April Fool: Liberal vs. Liberal

By now, everybody "knows" about the death of Trayvon Martin. Martin was a young black man; his shooting at the hands of a "white" man has enraged many in the black communities.

The national media has pressed the story hard, pushing the theory that the motive for the shooting was clearly Racism. It is important to remember that Racism, like Tolerance, has a specific definition when used by liberals; Racism is racially motivated harm toward a member of the Black community. By definition, liberals know that Blacks therefore cannot be Racist; witness the deafening silence in the national media about the two (Black) teenagers who ran down a (White) preteen, setting him on fire with gasoline. You aren't hearing Al or Jesse preaching hate about that- it's not Racist.

Yet as more facts come out, it becomes increasingly clear that Zimmerman is anything but "white". He apparently has black family members and tutors black children. He is clearly Hispanic.

Many in the Democrat party, including the President, jumped quickly on board the mindless, we-don't -need-facts condemnation of the shooter as a Racist.

There seems one inescapable issue here for the Democrat Party, however. Both the Black community and the Hispanic/Latino community are typically considered solid Democrat voting blocks. The Democrats seem to be using the tragedy to try to score points with the Black Community. If they continue to do so, they risk alienating Hispanic voters by sacrificing Zimmerman to the "mob justice" lynching that the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are screaming for.

Worse yet for the Democrats, the Hispanic community might begin to realize that the Republican conservatives- who are for the most part asking that a sane and measured investigation take place- are not "anti-Hispanic" as the Democrats crow, but are actually "anti-illegal." While that is the truth, truth is not something most liberals are heavily in favor of when it interferes with the narrative, as witnessed by the fact that the media has already tried to claim that Zimmerman, actually a registered Democrat,  was driven by right-wing ideology.

Gun control might become the Democrats ultimate issue here, but Democrats are also on record having supported "stand your ground" laws, having voted unanimously for the Florida law.  It's not even certain that the "stand your ground" law applies since it could be a question of self-defense.

In short, the Republicans hardly have a dog in this fight; this is liberal vs. liberal, and it's really no April fool's joke.