‘The Greater Good’: Heretical Facts vs. the Myth of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie

Posted on | July 16, 2013 | 151 Comments

Trayvon Martin: ‘And by this sign shall ye know me …’

Pete Da Tech Guy on how the system failed Trayvon Martin:

After all what’s the life of a single black man, the safety of individuals, the policing of schools or doing your job compared to the greater good of appearing politically correct, getting the right stats, financing the grievance industry or electing Democrats?

Well — “How dare you?”

The Politics of Indignation practiced by Democrats requires quite a great deal of narrative management, and relies on the cowardly unwillingness of Americans to speak the blunt truth. We are offered an iconic martyr — St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie — by the High Priests of the Temple Cult and if we fail to mimic their superstitious ritual, if we do not reverently genuflect before this sacred symbol of innocence . . .

“How dare you?”

Our Moral Superiors have become so accustomed to preaching such sermons to their worshipful congregations that the slightest expression of skeptical impiety seems to shock them.

Only within their sanctuaries of belief, where none but the voices of the faithful are heard, is it possible for Edward Wyckoff Williams to expect to be taken seriously when he writes nonsense like this:

If there is no justice, there can be no peace. But in the American South it seems white folks suddenly believe that decorum and charm are a proper response to unspeakable acts of violence and unconscionable injustice.
The day before a jury delivered an acquittal in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger and Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith gave a national press conference to appeal for a peaceful reaction to the verdict — regardless of its outcome.
Eslinger, who is white, said, “We will not tolerate anyone who uses this verdict as an excuse to violate the law.”
The veiled threat of an aggressive police response to imaginary civil unrest belies the very logic that led to Trayvon Martin’s death to begin with. For, you see, African-Americans are never protected or served by the law enforcement apparatus — yet they are always subject to its military might.
Sanford police coyly “tolerated” the actual killing of an unarmed black child, but yet refuse to “tolerate” any anger expressed for the acquittal of his murderer.
This is the new Jim Crow realized. . . .

(It’s 1963 and Sanford, Florida, is rural Mississippi.)

President Barack Obama is not immune — as he’s become the target of incessant “white rage”: race-baiting attacks, prejudice and bias even prior to his election. The Republican Party and its neo-Confederate Tea Party wing has been committed to invalidating his political and legislative legacy as much as the Zimmerman jury invalidated the civil rights of Trayvon.

The counterfactual conflation of distinct phenomena and the deliberate misuse of grossly inappropriate historical analogies are errors of rhetoric and logic that we are not supposed to notice, much less to point out and refute. Facts and logic are unwelcome within the Temple of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie, and common sense is heresy.

Trayvon Martin, a lanky 6-foot-tall 17-year-old dopehead, is miraculously transformed into “an unarmed black child,” and the testimony and evidence indicating that Trayvon deliberately waylaid the neighborhood watch captain must be disregarded.

Similarly, we are expected not to notice how little Seminole County, Florida, resembles “the American South” that Williams invokes.

Sanford is a 30-minute drive from downtown Orlando, and 45 minutes from Daytona Beach. Seminole County has a population of more than 400,000 residents, the vast majority of whom were not born there, but are transplants from elsewhere, including retirees from up North as well as many immigrants (11.5% of the county’s population were not born in the United States). The median home value in Seminole County is $225,500 and the median household income is nearly $60,000. This prosperous suburban community, however, Edward Wyckoff Williams offers us as emblematic of “the American South” (newsreel footage of Klansmen burning crosses) as though he were discussing some backward poverty-stricken redneck crossroads town in Appalachia.

Edward Wyckoff Williams does not tell you any facts about Seminole County, nor does he mention that Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith was hired from Elgin, Illinois. And Sheriff Eslinger — “who is white,” Williams points out — is scarcely an ignorant hillbilly:

Sheriff Eslinger has 33 years of service with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. His career began in 1978 as a Radio Dispatcher and he advanced through the ranks as a Patrol Deputy, Criminal Investigator, Special Operations Investigator, Watch Commander, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team leader, two tours with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Task Force Agent; and returning as Commander of the City/County Investigative Bureau. At the time of his appointment, Sheriff Eslinger held the position of major, third in command of the Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Eslinger earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Sciences from National Louis University and is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He also attended the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Chief Executive Institute in Tallahassee, Florida and the National Academy of Corrections – U.S. Department of Justice.

