Gun shots on 14th street tonight!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

Gentrification is not responsible for this. Do you just not grasp that all of Logan Circle was much more dangerous before it got gentrified?

NIMBYs are responsible for the lack of housing, not gentrifyers (who generally make things safer anyway).

Gentrification is literally taking AWAY backyards. DC is for millionaires & homeless folks. That’s it. You can put your ‘hate has no home here’ yard sign up- but that’s not really a thing. I’m not saying another deserves to be shot. This entire situation is tragic. But I am saying the folks who are squeezed out if their communities, can’t afford/wouldn’t even be allowed in those 14th street restaurants, have no pathway out of the cycle of poverty are going to communicate in some other way.
And yes the ‘lock them up’ is NIMBY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

Gentrification is not responsible for this. Do you just not grasp that all of Logan Circle was much more dangerous before it got gentrified?

NIMBYs are responsible for the lack of housing, not gentrifyers (who generally make things safer anyway).

Gentrification is literally taking AWAY backyards. DC is for millionaires & homeless folks. That’s it. You can put your ‘hate has no home here’ yard sign up- but that’s not really a thing. I’m not saying another deserves to be shot. This entire situation is tragic. But I am saying the folks who are squeezed out if their communities, can’t afford/wouldn’t even be allowed in those 14th street restaurants, have no pathway out of the cycle of poverty are going to communicate in some other way.
And yes the ‘lock them up’ is NIMBY

This is completely asinine. These shootings are motivated by stupid disputes between young men who have nothing better to do. Sure, addressing the causes of urban poverty might obliquely address the shootings. But the notion that these shootings are somehow the "language of the unheard" is unmoored from reality.

[Anonymous]

^^^ that’s exactly what is happening. Go check your yard sign & Make sure it’s facing the street

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

It’s not so much the gentrification. It’s the fact that the gentrifiers mostly refuse to send their kids to the neighborhood schools which would have the biggest impact on improving AA test scores, outcomes, etc. Instead they flee for charters or privates and walk by the BLM signs on their stoops every day. They are guilty of the worst form of systematic racism, but they are totally clueless about it.

Honest question- do you work in DCPS? I do. Yes it’d be great for more kids to attend Dcps. However this past year had (hopefully) taught us that public schools CANnOT be the workshops for fixing everything society cannot. Does public education play a large role- you bet! Is it a cure for wealth and racism inequality, not in and of itself.

I don’t work in DCPS. I just have a lot of friends who are are raising families in Logan. They tell me how much they “love” their neighborhoods and raising their kids “in the city”. But not one of them send their kids to DCPS. They are total hypocrites and they love to make fun of the Ward 3 parents at every turn. They are the worst kind of racists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pandemic and increasing inequality -- among other things -- are pushing people of all races, colors, and socioeconomic statuses over the edge. Gun violence is up nationwide. Domestic violence is up nationwide. No where is "safe."

Nice excuse. This is the predictable consequence of last summer’s rioting and anti-police/pro-criminal measures adopted by the DC city government. Did you know that there are actually studies that have demonstrated that anti-police protests are often followed by an increase in crime?

Here’s an example:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/22360290/black-lives-matter-protest-crime-ferguson-effects-murder

This would be true if increases in crime were confined to areas that saw rioting and anti-police protests. They are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pandemic and increasing inequality -- among other things -- are pushing people of all races, colors, and socioeconomic statuses over the edge. Gun violence is up nationwide. Domestic violence is up nationwide. No where is "safe."

Nice excuse. This is the predictable consequence of last summer’s rioting and anti-police/pro-criminal measures adopted by the DC city government. Did you know that there are actually studies that have demonstrated that anti-police protests are often followed by an increase in crime?

Here’s an example:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/22360290/black-lives-matter-protest-crime-ferguson-effects-murder

This would be true if increases in crime were confined to areas that saw rioting and anti-police protests. They are not.

LOL. There were protests all over the country. Name a city where they didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pandemic and increasing inequality -- among other things -- are pushing people of all races, colors, and socioeconomic statuses over the edge. Gun violence is up nationwide. Domestic violence is up nationwide. No where is "safe."

Nice excuse. This is the predictable consequence of last summer’s rioting and anti-police/pro-criminal measures adopted by the DC city government. Did you know that there are actually studies that have demonstrated that anti-police protests are often followed by an increase in crime?

