"God is not in the habit of talking--because we are not in the habit of listening"

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via the ever wonderful Ta-Nehisi Coates,
It may well be true that, against all his strivings, trouble stalks George Zimmerman. It may be true that George Zimmerman never pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend's face. That Ms. Scheibe smashed a table, took his stuff, started throwing it and then called 911 on herself. That she was simply being poeticwhen she said "you pointed your gun in my freaking face and told me get the fuck out" and then added "he knows how to do this. He knows how to play this game." 
And it may be true that in September when Zimmerman's ex-wife, Shelly Zimmerman, claimed that he had punched her father and threatened them with a gun she was embellishing. That when she called 911 and said "I'm really afraid. I don't know what he's capable of. I'm really scared," she was suffering some form of hallucination.  That Zimmerman had not smashed his wife's iPad. That it was his wife that assaulted him with it. That Shelly's father had challenged Zimmerman to a fight.
And it may well be true that Trayvon Martin was empowered by a heretofore unknown strain of marijuana which confers super strength. That in a fit of Negroid rage, a boy with no criminal history, decide to ambush a hapless neighborhood watchmen. That the boy told Zimmerman "You gonna die tonight, motherfucker" punched him, banged his head against the concrete repeatedly and then reached for his gun. That in killing the boy, Zimmerman ridded the world of a gun-runner and drug dealer. 
And it may well be that George Zimmerman is yet another victim of the nefarious forces of  black privilege. That  he is helpless against the hordes of hyper-violent blacks, crazed women and the machinations of Eric Holder. That George Zimmerman continuing to live armed is evidence of sane public policy and a polite society. 
Only God knows what George Zimmerman did on that rainy night in Sanford. God is not in the habit of talking--because we are not in the habit of listening. 

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