George Zimmerman, guilty by reason of 2005 MySpace profile

The Twitterverse is apoplectic over a recently excavated MySpace profile reportedly used by George Zimmerman as recently as—gasp!—2005. The long abandoned profile includes disparaging comments about Mexicans and Zimmerman’s ex-fiance.

And you know what that means? Guilty!

https://twitter.com/#!/gasoline_dream/status/197339301443407872

https://twitter.com/#!/TajahYasmeen/status/197367087293931520

https://twitter.com/#!/LaTeshiaB/status/197347007894003712

So, the social media accounts used by Trayvon Martin shortly before his death are irrelevant and off-limits, but we should convict Zimmerman of murder based on some ugly language posted on a 7-year-old MySpace account? Gotcha.

Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martin’s family, is using the MySpace postings to bolster his argument that Zimmerman is a racist.

https://twitter.com/#!/RoblesHerald/status/197477403289853952

https://twitter.com/#!/RoblesHerald/status/197662993721462785

Others in the anti-Zimmerman mob see the MySpace postings as proof that he is an inauthentic or self-loathing Hispanic:

https://twitter.com/#!/mrdaveyd/status/197531342228037632

https://twitter.com/#!/radseed/status/197463047613329408

https://twitter.com/#!/stopbeingfamous/status/197545311940509696

Sound familiar? “Self-hating” and similar jabs are favored by leftists as a means of discrediting and punishing racial minorities, gays, women, and anyone else who disrupts their narratives.

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Is Zimmerman a bigot?

The remarks on his MySpace profile are certainly troubling. But they’re also 7 years old. Note how that detail is lost on those who refuse to question Zimmerman’s guilt:

https://twitter.com/#!/IntensityBrandX/status/197352134843441152

https://twitter.com/#!/lhammock/status/197521593302388736

https://twitter.com/#!/804streetmonsta/status/197448108349730817

In the pursuit of justice, it’s more than fair to look at information that might speak to Zimmerman’s character. But distorting that information and not holding others to the same standard perverts the very idea of justice.