Trayvon Martin is a "Martyr"

[RKM]

Oh brudda

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/08/28/former-un-ambassador-trayvon-martin-is-a-martyr/

From Wikipedia:

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is somebody who suffers persecution and death for advocating, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one.

 

[Spata]

Hmm..

 

[uncle money bags]

So, jumping an armed man and being killed for your stupidity makes you a martyr.

Kinda makes sense, I guess.

 

[R. Johnson]

He suffered death for refusing to renounce the thug life.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Is that all it takes to be a martyr? Pretty low standards.

 

[KOPBET]

I love martyrs, as they're usually dead.

 

[AKguy1985]

methinks not.

 

[cjjtulsa]

Cool. He needs a statue on the National Mall, maybe right next to MLK's.

 

[TedKennedy]

It's just so sad. Yes, he gave his life to show us all that the civil rights struggle is far from over. His death truly illustrates what the 60+ years of struggle are really about.

When a young man like that, full of hope and promise, an encouragement to others, and truly a benefit to his community is gunned down in cold blood, I think martyr is exactly the correct term.

May his short life and violent death at the hands of that evil, plotting, racist White Hispanic be a lesson for us all.

 

[Commander Keen]

It's just so sad. Yes, he gave his life to show us all that the civil rights struggle is far from over. His death truly illustrates what the 60+ years of struggle are really about.

When a young man like that, full of hope and promise, an encouragement to others, and truly a benefit to his community is gunned down in cold blood, I think martyr is exactly the correct term.

May his short life and violent death at the hands of that evil, plotting, racist White Hispanic be a lesson for us all.

I hope my sarcasm meter just needs to be adjusted.