You can find whatever excuse you want to kiss his ass. It doesn't matter to me, and won't change my mind. I think for myself. I can see with my own eyes.  The Trayvon shooting was a good shoot, but Zimmerman is a poor representation of a firearm owner. He is an embarrassment. Every few months he does something new to basically say F U to anyone that has supported him in the least.  Just like I don't support WNs that do stupid things over and over... I'm not going to support a half-Peruvian doing stupid things over and over. there's no excuses at all, nor any ass kissing.    this isn't about zimmerman, it's about what's happened to him, which if allowed to happen without resistance, can by proxy happen to any of us. white skin isn't a shield from these things, if anything, white skin is a target in todays america.      I don't care what race this happens to, because if it can happen to one race, it can happen to all races, and with the stigma against whites, it happens in far greater frequency for whites. just look up the FBI statistics on hate crimes. you'll find that black on white hate crimes are almost non existent, according to the FBI. of course, we know better.     you know, I'm sure some of those people that get stoned in the middle east, have at some time in their lives, stoned someone previously. I'm sure stoning was a fun activity when they were doing it, but they probably had an immediate perspective change as soon as they themselves were being stoned.     I may not like blacks or mexicans, and want them out of the country, but I don't believe anyone should be persecuted for crimes they didn't commit or have details twisted by others in order to make them look guilty. it's not about race, it's about principle. I was taught that you don't do anything to anyone that you yourself wouldn't want done to you.     there's a difference between the definition of sympathy and empathy.