Physicians Assistant yelling “HELP ME” while stealing a CitiBike ?

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

Easy. It turned into a race war because it started as one. A pack of black men decided to gang up on and terrorize a white woman who they correctly determined was in a vulnerable position. When she didn’t back down and let them STEAL the bike that she had just rented and was on the hook financially for, they decided to video it and terrorize her even more.

Appalling.

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

Nobody invented a racist incident. A group of teens targeting a pregnant woman due to her race really happened.

I disagree-I have endless faith in the idiocy of groups of teens. They happened to be harassing a white woman in scrubs so they chose Karen. Do you really think they wouldn’t have been such little d1cks if she were black or Asian? I think they would have they just would have chosen another taunt. The people who really blew this up are grown a55 men and women.

I absolutely think that. And the reaction online showed why they were smart to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

Easy. It turned into a race war because it started as one. A pack of black men decided to gang up on and terrorize a white woman who they correctly determined was in a vulnerable position. When she didn’t back down and let them STEAL the bike that she had just rented and was on the hook financially for, they decided to video it and terrorize her even more.

Appalling.

This makes no more sense than assuming anytime a white person is rude or worse to a black person it’s a racial attack. That’s a crazy. And no, the fact that t they used Karen do not mean this motivated by race. They were going to taunt her, and that’s what came to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:If there's any consolation in this, it's that 6,700 people have viewed Monique's multi-tweet screed... and exactly 49 people have liked it. You know she'd be massively ratioed if she hadn't blocked responses from anybody she wasn't already following.

She must be seething inside. I am gleeful.

Now it's up to 10.8k views and 63 likes.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a woman. I have begun the process of changing my lifelong party registration from Democratic Party to Independent because of the misogyny of the left. I’ve stopped my ActBlue donations. The wholesale and enthusiastic embrace of deep misogyny by the left is so awful. I expect Republicans to be misogynist but it hurts more coming from the left.

It should have been apparent to anyone with a lick of common sense and compassion that a heavily pregnant nurse coming off a work shift was not going in be stealing a bike from a group of men. I knew this video was off immediately, and I’m not a very sophisticated video analyst, just someone who is tired of the unrelenting embrace of misogyny from the left. It should have been obvious to everyone this was off, that there was more to the story. But that’s not the case, because “Karen” is now the money-making repertoire of the left.

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of women being expected to carry water, of women being targets for the political stunts of the left and right. I’ve had enough.

I’m sorry you feel this way. I too am lefty and I hate this misogyny too. But I still want to vote in primaries. And it’s pretty clear the Karenning isn’t coming from the entire left, even if many progressives regrettably look away when it happens.

It feels at this point like staying in a marriage with a domestic abuser because other men are more abusive and the marriage is workable when he isn’t in an abusive rage. That’s not okay. For my own dignity, I need to leave. I don’t need to put up with this any more.

The Karenning isn't happening because people are progressive. It's coming for reasons that are racial and misogynistic. And from a small but vocal minority of white women who think allyship means letting people steal your bike.

Progressives may be guilty of tolerating this, or of looking the other way. But the impetus is race and misogyny (think the MAGA Incels who created the name Karen), not politics.

When I see my own political party gleefully embracing misogyny in the most craven of ways, when I see the progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerate (at best) or use misogyny (at worst), it is okay for me to say “I’ve had enough.” I don’t need to continue to be in a relationship that feels increasingly abusive.

I’m pretty fed up to but I live in the real world where the alternative is maga madness. It’s not really a contest.

+100

This is true for me. I’m not at all sure it’s true for my son.

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

This crossed my mind too. It's a tiny island with too many people on it -- stuff like this happens all the time.

In one of her recent tweets Monique Judge was like "do you really think this woman would have behaved this way if it had been a group of white women or a group of white men?" And I immediately thought "uh, yes." Groups of teens/young adults who get together and harass older people and act entitled are in no way limited to young black men. I have absolutely encountered obnoxious groups of white kids behaving similarly. And while I would not normally be scared of a teenage girl, if there were 5 of them and they were pushing me around, and I was 6 months pregnant, I'd absolutely feel threatened and scared and call out for help and might cry or shake. That would be scary.

It truly was not about race. It was about a group of kids being a$$holes and a woman feeling vulnerable and attacked responding normally to that situation.

100% this--seriously--5 bigger, stronger people picking on a pregnant woman and filming it for laughs is just disgusting and she was right to be afraid. I'm sure all of those fine young mens' mamas and sisters are so very proud of them.

