Anonymous wrote:I wish our elected representatives cared as much as crime as they do friggin bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:The bus driver should have called the police and kicked those kids off the bus. They should be banned from taking any metro transportation for a month

WTF? That’s the punishment you propose. Send those little sh!ts to juvie.

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Anonymous wrote:The kids who behave this way have been poorly parented. Berating them for their language and shaming them is not going to help---kids like this have experienced that as their parenting "norm" and in a pack mentality are not going to react well when confronted by a stranger.

I saw a similar situation play out on a metro train several years ago when a middle aged mom with a small child called out a group of loud, foul-mouthed teen girls. After they snarled, mocked and threatened the woman for the next several stops, making it uncomfortable for everyone on the train, I thought about what my mom the high school teacher would have done.

I leaned over to the ringleader and said quietly, "You are a beautiful young woman, and your friends are too. But when all people hear is a bunch of curse words coming out of y'all's mouths, that's all they can focus on, and they can't see how pretty you are. Give people a chance to see YOU. That's what this lady was trying to tell you."

They stared at me. The ringleader said, "But she didn't say it THAT way!. Ringleader's bestie had a stunned look on her face, like she had never been called beautiful in her life. I got off at the next stop, so have no idea of whether what I said neutralized the situation or whether they went back to harassing the complaining parent.

We have lost our societal ability to collectively socialize children.

I think that's beautiful, but this could've easily turned ugly towards you.

IMO, it's best to just keep your head down in these situations, unless someone becomes seriously violent.

I grew up in LA, in a pretty rough HS.

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Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

Anonymous wrote:The kids who behave this way have been poorly parented. Berating them for their language and shaming them is not going to help---kids like this have experienced that as their parenting "norm" and in a pack mentality are not going to react well when confronted by a stranger.

I saw a similar situation play out on a metro train several years ago when a middle aged mom with a small child called out a group of loud, foul-mouthed teen girls. After they snarled, mocked and threatened the woman for the next several stops, making it uncomfortable for everyone on the train, I thought about what my mom the high school teacher would have done.

I leaned over to the ringleader and said quietly, "You are a beautiful young woman, and your friends are too. But when all people hear is a bunch of curse words coming out of y'all's mouths, that's all they can focus on, and they can't see how pretty you are. Give people a chance to see YOU. That's what this lady was trying to tell you."

They stared at me. The ringleader said, "But she didn't say it THAT way!. Ringleader's bestie had a stunned look on her face, like she had never been called beautiful in her life. I got off at the next stop, so have no idea of whether what I said neutralized the situation or whether they went back to harassing the complaining parent.

We have lost our societal ability to collectively socialize children.

Anonymous wrote:I wish our elected representatives cared as much as crime as they do friggin bike lanes.

Anonymous wrote:The kids who behave this way have been poorly parented. Berating them for their language and shaming them is not going to help---kids like this have experienced that as their parenting "norm" and in a pack mentality are not going to react well when confronted by a stranger.

I saw a similar situation play out on a metro train several years ago when a middle aged mom with a small child called out a group of loud, foul-mouthed teen girls. After they snarled, mocked and threatened the woman for the next several stops, making it uncomfortable for everyone on the train, I thought about what my mom the high school teacher would have done.

I leaned over to the ringleader and said quietly, "You are a beautiful young woman, and your friends are too. But when all people hear is a bunch of curse words coming out of y'all's mouths, that's all they can focus on, and they can't see how pretty you are. Give people a chance to see YOU. That's what this lady was trying to tell you."

They stared at me. The ringleader said, "But she didn't say it THAT way!. Ringleader's bestie had a stunned look on her face, like she had never been called beautiful in her life. I got off at the next stop, so have no idea of whether what I said neutralized the situation or whether they went back to harassing the complaining parent.

We have lost our societal ability to collectively socialize children.

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Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

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Anonymous wrote: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

What can be done? Avoid areas and places, like “bad neighborhoods” and public transit where violent people are more likely to be.

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.

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

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Good thing the city council is revising the criminal code so these folks won’t spend a day in jail.

When I read in the article that this was "unacceptable"..my first thought was.. "OK, so what are you going to do about it?" Nothing. Those people will get a slap on the wrist and go on to probably commit more violence.

Just smoke up the public's a$$es.

What do you propose we do sitting in downtown Bethesda after the fact? How can we do something?

Anonymous wrote:The bus driver should have called the police and kicked those kids off the bus. They should be banned from taking any metro transportation for a month

Anonymous wrote:The bus driver should have called the police and kicked those kids off the bus. They should be banned from taking any metro transportation for a month