Gun shots on 14th street tonight!

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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.

And on the hands of every American who benefits from tax, transportation, housing, education, and health care policies (among many others) that are designed to pen poor people into specific areas of the country and maintain a multi-generational cycle of poverty.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

If they didn't have easy access to guns, there would be fewer deaths and no innocent bystanders.

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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.

And on the hands of every American who benefits from tax, transportation, housing, education, and health care policies (among many others) that are designed to pen poor people into specific areas of the country and maintain a multi-generational cycle of poverty.

Poor people are everywhere in this country. Open your eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

To be very clear: crime is not happening because of gentrification. There is substantially less crime in the now gentrified DC than there was in the pre-gentrification.

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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.

Do tell about the non-urban areas. I’m sure you’re a real expert on rural communities.

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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.

The richest part is that the guy who is claiming people are being squeezed out of “their” communities would instantly turn around and call someone a bigot for have concerns about the community impact of mass illegal immigration.

Right? It’s like this smug brand of self-flagellating performative wokeness. I guarantee that poster lives in a place that was once “gentrified” away from some previous less well to do inhabitant. Maybe they made the place better. Maybe they quelled violence by moving in. Noting is preserved in amber. Things change. They always do, or we’d be ruled by the Assyrians right now, because they were the first legit community in existence. Or was it the Mesopotamians. Who knows? Things change.

[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.

The Republicans have to move on the gun debate. But at the end of the day, the most important factor by far in explaining disparities in all manner of life outcomes (poverty, unemployment, crime, education) is whether you were born out-of-wedlock. And we all know the statistics are not pretty. Until the Democrats are willing to have a conversation about this, the gunfire will continue.

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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.

The Republicans have to move on the gun debate. But at the end of the day, the most important factor by far in explaining disparities in all manner of life outcomes (poverty, unemployment, crime, education) is whether you were born out-of-wedlock. And we all know the statistics are not pretty. Until the Democrats are willing to have a conversation about this, the gunfire will continue.

Agree. There is a obvious correlation between high out-of-wedlock birthrates and poverty, and in turn crime. Until Democrats are willing to acknowledge that, instead of pointing fingers at "Republicans," things will never get better.

And the blood isn't on the hands of every Republican in this country. Your hate is showing. The blood is on the hands of the lowlife(s) who did the shooting. (And before you come out with the racist accusation, I have no clue as to whether the shooter(s) were black or white.)

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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.

And on the hands of every American who benefits from tax, transportation, housing, education, and health care policies (among many others) that are designed to pen poor people into specific areas of the country and maintain a multi-generational cycle of poverty.

Poor people are everywhere in this country. Open your eyes.

Yes. In segregated areas across the country. Open yours.

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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.

And on the hands of every American who benefits from tax, transportation, housing, education, and health care policies (among many others) that are designed to pen poor people into specific areas of the country and maintain a multi-generational cycle of poverty.

Poor people are everywhere in this country. Open your eyes.

Yes. In segregated areas across the country. Open yours.

There’s no winning. It’s racist to move in and “gentrify” a place, it’s racist if you do move in and somehow the imagined “perfect balance” of racial groups is disrupted in the area.

It’s also racist to live in a rich area with less diversity. What’s the answer?

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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.

Do tell about the non-urban areas. I’m sure you’re a real expert on rural communities.

Urban crime receives more attention due to that major news agencies are located in the urban area. Does white poor people shot at each other? You dont see or hear it because no journalists live or have any connection to where white on white shooting happens.

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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.

Do tell about the non-urban areas. I’m sure you’re a real expert on rural communities.

Urban crime receives more attention due to that major news agencies are located in the urban area. Does white poor people shot at each other? You dont see or hear it because no journalists live or have any connection to where white on white shooting happens.

There are a lot fewer white people shooting white people. That’s why you hear less about it. Go ahead and look up the statistics if you don’t believe me.

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Anonymous wrote:This is really sad. I lived in dc for years as a young adult and as a young family. We’d go out to dinner all the time. As a grad student I’d be out after midnight. It always seemed safe. I was never afraid. After the last few weeks I don’t feel safe anymore. A date night in the city isn’t worth it. As lame as this sounds I’d rather eat at a stupid restaurant in Bethesda and live.

This is totally illogical.

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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.

Do tell about the non-urban areas. I’m sure you’re a real expert on rural communities.

Urban crime receives more attention due to that major news agencies are located in the urban area. Does white poor people shot at each other? You dont see or hear it because no journalists live or have any connection to where white on white shooting happens.

Read the statistics on poor whites in Appalachia and other predominantly white places. What do the statistics on violence reflect?

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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.

Do tell about the non-urban areas. I’m sure you’re a real expert on rural communities.

Urban crime receives more attention due to that major news agencies are located in the urban area. Does white poor people shot at each other? You dont see or hear it because no journalists live or have any connection to where white on white shooting happens.

Read the statistics on poor whites in Appalachia and other predominantly white places. What do the statistics on violence reflect?

I’m not kidding. I honestly don’t know the answer to this question are they worse? They could be. This country is just too violent.