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Anonymous wrote:If there's any consolation in this, it's that 6,700 people have viewed Monique's multi-tweet screed... and exactly 49 people have liked it. You know she'd be massively ratioed if she hadn't blocked responses from anybody she wasn't already following.

She must be seething inside. I am gleeful.

Now it's up to 10.8k views and 63 likes.

I think she lost her mind with that missive.

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

This crossed my mind too. It's a tiny island with too many people on it -- stuff like this happens all the time.

In one of her recent tweets Monique Judge was like "do you really think this woman would have behaved this way if it had been a group of white women or a group of white men?" And I immediately thought "uh, yes." Groups of teens/young adults who get together and harass older people and act entitled are in no way limited to young black men. I have absolutely encountered obnoxious groups of white kids behaving similarly. And while I would not normally be scared of a teenage girl, if there were 5 of them and they were pushing me around, and I was 6 months pregnant, I'd absolutely feel threatened and scared and call out for help and might cry or shake. That would be scary.

It truly was not about race. It was about a group of kids being a$$holes and a woman feeling vulnerable and attacked responding normally to that situation.

100% this--seriously--5 bigger, stronger people picking on a pregnant woman and filming it for laughs is just disgusting and she was right to be afraid. I'm sure all of those fine young mens' mamas and sisters are so very proud of them.

Their mothers and sisters most likely hate the white Karens just as much as they do.

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She’s tweeting again after a brief respite

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Anonymous wrote:NYC is full of petty disagreements between strangers, fights over parking that turn physical, screaming matches. Every day thousands. I can’t figure out how this one turned into a race war. If they were White teens do people think that she would say, oh never mind? Or would she continue to try and claim her bike.

There’s been no recent racist incidents going on so they made one up. What a country.

This crossed my mind too. It's a tiny island with too many people on it -- stuff like this happens all the time.

In one of her recent tweets Monique Judge was like "do you really think this woman would have behaved this way if it had been a group of white women or a group of white men?" And I immediately thought "uh, yes." Groups of teens/young adults who get together and harass older people and act entitled are in no way limited to young black men. I have absolutely encountered obnoxious groups of white kids behaving similarly. And while I would not normally be scared of a teenage girl, if there were 5 of them and they were pushing me around, and I was 6 months pregnant, I'd absolutely feel threatened and scared and call out for help and might cry or shake. That would be scary.

It truly was not about race. It was about a group of kids being a$$holes and a woman feeling vulnerable and attacked responding normally to that situation.

100% this--seriously--5 bigger, stronger people picking on a pregnant woman and filming it for laughs is just disgusting and she was right to be afraid. I'm sure all of those fine young mens' mamas and sisters are so very proud of them.

Their mothers and sisters most likely hate the white women[u] just as much as they do.

FIFY.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a woman. I have begun the process of changing my lifelong party registration from Democratic Party to Independent because of the misogyny of the left. I’ve stopped my ActBlue donations. The wholesale and enthusiastic embrace of deep misogyny by the left is so awful. I expect Republicans to be misogynist but it hurts more coming from the left.

It should have been apparent to anyone with a lick of common sense and compassion that a heavily pregnant nurse coming off a work shift was not going in be stealing a bike from a group of men. I knew this video was off immediately, and I’m not a very sophisticated video analyst, just someone who is tired of the unrelenting embrace of misogyny from the left. It should have been obvious to everyone this was off, that there was more to the story. But that’s not the case, because “Karen” is now the money-making repertoire of the left.

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of women being expected to carry water, of women being targets for the political stunts of the left and right. I’ve had enough.

I’m sorry you feel this way. I too am lefty and I hate this misogyny too. But I still want to vote in primaries. And it’s pretty clear the Karenning isn’t coming from the entire left, even if many progressives regrettably look away when it happens.

It feels at this point like staying in a marriage with a domestic abuser because other men are more abusive and the marriage is workable when he isn’t in an abusive rage. That’s not okay. For my own dignity, I need to leave. I don’t need to put up with this any more.

The Karenning isn't happening because people are progressive. It's coming for reasons that are racial and misogynistic. And from a small but vocal minority of white women who think allyship means letting people steal your bike.

Progressives may be guilty of tolerating this, or of looking the other way. But the impetus is race and misogyny (think the MAGA Incels who created the name Karen), not politics.