Neither of the two law enforcement officials whom Williams offers as symbolic of “unconscionable injustice” would seem to fit the profile. But the martyrdom myth of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie is crafted entirely of such shoddy fabrics, and if the reality of Seminole County doesn’t match the myth, well, damn those pesky facts!

Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez wants the House Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the Trayvon Martin shooting, which would be an excellent idea, seeing as how the House of Representatives is one of the few major institutions in America controlled by the Republican Party.

Trayvon’s parents cry in front of the cameras, and we are supposed to ignore the fact that they got divorced when Trayvon was 4 years old, and that Trayvon’s mother kicked her son out of her house because he was so impossibly unruly. Most of all, nobody can mention that Trayvon wasn’t even from Sanford, that he was only in Sanford because (a) his father was dating a woman who lived there and (b) Trayvon had been suspended from his high school 240 miles away in Miami-Dade County.

All these facts we might ignore — for “the greater good,” as Pete says — were it not for the fact that liberal lies inspire fools to action:

Witness claims youths yelled
‘this is for Trayvon’ in beating

A half-Peruvian neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida, shoots a teenage dopehead from Miami and, because Our Moral Superiors insist that this is a matter of national importance, some innocent guy in Baltimore gets beaten up by a gang of thugs?

Yeah. That makes perfect sense — it’s the New Normal.

No Justice. No Peace. No Facts. No Logic.

Category: Crime

Comments

151 Responses to “‘The Greater Good’: Heretical Facts vs. the Myth of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie”

Stogie Chomper
July 16th, 2013 @ 5:43 pm

Exactly!
wjjhoge
July 16th, 2013 @ 5:57 pm

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politsoutherner
July 16th, 2013 @ 6:21 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:28 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:28 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:32 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:45 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 6:54 pm

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RickyRayinGA
July 16th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

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kmhord
July 16th, 2013 @ 7:02 pm

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July 16th, 2013 @ 7:06 pm

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Kelsonus
July 16th, 2013 @ 7:17 pm

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Richard McEnroe
July 16th, 2013 @ 7:58 pm

Dude, 1947, that’s like yesterday…
carolteuchert
July 16th, 2013 @ 9:12 pm

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thatMrGguy
July 16th, 2013 @ 9:15 pm

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BobBelvedere
July 16th, 2013 @ 9:36 pm

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rmnixondeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:30 pm

I tried to get Bull Conners (Deceased) to comment, but all he could do was wail inchoate noises as his soul is eternally consumed by unquenchable fire in Hell.
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:35 pm

“I tried to get Bull Conners (Deceased) to comment, but all he could do was wail inchoate noises…” — rmnixondeceased http://t.co/qVJVzQj0KY
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:39 pm

“When I see “Justice for Trayvon” I cannot help but say: “What do you think he GOT?”” — robcrawford2 http://t.co/Uu9cxmtCl7 I concur!
rmnixondeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:40 pm

The smell.
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm

“”St. Trayvon the Ventilated.” Heh! Love it.” — Stogie Chomper http://t.co/NSFOir4GPx
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm

“Hence the Rage of the Left: They had been pimping this myth of the saintly Trayvon and the…” — robertstacymccain http://t.co/fqLuTHcqjT
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm

“The supposed monster, who mentored poor kids, offered to take a neighbor into his own home after…” — robcrawford2 http://t.co/U4J6Rkn2Iw
RMNixonDeceased
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:46 pm

“Facts?! What difference, at this point, do they make?” — scarymatt http://t.co/BCxsZrk49x
WyBlog - Eric Holder: You have a duty to retreat
July 16th, 2013 @ 10:59 pm

Eric Holder: You have a duty to retreat…

A man’s home is his castle. That’s a doctrine enshrined in English Common Law since the days of Magna Carta. So when a thug invades your personal space and starts beating your head into the pavement, there’s no “duty to retreat” in your repertoire…
Kelgair
July 16th, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

I had been using St. Trayvon of Skittles, but I think I like St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie better. I’ll have to think about this.
riverlifecallie
July 16th, 2013 @ 11:23 pm

