Ski Masks & Goggles Belong On Ski Slopes

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Anonymous wrote:Glad to see you have your finger on the pulse of the youth demographic.

Yes, I'm sure you have a compelling counter-theory of why all the teens in my neighborhood have Lil Wayne hairdos, pants falling off their asses, and hoodies and ski masks. Nothing to do with popular culture. Such a coincidence that they've established all of the exact same cultural tropes independently of that gangster shit.

If you don't want to be mistaken for a criminal, start by not dressing like a criminal.

Lil Wayne hairdos? Seriously do you think he invented braids?

Popular culture <>criminal culture.

Ah, yes I remember all the medium length Bo Derek hairdos and flat-lidded baseball caps all the youths were wearing in the 70s and 80s.

You can pretend the influences are not what they are all day long. But at the end of the day, listening to music that glorifies violence, and dressing in the exact same manner as the thugs depicted in violent popular culture is going to have repercussions.

When you carefully tailor your outfit to look like a criminal, there's a non-trivial chance you may be mistaken for a criminal. And it has absolutely nothing to do with racism and everything to do with making poor choices.

If there are numbers of people in your neighborhood dressing like the Guy Fawks character from "V for Vendetta" and you decide, "Hey I really like that movie, I'm going to dress up just like him and all these terrorists because they're cool" you're goingto catch a lot of shit. For good reason. And anyone who doesn't understand that is someone who is trying very hard not to understand it.

These are liberal Dems responding. They don't believe in personal responsibility. Rights without responsibilities is the battle cry

Really. I have a right to own a gun, without any training whatsoever. But if I wear a ski mask, I am irresponsible.

I think your analogy is a little off. A better one would be this:

VA is an open carry state. Every owner of a legally purchased handgun has the right to walk around in most public places with his/her gun in a a visible holster. Nevertheless, gun owners who carry openly in public can expect to be stopped somewhat regularly by the police and questioned. I suspect that very few of these gun owners would feel that their second amendment rights are infringed by such encounters with police. On the contrary, they would most likely see these encounters as opportunities to educate the police on local and state gun laws and to advocate for wide-spread gun ownership and open carry. Those gun owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't carry their guns openly. They save them for the target range.

Similarly, given the frequent use of ski masks to conceal the identities of criminals, DC residents who choose to wear ski masks in public should expect to be stopped and questioned by the police somewhat regularly. These stops offer these ski mask owners the opportunity to educate the police on individual liberties regarding attire and to advocate for wide-spread ski mask wearing. Those ski mask owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't wear their ski masks in public. They save them for the slopes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see you have your finger on the pulse of the youth demographic.

Yes, I'm sure you have a compelling counter-theory of why all the teens in my neighborhood have Lil Wayne hairdos, pants falling off their asses, and hoodies and ski masks. Nothing to do with popular culture. Such a coincidence that they've established all of the exact same cultural tropes independently of that gangster shit.

If you don't want to be mistaken for a criminal, start by not dressing like a criminal.

Lil Wayne hairdos? Seriously do you think he invented braids?

Popular culture <>criminal culture.

Ah, yes I remember all the medium length Bo Derek hairdos and flat-lidded baseball caps all the youths were wearing in the 70s and 80s.

You can pretend the influences are not what they are all day long. But at the end of the day, listening to music that glorifies violence, and dressing in the exact same manner as the thugs depicted in violent popular culture is going to have repercussions.

When you carefully tailor your outfit to look like a criminal, there's a non-trivial chance you may be mistaken for a criminal. And it has absolutely nothing to do with racism and everything to do with making poor choices.

If there are numbers of people in your neighborhood dressing like the Guy Fawks character from "V for Vendetta" and you decide, "Hey I really like that movie, I'm going to dress up just like him and all these terrorists because they're cool" you're goingto catch a lot of shit. For good reason. And anyone who doesn't understand that is someone who is trying very hard not to understand it.

Is Lil Wayne a criminal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see you have your finger on the pulse of the youth demographic.

Yes, I'm sure you have a compelling counter-theory of why all the teens in my neighborhood have Lil Wayne hairdos, pants falling off their asses, and hoodies and ski masks. Nothing to do with popular culture. Such a coincidence that they've established all of the exact same cultural tropes independently of that gangster shit.

If you don't want to be mistaken for a criminal, start by not dressing like a criminal.

Lil Wayne hairdos? Seriously do you think he invented braids?

Popular culture <>criminal culture.

Ah, yes I remember all the medium length Bo Derek hairdos and flat-lidded baseball caps all the youths were wearing in the 70s and 80s.

You can pretend the influences are not what they are all day long. But at the end of the day, listening to music that glorifies violence, and dressing in the exact same manner as the thugs depicted in violent popular culture is going to have repercussions.

When you carefully tailor your outfit to look like a criminal, there's a non-trivial chance you may be mistaken for a criminal. And it has absolutely nothing to do with racism and everything to do with making poor choices.

If there are numbers of people in your neighborhood dressing like the Guy Fawks character from "V for Vendetta" and you decide, "Hey I really like that movie, I'm going to dress up just like him and all these terrorists because they're cool" you're goingto catch a lot of shit. For good reason. And anyone who doesn't understand that is someone who is trying very hard not to understand it.

Is Lil Wayne a criminal?

Why yes, he is a criminal.