When I see my own political party gleefully embracing misogyny in the most craven of ways, when I see the progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerate (at best) or use misogyny (at worst), it is okay for me to say “I’ve had enough.” I don’t need to continue to be in a relationship that feels increasingly abusive.

I’m pretty fed up to but I live in the real world where the alternative is maga madness. It’s not really a contest.

Then you are consenting to a party increasingly embracing misogyny as a political tool. I understand why you are making that choice, but that is the choice you are making. I have had enough. I’m not doing this any more. I will not make the same choice.

I have started to tell the fundraisers who call me (because I’ve been a long-time donor) that I don’t give to Democratic candidates any more because of a rise of misogyny in the party. I’m sure it doesn’t do anything and I know they do not care, but at least I don’t feel like I’m consenting to something vile any more.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a woman. I have begun the process of changing my lifelong party registration from Democratic Party to Independent because of the misogyny of the left. I’ve stopped my ActBlue donations. The wholesale and enthusiastic embrace of deep misogyny by the left is so awful. I expect Republicans to be misogynist but it hurts more coming from the left.

It should have been apparent to anyone with a lick of common sense and compassion that a heavily pregnant nurse coming off a work shift was not going in be stealing a bike from a group of men. I knew this video was off immediately, and I’m not a very sophisticated video analyst, just someone who is tired of the unrelenting embrace of misogyny from the left. It should have been obvious to everyone this was off, that there was more to the story. But that’s not the case, because “Karen” is now the money-making repertoire of the left.

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of women being expected to carry water, of women being targets for the political stunts of the left and right. I’ve had enough.

I’m sorry you feel this way. I too am lefty and I hate this misogyny too. But I still want to vote in primaries. And it’s pretty clear the Karenning isn’t coming from the entire left, even if many progressives regrettably look away when it happens.

It feels at this point like staying in a marriage with a domestic abuser because other men are more abusive and the marriage is workable when he isn’t in an abusive rage. That’s not okay. For my own dignity, I need to leave. I don’t need to put up with this any more.

The Karenning isn't happening because people are progressive. It's coming for reasons that are racial and misogynistic. And from a small but vocal minority of white women who think allyship means letting people steal your bike.

Progressives may be guilty of tolerating this, or of looking the other way. But the impetus is race and misogyny (think the MAGA Incels who created the name Karen), not politics.

When I see my own political party gleefully embracing misogyny in the most craven of ways, when I see the progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerate (at best) or use misogyny (at worst), it is okay for me to say “I’ve had enough.” I don’t need to continue to be in a relationship that feels increasingly abusive.

I’m pretty fed up to but I live in the real world where the alternative is maga madness. It’s not really a contest.

Then you are consenting to a party increasingly embracing misogyny as a political tool. I understand why you are making that choice, but that is the choice you are making. I have had enough. I’m not doing this any more. I will not make the same choice.

I have started to tell the fundraisers who call me (because I’ve been a long-time donor) that I don’t give to Democratic candidates any more because of a rise of misogyny in the party. I’m sure it doesn’t do anything and I know they do not care, but at least I don’t feel like I’m consenting to something vile any more.

I hear you. And yet, the Dems are our best hope for pro-choice measures in the States, and for turning the SC around at some point.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a woman. I have begun the process of changing my lifelong party registration from Democratic Party to Independent because of the misogyny of the left. I’ve stopped my ActBlue donations. The wholesale and enthusiastic embrace of deep misogyny by the left is so awful. I expect Republicans to be misogynist but it hurts more coming from the left.

It should have been apparent to anyone with a lick of common sense and compassion that a heavily pregnant nurse coming off a work shift was not going in be stealing a bike from a group of men. I knew this video was off immediately, and I’m not a very sophisticated video analyst, just someone who is tired of the unrelenting embrace of misogyny from the left. It should have been obvious to everyone this was off, that there was more to the story. But that’s not the case, because “Karen” is now the money-making repertoire of the left.

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of women being expected to carry water, of women being targets for the political stunts of the left and right. I’ve had enough.

I’m sorry you feel this way. I too am lefty and I hate this misogyny too. But I still want to vote in primaries. And it’s pretty clear the Karenning isn’t coming from the entire left, even if many progressives regrettably look away when it happens.

It feels at this point like staying in a marriage with a domestic abuser because other men are more abusive and the marriage is workable when he isn’t in an abusive rage. That’s not okay. For my own dignity, I need to leave. I don’t need to put up with this any more.

