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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A woman on the bus gave up her seat so another woman and her kids could sit down together.   And then she asked a group of teens to stop cursing.   I have no idea "how" she asked, but nothing justifies what these kids did to her.    And I get why people are scared to intervene.    What can be done to help prevent some of the out-of-control behavior of youth?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-woman-being-attacked-pushed-off-a-dc-metrobus [/quote]
What can be done? Avoid areas and places, like “bad neighborhoods” and public transit where violent people are more likely to be. [/quote]

Your privilege is really showing. You realize that so many people in DC have no choice but to live where they live and take public transportation, right. So we should make it safer for them instead of throwing our hands up and letting these hoodlums run the show. [/quote]

But EVERYONE has a choice in how they act. So [b]I choose to avoid being in areas where people can't act like decent human beings[/b].[/quote]

Wow!  You can make that ‘choice’ due to your privilege.  Some of us are forced to take mass transit.  And we should be able to do so safely.

Also, don’t be so smug.  As crime rises everywhere, the ‘areas where people can’t act like decent human beings’ will be more and more widespread.  [/quote]

It’s interesting to see such cognitive dissonance in your post. You employ a progressive buzzword like privilege, while also complaining about crime and how we should be able to walk around safely. It’s almost like you want to say we should get tough on crime. I just don’t get how you mix both concepts without irony.[/quote]

You can understand the concept of "privilege," i.e., that some people have advantages and disadvantages because of things that they often have little to no control or responsibility for (like their race or how wealthy their parents were, among others), and even use the word to describe it, while also believing that people should be able to walk around free from fear of crime and that anyone who assaults elderly bus riders should face charges. I don't think there's any cognitive dissonance in that at all.[/quote]

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