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The Zimmerman Trial: A Quiz

The Zimmerman case has been discussed and rediscussed so often that I have begun to try and shut it out. I believe that it was taken to trial not to determine the guilt or innocence of a man, but rather to extend the length and breadth of their platform: "Whites are Racist".

This could be an entire post about how those crying racism are pots calling the kettles black...or perhaps pots calling the *insert something that isn't black* black...but whatever. I'm tired of it. Zimmerman was acquitted. Done.

But something I saw this morning was able to recapture my interest. It was a questionnaire about the Zimmerman trial that presented details of the case and asked whether or not you had previously heard about them. I saw several things that were absolutely new to me:

Have you ever seen these photos?

Stupid Stupid STUPID

Recently Frank at IMAO concluded that because democrats are so stupid about little things, like the ECONOMY and minimum wage, it is far too difficult to try and explain to them what's wrong with their opinion. He figures we should just punch the hippies. I agree that could work.

For those of us who don't sit around all day playing violent video games :), I have another suggestion. Make them explain it.  According to this study, people THINK they understand a lot more about politics than they actually do. If you ask them to list the reasons why they support a policy, their opinion becomes even more extreme.  But if you ask them to explain, methodically, step by step, how a policy works, they are at a loss.  All of a sudden they begin to recognize, "hey, I'm kinda stupid!"  When they recognize this, their opinions about said policy become much more moderate.