Of course, that's irrelevant. As anyone who's ever taken a Black Studies class knows, violent, misogynist hip hop's cultural value is that it tells the real "story of the street" that dominant culture so often ignores. That's why there's so much ridiculous posturing and waving guns around. Although a lot of hip hop stars are criminals, or have criminal backgrounds, the ones who don't are usually desperate to hide the fact that they *don't* have a violent criminal background. Because that's what sells. It's ludicrous to argue that we're supposed to look at an entire subgenre of American art which derives from the culture of violent street crime and gangs, and pretend that any similarity between the cultural signifiers of the art and the cultural signifiers of the inspiration for the art are purely coincidental.

In case you're wondering what the kids are listening to these days, here's one of the fastest rising DC stars of hip-hop, Fat Trel. He's a local kid made good! If you spend your time running around DC acting like this, there's very little chance that the police would find your behavior suspicious! If they did it would be totally racist!

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately thugs wear them to disguise their face so they may commit an crime. I would never ever let my child wear one off the ski slopes. Funny, the guys walking around DC wearing a ski mask most likely can't name or spell a ski slope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see you have your finger on the pulse of the youth demographic.

Yes, I'm sure you have a compelling counter-theory of why all the teens in my neighborhood have Lil Wayne hairdos, pants falling off their asses, and hoodies and ski masks. Nothing to do with popular culture. Such a coincidence that they've established all of the exact same cultural tropes independently of that gangster shit.

If you don't want to be mistaken for a criminal, start by not dressing like a criminal.

Lil Wayne hairdos? Seriously do you think he invented braids?

Popular culture <>criminal culture.

Ah, yes I remember all the medium length Bo Derek hairdos and flat-lidded baseball caps all the youths were wearing in the 70s and 80s.

You can pretend the influences are not what they are all day long. But at the end of the day, listening to music that glorifies violence, and dressing in the exact same manner as the thugs depicted in violent popular culture is going to have repercussions.

When you carefully tailor your outfit to look like a criminal, there's a non-trivial chance you may be mistaken for a criminal. And it has absolutely nothing to do with racism and everything to do with making poor choices.

If there are numbers of people in your neighborhood dressing like the Guy Fawks character from "V for Vendetta" and you decide, "Hey I really like that movie, I'm going to dress up just like him and all these terrorists because they're cool" you're goingto catch a lot of shit. For good reason. And anyone who doesn't understand that is someone who is trying very hard not to understand it.

These are liberal Dems responding. They don't believe in personal responsibility. Rights without responsibilities is the battle cry

Really. I have a right to own a gun, without any training whatsoever. But if I wear a ski mask, I am irresponsible.

I think your analogy is a little off. A better one would be this:

VA is an open carry state. Every owner of a legally purchased handgun has the right to walk around in most public places with his/her gun in a a visible holster. Nevertheless, gun owners who carry openly in public can expect to be stopped somewhat regularly by the police and questioned. I suspect that very few of these gun owners would feel that their second amendment rights are infringed by such encounters with police. On the contrary, they would most likely see these encounters as opportunities to educate the police on local and state gun laws and to advocate for wide-spread gun ownership and open carry. Those gun owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't carry their guns openly. They save them for the target range.

Similarly, given the frequent use of ski masks to conceal the identities of criminals, DC residents who choose to wear ski masks in public should expect to be stopped and questioned by the police somewhat regularly. These stops offer these ski mask owners the opportunity to educate the police on individual liberties regarding attire and to advocate for wide-spread ski mask wearing. Those ski mask owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't wear their ski masks in public. They save them for the slopes.

You must not know people who carry weapons in public. Sorry, your suspicions are way, WAY off.

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No mentioned it yet, except for the title, but I did actually see a kid wearing ski goggles the other day. It made me want to go skiing it also reminded me when inner city youths started wearing baseball hats with tags still on and combs sticking out of their hair. It was right outside H&M on 11th and E so maybe they should worry. It just made me miss my northeastern hometown where you could ski a lot bc we got real snow. They were smith goggles. Kindof a pricey accessory I guess but to each his own...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think your analogy is a little off. A better one would be this:

VA is an open carry state. Every owner of a legally purchased handgun has the right to walk around in most public places with his/her gun in a a visible holster. Nevertheless, gun owners who carry openly in public can expect to be stopped somewhat regularly by the police and questioned. I suspect that very few of these gun owners would feel that their second amendment rights are infringed by such encounters with police. On the contrary, they would most likely see these encounters as opportunities to educate the police on local and state gun laws and to advocate for wide-spread gun ownership and open carry. Those gun owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't carry their guns openly. They save them for the target range.

Similarly, given the frequent use of ski masks to conceal the identities of criminals, DC residents who choose to wear ski masks in public should expect to be stopped and questioned by the police somewhat regularly. These stops offer these ski mask owners the opportunity to educate the police on individual liberties regarding attire and to advocate for wide-spread ski mask wearing. Those ski mask owners who don't want to be questioned by the police don't wear their ski masks in public. They save them for the slopes.

You must not know people who carry weapons in public. Sorry, your suspicions are way, WAY off.

You're right, I don't know anyone who carries openly. My post is based on news coverage I've seen over the years. The experiences of the gun owners who were interviewed might not reflect the experience of the typical gun owner.

What's your point, though? Are people who OC stopped questioned by LEOs more often than I suspect? Are they rarely questioned?