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Anonymous wrote:Nobody in DC needs coats that expensive!

Personally, I would never wear an expensive coat. For my money it’s wasteful. But for their money they could do whatever they want with it, and they have the right to wear it without fear of it being stolen.

I worked so hard for my Canada goose, from cleaning motel rooms as a kid, working at putt-putt in the summers, work-study jobs, etc. I love my Canada goose and now I can’t wear it because of thugs.

You can always pop the stitches and take the little logo patch off. Presumably it's the coat you want to wear and not the branding.

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Federal government workers worked in DC and it was normal.

Is the federal government able to police and manage the city over bozo Bowser?

The extremely weak performance of the federal USAO (part of DOJ) and federally appointed judges, suggests perhaps not.

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Federal government workers worked in DC and it was normal.

Is the federal government able to police and manage the city over bozo Bowser?

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody in DC needs coats that expensive!

Personally, I would never wear an expensive coat. For my money it’s wasteful. But for their money they could do whatever they want with it, and they have the right to wear it without fear of it being stolen.

I worked so hard for my Canada goose, from cleaning motel rooms as a kid, working at putt-putt in the summers, work-study jobs, etc. I love my Canada goose and now I can’t wear it because of thugs.

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Most progressives are critical theorists so they view the poor as oppressed. To them, street crime is justice. That's why this won't be solved as long as leftists are in charge. We need good moderate liberals and conservatives to come in and implement solutions that work in the real world, not just the world of make-believe that progressives live in.

You are wrong. I am a progressive that believes that the poor are clearly oppressed in our society. The flaw in your nasty assumption is that I don’t think these kids are criminals because they are poor. Poor people are not “more criminal” in nature than wealthy people. You are not a serious person and would rather tilt at windmills than discuss these issues reasonably.

You've clearly never been poor. I have and poor people are far more prone to criminal activity than middle and upper class folks. Any crime map or crime statistics will tell you this. As a progressive, you are living in the land of make-believe where "data is white supremacy" so you're not allowed to use it. So you are incapable of solving this issue.

NP. What a load of bullshit and excuses.

My parents were both very poor immigrants from poor families on different continents. My father was homeless during much of his childhood. Other than taking food sometimes as a child in the 3rd world, he never stole a thing in his life, and we were raised to do/believe the same.

And upper/middle class people steal all the time, just more sneakily, and white collar, and through legal loopholes. Your SEC does not determine how much more prone to criminal activity you are.

It's almost as if it is not SES or skin color, but an issue of the culture you are raised around.

Does that make it right? Why is it okay not to parent?

Are you hallucinating? Who do you think is saying that any of this is okay?

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Anonymous wrote:These poor Jean Valjeans are just trying to clothe their families.

Have pity for them. They need the coats more than you do. These poor people don’t have access to any help.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. That's how insane leftists are.

NP. While I find PP's tone a little odd considering the fact that there was a gun(!!!) involved, I do think that if this person truly did this out of a need for a coat, they deserve pity. Hopefully they can get a warm blanket and a hot meal in jail, and hopefully people at risk of freezing can get some kind of help.

Y'all are just plain idealistic, naive and stupid.

Yet the coats people wear from Walmart are never stolen.

Maybe buy a coat instead of a gun?

The kids have to steal the guns, so they can steal the cars and coats they need to stay warm! Duh.

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Anonymous wrote:These poor Jean Valjeans are just trying to clothe their families.

Have pity for them. They need the coats more than you do. These poor people don’t have access to any help.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. That's how insane leftists are.

NP. While I find PP's tone a little odd considering the fact that there was a gun(!!!) involved, I do think that if this person truly did this out of a need for a coat, they deserve pity. Hopefully they can get a warm blanket and a hot meal in jail, and hopefully people at risk of freezing can get some kind of help.

Y'all are just plain idealistic, naive and stupid.

Yet the coats people wear from Walmart are never stolen.

Maybe buy a coat instead of a gun?

Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Federal government workers worked in DC and it was normal.

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Most progressives are critical theorists so they view the poor as oppressed. To them, street crime is justice. That's why this won't be solved as long as leftists are in charge. We need good moderate liberals and conservatives to come in and implement solutions that work in the real world, not just the world of make-believe that progressives live in.

You are wrong. I am a progressive that believes that the poor are clearly oppressed in our society. The flaw in your nasty assumption is that I don’t think these kids are criminals because they are poor. Poor people are not “more criminal” in nature than wealthy people. You are not a serious person and would rather tilt at windmills than discuss these issues reasonably.

You've clearly never been poor. I have and poor people are far more prone to criminal activity than middle and upper class folks. Any crime map or crime statistics will tell you this. As a progressive, you are living in the land of make-believe where "data is white supremacy" so you're not allowed to use it. So you are incapable of solving this issue.

NP. What a load of bullshit and excuses.

My parents were both very poor immigrants from poor families on different continents. My father was homeless during much of his childhood. Other than taking food sometimes as a child in the 3rd world, he never stole a thing in his life, and we were raised to do/believe the same.

And upper/middle class people steal all the time, just more sneakily, and white collar, and through legal loopholes. Your SEC does not determine how much more prone to criminal activity you are.

It's almost as if it is not SES or skin color, but an issue of the culture you are raised around.

Does that make it right? Why is it okay not to parent?

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Most progressives are critical theorists so they view the poor as oppressed. To them, street crime is justice. That's why this won't be solved as long as leftists are in charge. We need good moderate liberals and conservatives to come in and implement solutions that work in the real world, not just the world of make-believe that progressives live in.

You are wrong. I am a progressive that believes that the poor are clearly oppressed in our society. The flaw in your nasty assumption is that I don’t think these kids are criminals because they are poor. Poor people are not “more criminal” in nature than wealthy people. You are not a serious person and would rather tilt at windmills than discuss these issues reasonably.

This is just empirically untrue. Do you really believe this?

NP. How on earth could you believe this??? You think their brains are predisposed to criminal behavior??? If nothing else have you never heard of white collar crime??

The goalposts were shifted. My claim was that progressives view poor people as oppressed. A progressive confirmed this, so we don't need to debate that. My next claim was that, as critical theorists, progressives view the poor as victims whose illegal actions should be viewed as justice rather than crimes. I made no claims about the reasons poor people commit more crime but clearly they do. You would have to be a science and data-denier to say otherwise. Since you know that's a losing argument you've now shifted to "their brains are predisposed to criminal behavior" yet no one made that claim.

I am the same progressive and do not believe that "illegal actions should be viewed as justice" and said so in my first reply. The entire legal system is designed to enforce crimes that poor people commit. It's far easier to apprehend and prosecute a poor person for a million petty crimes than it is to have a wealthy and connected person take the fall for very serious crimes. That is an empirical fact that should satisfy your love of "data". This is why criminal investigators and prosecutors have to bust a hundred low level actors just to gain a single conviction (which is often for lesser charges than what they actually commit) of an organized crime boss for example. Or just look at Trump who can evade justice through political influence and personal ties to the judges overseeing his cases. You are purposefully misrepresenting the argument and fighting against some quixotic vision of progressives that only exists in your own mind.

But the thieves were going through a mental health crisis!

This is not new. It used to be Northface jackets they would steal. Now parents are dumb enough to buy their kids $900+ jackets.

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Anonymous wrote:These poor Jean Valjeans are just trying to clothe their families.

Have pity for them. They need the coats more than you do. These poor people don’t have access to any help.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. That's how insane leftists are.

NP. While I find PP's tone a little odd considering the fact that there was a gun(!!!) involved, I do think that if this person truly did this out of a need for a coat, they deserve pity. Hopefully they can get a warm blanket and a hot meal in jail, and hopefully people at risk of freezing can get some kind of help.

I was completely being sarcastic. I have zero pity for thieves and criminals.

Anonymous wrote:Nobody in DC needs coats that expensive!

Pretty much. I mean, the criminals stealing these coats should be caught and prosecuted.

In the meantime people, don't wear things that are super expensive and desirable to walk around anywhere, much less DC! It's just not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:How did DC get cleaned up in the past , what is the current barrier to getting crime down

Most progressives are critical theorists so they view the poor as oppressed. To them, street crime is justice. That's why this won't be solved as long as leftists are in charge. We need good moderate liberals and conservatives to come in and implement solutions that work in the real world, not just the world of make-believe that progressives live in.

You are wrong. I am a progressive that believes that the poor are clearly oppressed in our society. The flaw in your nasty assumption is that I don’t think these kids are criminals because they are poor. Poor people are not “more criminal” in nature than wealthy people. You are not a serious person and would rather tilt at windmills than discuss these issues reasonably.

You've clearly never been poor. I have and poor people are far more prone to criminal activity than middle and upper class folks. Any crime map or crime statistics will tell you this. As a progressive, you are living in the land of make-believe where "data is white supremacy" so you're not allowed to use it. So you are incapable of solving this issue.

NP. What a load of bullshit and excuses.

My parents were both very poor immigrants from poor families on different continents. My father was homeless during much of his childhood. Other than taking food sometimes as a child in the 3rd world, he never stole a thing in his life, and we were raised to do/believe the same.

And upper/middle class people steal all the time, just more sneakily, and white collar, and through legal loopholes. Your SEC does not determine how much more prone to criminal activity you are.

It's almost as if it is not SES or skin color, but an issue of the culture you are raised around.