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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that woman was correct in posting the tweet with the woman's picture, but I also do not think this was race related.

Never once did the chick mention anything about race.  Not everything is about race.

However, I'm glad she got the backlash and had her book canceled.  Be a trash human, get trash consequences.

I've never been on the Metro during my morning commute and not seen at least 5 people eating and/or drinking.  I board at Wiehle, which has a Starbucks on the plaza above the platform, and most commuters stop off there before entering.  These are commuters of all races.

I think the no food or drink rule is stupid and a waste of resources to try to enforce.  Instead, maybe try policing the homeless setting up camps down there and urinating all over the place.  Or the ones who will threaten the tourists loading money on their cards.  Or maybe they should allocate those resources to figuring out their significant decline in ridership over the past few years.  I guarantee you, no one you ask the question of "why do you not take Metro anymore?" is going to answer with "oh, there's too much eating and drinking on board!"  No, it's always reasons like unreliable, closes too early, safety concerns (both mechanically and in terms of the homeless).  [/quote]

Sometimes the no food/drink is a way to police things like homelessness in a way that a democratic city will allow.[/quote]

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