And never mind that stand your ground was never invoked in this case. But Angela Corey opposes stand your ground so now it is part of the narrative.
riverlifecallie
July 16th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm

Stacy, I am so glad to see that you are finally engaged in this case. Nobody does it better than you in pointing out the ridiculous left narrative. Please don’t call George Zimmerman “Barney Fife” anymore, though. I think he is a genuinely good human being, just trying to do the right thing. And his life (in this country at least) will always be a living hell.
KTrader
July 17th, 2013 @ 3:06 am

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July 17th, 2013 @ 3:44 am

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Dan Gillen
July 17th, 2013 @ 8:00 am

that fact that he hasn’t been bitten by a rat since he got off his tour bus?
Dan Gillen
July 17th, 2013 @ 8:02 am

of course she opposes stand your ground. She’s the type of DA it’s designed to protect people from. Remember states with a duty to retreat get to decide how much retreat is enough. What you only retreated and entire city block while being chased? Murder charges for you!
Charles Hammond Jr
July 17th, 2013 @ 8:51 am

What are you going to do when the mob comes for you?

Do you:
a) Try to reason with them to prevent the violence that will surely kill you (if you fail especially).
b) Run and/or hide?
c) Call the Cops?
d) Call your your friends to help you?

The Answer is d) IF and ONLY IF you and your friends have guns.

Buy a gun already.
Encourage your friends to arm themselves.
Stay in touch and be ready to help each other when the crap hits the fan (because it will).
robertstacymccain
July 17th, 2013 @ 9:40 am

76 years — the blink of an eye!
The Democrat Bigotry Of Low Expectations — GraniteGrok
July 17th, 2013 @ 10:16 am

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We don’t see justice, only color | The Cute Conservative
July 17th, 2013 @ 12:30 pm

[…] seen as the complicated, frustrated, 6-foot-tall young man he was, but instead is painted as “an innocent black child“. Why? Why are we compelled to make a true, fatal lapse in judgment into a Lifetime movie? […]
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July 17th, 2013 @ 1:29 pm

[…] and claim that more white kids need to die for America to understand racism, or when the media completely covers-up the troubled history of Trayvon Martin to create an appearance of racism, they are eroding the true evil of […]
shortwave8669
July 17th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm

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RMNixonDeceased
July 17th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm

“challenge: “Justice for Trayvon!”

response: “GIVE US BARRABAS!”” — Richard McEnroe http://t.co/mGDbbhOyq7
rmnixondeceased
July 17th, 2013 @ 7:18 pm

Heh. One of my least favorite titles by him …
RMNixonDeceased
July 17th, 2013 @ 7:20 pm

“Heh. One of my least favorite titles by him …” — rmnixondeceased http://t.co/qJSzt5jOeR
sokeijarhead
July 17th, 2013 @ 8:32 pm

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canuckamuk
July 18th, 2013 @ 8:56 am

@MikaelaSkyeSays @Stranahan Read this as well . I know-facts hurt . http://t.co/CunBcnTvZn
JOSHUA
July 18th, 2013 @ 12:44 pm

HE HAS TO FIND FLORIDA VIA BRAILLE ANYWAY. WASHED OLD BLIND BLACK GUY, IN THE MEME OF BLACK INSULTANATORS….
JOSHUA
July 18th, 2013 @ 12:47 pm

THAT IS WHY A CIVIL CASE BY THE FAMILY BLACK PLAINTIFF LAWYER CABAL IS DOOMED….TOO MUCH LIGHT ON THE FACTS ALREADY…..AND NOW, AL SHARPTON HAS HIMSELF A REALLY REALLY YOUNG HOTTIE FOR A GIRLFRIEND….HE GETS BIG TIME PUBLICITY ALONG WIFE DROPPING, SKIRT CHASING CRIPS GANGMEMBER TRACY MARTIN, TRAYVON’S WORTHLESS DADDY.
JOSHUA
July 18th, 2013 @ 12:52 pm

Piers should have explained to Ms. Sasquache that Lobsterback, hobgoblin, posh, britz, Poor, pish posh, ganglings are common in lower British society and culture, but are rarely used at Windor Castle by the Queen…who is OLD and not “new school” as in Trayvon Skipped New School and got suspended.
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July 18th, 2013 @ 4:11 pm

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July 22nd, 2013 @ 12:53 pm

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