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Here's One for Art Collectors Out There
Actually, I'm speechless:
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone.
Zimmerman, who gained notoriety during his trial for killing Trayvon Martin in 2012, is selling the painting on a website for the Tampa-area store, Florida Gun Supply, owned by Andrew Hallinan.
Last year Zimmerman sold a painting depicting the American flag on eBay for more than $100,000. The store's website suggests his latest painting could fetch as much.
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Re: Here's One for Art Collectors Out There
In a world in which Donald Trump is a wise man, a bigoted child killer can be a great artist.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Here's One for Art Collectors Out There
Hey, what do you guys have against two patriotic entrepreneurs?
George Zimmerman making, selling Confederate flag art for 'Muslim-free' gun shop
George Zimmerman is cashing in on the Confederate flag controversy.
The Florida man acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin is painting his own take on the "Stars and Bars" battle flag to benefit a gun shop -- and himself. Zimmerman is selling signed and numbered prints of a painting he did of the Confederate flag with the message "The 2nd protects the 1st."
TMZ reports those who purchase a 24-inch by 18-inch print for $50 will be entered to win the original painting Zimmerman made. Zimmerman says the original could be worth $100,000 after his last work of art -- a portrait he painted of prosecutor Angela Corey -- sold for $100,000 on eBay.
Zimmerman wrote on the Florida Gun Supply website that the caption on his Confederate flag painting is a double entendre.
"The first flag I painted on this canvas was an American Flag, but decided to repaint over it with the Confederate Flag when I heard Andy was getting sued by CAIR," he said. "The 2nd flag I painted was the Battle Flag - which we need in America in order to protect the first."
The other meaning is a literal reference to the Second and First Amendments on the U.S. Bill of Rights.
"You cannot have the 1st amendment without the 2nd, and you cannot have the American Flag if you remove the Battle Flag," the gun shop's website says.
Zimmerman expects the new project to similarly raise six figures for him and Florida Gun Supply owner Andy Hallinan. According to the Washington Times, Hallinan was sued last month by the CAIR (the Counsel for American/Islamic Relations) after declaring his store a "Muslim-free zone."
The pair will split the profits "to support their legal funds, living expenses, and advancing their mission to change the country," according to the Florida Gun Supply website. A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to the Boys & Girls Club.
This is Zimmerman's latest headline grab, more than two years after he was found not guilty of killing Martin, a black teen, in 2012. Recent incidents include an attempted celebrity boxing match with rapper DMX, being arrested on an aggravated assault charge in January and was shot at during a road rage incident in May.
And you have to view the accompanying video by these two fine young men: