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Anonymous wrote:^ great idea. Ya know, since it’s really ALL white people you are talking- why don’t we just make separate cars for black people. That seems reasonable.

Funny but no. Jim Crow is dead (good riddance) and nobody is raising forced segregation from the dead. Not happening. However, self-segregation is still very much alive and very much an individual's right. So if you don't like non-whites and you don't feel comfortable when several of them or even one of them comes and stands near you while waiting for a train then you certainly have the right to move away to the other end of the platform. And if you don't like none-whites and you don't feel comfortable when several of them or even one of them comes and sits near you while you're on the train then you certainly have the right to get up and move away to the other end of the car or if it will make you feel better you can change cars entirely. That is not only reasonable but constitutional.

Anonymous wrote:^ great idea. Ya know, since it’s really ALL white people you are talking- why don’t we just make separate cars for black people. That seems reasonable.

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And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

Says you. If you're scared of non-whites then avoid them. Sounds like common sense to me.

Substitute "black" for "white" each time it appears anywhere in your reply or the original statement and see how it feels then.

It is not "common sense" that decent people of any hue should flee marauding bands of miscreants. Only a racist could posit a world where skin color determines who gets peacefully to go about their affairs in a public place. Wasn't the right of people to be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, what people marched, and demonstrated, and suffered and died for?

If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of hyperactive teenagers come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.
If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of drunken hockey fans come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.
If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of riled up protestors come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.

I consider myself a pretty decent person and my common sense doesn't care about age or gender or race or sexuality or political ideology when it comes to disturbances. If the opportunity is there for me to get away from the nonsense I have no problem exercising my freedom of choice and finding a more peaceful place to go about my affairs.

DP here.
I can't believe I am reading some of the stuff written on this thread.
Nobody who is minding their own business quietly riding a car on metro should have to tolerate being assaulted by anybody.

You are welcome to get up and move if people enter a car in which you are sitting if you don't feel safe. No problem.
Sometimes those entering a metro car don't appear to be threatening until the train starts moving - then it is too late.

Are you saying that ANYTIME a group of kids of color enter a car, all white people should evacuate? Because that is the way it is coming across.

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And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

Says you. If you're scared of non-whites then avoid them. Sounds like common sense to me.

Substitute "black" for "white" each time it appears anywhere in your reply or the original statement and see how it feels then.

It is not "common sense" that decent people of any hue should flee marauding bands of miscreants. Only a racist could posit a world where skin color determines who gets peacefully to go about their affairs in a public place. Wasn't the right of people to be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, what people marched, and demonstrated, and suffered and died for?

If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of hyperactive teenagers come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.
If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of drunken hockey fans come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.
If I'm sitting in a Metro car quietly reading and when the doors open all the sudden a bunch of riled up protestors come on making all kinds of noise I move to another car.

I consider myself a pretty decent person and my common sense doesn't care about age or gender or race or sexuality or political ideology when it comes to disturbances. If the opportunity is there for me to get away from the nonsense I have no problem exercising my freedom of choice and finding a more peaceful place to go about my affairs.

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

+1.

In any civilized country, any folks assaulting other folks would spend a few days in jail.

Why can't the US be a civilized country?

Because we prefer to put children in cages.

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And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

Says you. If you're scared of non-whites then avoid them. Sounds like common sense to me.

Substitute "black" for "white" each time it appears anywhere in your reply or the original statement and see how it feels then.

It is not "common sense" that decent people of any hue should flee marauding bands of miscreants. Only a racist could posit a world where skin color determines who gets peacefully to go about their affairs in a public place. Wasn't the right of people to be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, what people marched, and demonstrated, and suffered and died for?

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And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

Says you. If you're scared of non-whites then avoid them. Sounds like common sense to me.

Anonymous wrote:

And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

Anonymous wrote:

And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

This is unadulterated, hateful racism.

And the data indicates that if you are so concerned about your personal safety and the threat that non-whites present then you should let go of your precious white privilege for two seconds to get up off your ass and scram when you see non-whites approaching as I suggested. If you want to cling to your white privilege and refuse to move or refuse to back down and get your ass beat - more power to you.

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Anonymous wrote:That firecracker stuff is scary. People could have been seriously injured.
I haven't seen any media about except a Popville story. Why isn't this reported on?

Meant to say Twitter. I am not a troll. I am genuinely curious why there was no reporting on this.

Anonymous wrote:That firecracker stuff is scary. People could have been seriously injured.
I haven't seen any media about except a Popville story. Why isn't this reported on?