Here’s an example:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/22360290/black-lives-matter-protest-crime-ferguson-effects-murder

This would be true if increases in crime were confined to areas that saw rioting and anti-police protests. They are not.

LOL. There were protests all over the country. Name a city where they didn't happen.

You're too narrowly focused on urban areas and gun crimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

Gentrification is not responsible for this. Do you just not grasp that all of Logan Circle was much more dangerous before it got gentrified?

NIMBYs are responsible for the lack of housing, not gentrifyers (who generally make things safer anyway).

Gentrification is literally taking AWAY backyards. DC is for millionaires & homeless folks. That’s it. You can put your ‘hate has no home here’ yard sign up- but that’s not really a thing. I’m not saying another deserves to be shot. This entire situation is tragic. But I am saying the folks who are squeezed out if their communities, can’t afford/wouldn’t even be allowed in those 14th street restaurants, have no pathway out of the cycle of poverty are going to communicate in some other way.
And yes the ‘lock them up’ is NIMBY

Squeezed out of “their” communities? Do they have a divine right to the community? Or, like myself, if I can’t afford a certain place should I move, rather than left steam by things like this? It seems like you’re condoning violence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

It’s not so much the gentrification. It’s the fact that the gentrifiers mostly refuse to send their kids to the neighborhood schools which would have the biggest impact on improving AA test scores, outcomes, etc. Instead they flee for charters or privates and walk by the BLM signs on their stoops every day. They are guilty of the worst form of systematic racism, but they are totally clueless about it.

Honest question- do you work in DCPS? I do. Yes it’d be great for more kids to attend Dcps. However this past year had (hopefully) taught us that public schools CANnOT be the workshops for fixing everything society cannot. Does public education play a large role- you bet! Is it a cure for wealth and racism inequality, not in and of itself.

I don’t work in DCPS. I just have a lot of friends who are are raising families in Logan. They tell me how much they “love” their neighborhoods and raising their kids “in the city”. But not one of them send their kids to DCPS. They are total hypocrites and they love to make fun of the Ward 3 parents at every turn. They are the worst kind of racists.

+1

Gentrification is not about integrating into an existing community. It's about transforming an existing community into something else -- something that ends up tossing out both the good and bad of what was there before.

[Anonymous]

Imagine if our streets and communities weren't flooded with guns. There is blood on the hands of every republican in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine if our streets and communities weren't flooded with guns. There is blood on the hands of every republican in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine if our streets and communities weren't flooded with guns. There is blood on the hands of every republican in this country.

+1

[Anonymous]

I am not condoning violence. What I am saying is the violence will continue to happen until you address the issues of why it’s happening. And simply saying this isn’t how people should behave is not addressing the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

It’s not so much the gentrification. It’s the fact that the gentrifiers mostly refuse to send their kids to the neighborhood schools which would have the biggest impact on improving AA test scores, outcomes, etc. Instead they flee for charters or privates and walk by the BLM signs on their stoops every day. They are guilty of the worst form of systematic racism, but they are totally clueless about it.

Honest question- do you work in DCPS? I do. Yes it’d be great for more kids to attend Dcps. However this past year had (hopefully) taught us that public schools CANnOT be the workshops for fixing everything society cannot. Does public education play a large role- you bet! Is it a cure for wealth and racism inequality, not in and of itself.

I don’t work in DCPS. I just have a lot of friends who are are raising families in Logan. They tell me how much they “love” their neighborhoods and raising their kids “in the city”. But not one of them send their kids to DCPS. They are total hypocrites and they love to make fun of the Ward 3 parents at every turn. They are the worst kind of racists.

+1

Gentrification is not about integrating into an existing community. It's about transforming an existing community into something else -- something that ends up tossing out both the good and bad of what was there before.

Whatever gentrification is, it can't be blamed for DC being shooty. That's just silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly- the gentrify crowd did this. You can’t just toss up row houses and close your eyes to the actual needs of the neighborhood. The problems of systematic/generational racism aren’t going to vanish simply because you bought an over priced home.
I see strong parallels between gentrifiers and climate change deniers. You think that you can muscle through any ill effects of your actions. Turns out- you are both wrong.
So keep pricing people out of the city… and see how that plays out for you.

So you’re acknowledging that there will always be a criminal underclass of “those people” and they have to go somewhere? Got it.