The Karenning isn't happening because people are progressive. It's coming for reasons that are racial and misogynistic. And from a small but vocal minority of white women who think allyship means letting people steal your bike.

Progressives may be guilty of tolerating this, or of looking the other way. But the impetus is race and misogyny (think the MAGA Incels who created the name Karen), not politics.

When I see my own political party gleefully embracing misogyny in the most craven of ways, when I see the progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerate (at best) or use misogyny (at worst), it is okay for me to say “I’ve had enough.” I don’t need to continue to be in a relationship that feels increasingly abusive.

I’m pretty fed up to but I live in the real world where the alternative is maga madness. It’s not really a contest.

Then you are consenting to a party increasingly embracing misogyny as a political tool. I understand why you are making that choice, but that is the choice you are making. I have had enough. I’m not doing this any more. I will not make the same choice.

I have started to tell the fundraisers who call me (because I’ve been a long-time donor) that I don’t give to Democratic candidates any more because of a rise of misogyny in the party. I’m sure it doesn’t do anything and I know they do not care, but at least I don’t feel like I’m consenting to something vile any more.

Look, I’m giving less and more carefully to candidates but voting for trump or anyone trump adjacent is entirely off the table-and if you think candidates normalizing “Karen” is worse than a candidate who actually repeatedly assaults people I don’t know what to tell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what is happening in the viral video of a woman (in scrubs later ID’s as a PA) on a CitiBike next to a guy who apparently paid for the bike? And yelling and then crying? And can’t make out the dialog except “HELP ME”

Who exactly told you HE paid for the bike?

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a woman. I have begun the process of changing my lifelong party registration from Democratic Party to Independent because of the misogyny of the left. I’ve stopped my ActBlue donations. The wholesale and enthusiastic embrace of deep misogyny by the left is so awful. I expect Republicans to be misogynist but it hurts more coming from the left.

It should have been apparent to anyone with a lick of common sense and compassion that a heavily pregnant nurse coming off a work shift was not going in be stealing a bike from a group of men. I knew this video was off immediately, and I’m not a very sophisticated video analyst, just someone who is tired of the unrelenting embrace of misogyny from the left. It should have been obvious to everyone this was off, that there was more to the story. But that’s not the case, because “Karen” is now the money-making repertoire of the left.

I’m tired of it. I’m tired of women being expected to carry water, of women being targets for the political stunts of the left and right. I’ve had enough.

I’m sorry you feel this way. I too am lefty and I hate this misogyny too. But I still want to vote in primaries. And it’s pretty clear the Karenning isn’t coming from the entire left, even if many progressives regrettably look away when it happens.

It feels at this point like staying in a marriage with a domestic abuser because other men are more abusive and the marriage is workable when he isn’t in an abusive rage. That’s not okay. For my own dignity, I need to leave. I don’t need to put up with this any more.

The Karenning isn't happening because people are progressive. It's coming for reasons that are racial and misogynistic. And from a small but vocal minority of white women who think allyship means letting people steal your bike.

Progressives may be guilty of tolerating this, or of looking the other way. But the impetus is race and misogyny (think the MAGA Incels who created the name Karen), not politics.

When I see my own political party gleefully embracing misogyny in the most craven of ways, when I see the progressive wing of the Democratic Party tolerate (at best) or use misogyny (at worst), it is okay for me to say “I’ve had enough.” I don’t need to continue to be in a relationship that feels increasingly abusive.

I’m pretty fed up to but I live in the real world where the alternative is maga madness. It’s not really a contest.

Then you are consenting to a party increasingly embracing misogyny as a political tool. I understand why you are making that choice, but that is the choice you are making. I have had enough. I’m not doing this any more. I will not make the same choice.

I have started to tell the fundraisers who call me (because I’ve been a long-time donor) that I don’t give to Democratic candidates any more because of a rise of misogyny in the party. I’m sure it doesn’t do anything and I know they do not care, but at least I don’t feel like I’m consenting to something vile any more.

Look, I’m giving less and more carefully to candidates but voting for trump or anyone trump adjacent is entirely off the table-and if you think candidates normalizing “Karen” is worse than a candidate who actually repeatedly assaults people I don’t know what to tell you.

I’m not voting for Trump or Trump adjacent people. I am registering independent and stopping donations to Democratic candidates. For individual races, it will depend on the race.

I have had it.