA the N word is common.

[zbdent]

13. Rush Limbaugh really wants the coverage to continue ...

takes the heat off his losing sponsors ...

[Gibby]

14. "Ho hum. I think I'll check my Swiss bank account." - Republican Royalsts, Inc.

"These stories about the little people are so tedious. Tut tut. It is sooo much more entertaining to pass time counting up the swag I have wrung out of these pissant peasants, if you know what I mean. It is just so damn fabulous to be a Tax-Break Republican and to be -- well -- just extra kind of special and stuff."

- Republican Royalists, Inc.

[COLGATE4]

15. But they followed the Natalee Holloway story closely

for a year. Too bad Travon wasn't a white female - Faux would never let us hear the end of it.

[peace frog]

16. All the more reason

to keep the story alive and kicking.

[riverwalker]

17. without media attention

none of us would have ever known about Trayvon, the Sanford PD would have accomplished their cover up, George and daddy Z would go on their merry way. Thnk goodness for the coverage. If it makes the GOP that anxious, must have hit a nerve. Keep it up. Focus like a laser, I say.

[magical thyme]

19. meh. I don't remember polls about Casey Anthony or Fukushima or any other mega-stories

And nobody is forcing the media to cover it except...people who are outraged and insist on justice for Trayvon.

[dkf]

22. We haven't even gotten to the official reports or evidence. This process is completely messed up.

[Raine]

25. Yeah well I'm tired of them

but nothing shuts them up.