tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5187741278299357592..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: [Updated] Report: Anger over Confederate flags on 8th Street and Avenue DUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91814908125057426962017-08-20T09:05:39.177-04:002017-08-20T09:05:39.177-04:00I know someone that has worked for this guy and he...I know someone that has worked for this guy and he attests that this person is not at all racist. It's really sad that any symbol can make people go on internet witch hunts like this. The slander about this person is pretty amazing, since he is purported to be a good man. Maybe the guy just likes flags. It shouldn't be a crime to decorate your apartment as you like. The harassment that he undoubtably gets from putting up confederate flags (something that only very recently has become interpreted as a hate symbol in the north) on Ave D must be considerable! (rather stupid, but not necessarily racist or hateful by any stretch)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21986893377654127802017-08-19T08:08:27.401-04:002017-08-19T08:08:27.401-04:00Take Your Meds, maybe get off the meds. It'll...Take Your Meds, maybe get off the meds. It'll vastly improve your reading comprehension and ability to think critically. If hating racists means hating America, fine I hate America. Guilty! If hating warmongers means hating America, fine I hate America. Got me again. <br /><br />But I consider myself to be in good company. Remember that before Barack got the nomination, Michelle made a very powerful statement, which the Right, no surprise, twisted and contorted all out of context, viz. "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." You hear that? For the FIRST TIME in her ADULT LIFE she finally could feel proud of America. <br /><br />Honestly, I think she was being a little optimistic but I agree with the underlying sentiment. So, Take Your Meds, talk shit about me all you want but don't be talking shit about my Michelle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91886912980173160052017-08-18T19:30:06.578-04:002017-08-18T19:30:06.578-04:00. "In a free marketplace of ideas I'm con.... "In a free marketplace of ideas I'm confident they will go bankrupt'<br /><br />Look no further than what has happened to the president since he expounded his both sides theory. He is being trashed very lovely by the media, the press has found it's balls suddenly and all the national corporate CEO's bailed out on his economic forum. <br /><br />Let the dummy have his flags. Besides, he doesn't have the balls to defend his display and stand by his convictions. Especially after that guy threw rocks at it. <br /><br />He's just a antagonizing miscreant, as are those idiots who marched in Charlottesville <br />yelling blood and soil.JQ LLChttps://impunitycity.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12605492579944819392017-08-18T14:37:56.949-04:002017-08-18T14:37:56.949-04:00I always get a funny feeling when I pass that gian...I always get a funny feeling when I pass that giant statue of Teddy Roosevelt outside the Natural History Museum. Doesn't anyone remember what he did in the Philippines? The racist remarks he made about our "little brown brothers"? So how can they allow that monument to racism stand?<br /><br />And Giovanni, Lincoln's views on the inferiority of certain races not his own are well known; Gandhi was actually against gun control; and Martin Luther King, Jr was a notorious philanderer and womanizer (i.e. misogynist), so he's hardly an appropriate icon for the new America. Clinton make some pretty reprehensible remarks about blacks too which she's never apologized for and Bernie allowed his own party to betray him and didn't say a word about; if the DNC and the media hadn't colluded against him Trump wouldn't be president. So there's two more heroes down. We aint got much left. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69485077103657586732017-08-18T14:19:37.630-04:002017-08-18T14:19:37.630-04:00Covered with a tarp this afternoon about 1:15. Cr...Covered with a tarp this afternoon about 1:15. Crazy red headed bearded-guy running around accusing passerbys of putting up the flags and threatening with violence Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86770209744337491132017-08-18T12:52:56.458-04:002017-08-18T12:52:56.458-04:00If I'm legally bound to watch someone exercise...If I'm legally bound to watch someone exercise their right to burn an American flag, then the same goes for this guy and his windows. <br /><br />There, I said it without five paragraphs and lots of big words I probably don't understand anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33927344027215722682017-08-18T07:07:09.681-04:002017-08-18T07:07:09.681-04:00I am appalled that in an area which used to be a b...I am appalled that in an area which used to be a bastion of freedom people use a comic to justify the squashing of free speech. Sorry but this person has a right to be an asshole. All this media attention is exactly the wrong response. How many new visits do you think the Daily Stormer has gotten since they have been declared an enemy of the state (or the "powers that be" anyway)? As reprehensible as what these folks say is, they stop way before direct calls for violence. I am afraid that this is not true of the "anti-fa" movement. Want to stop the handful of racist dingbats? Let them talk and express themselves. In a free marketplace of ideas I'm confident they will go bankrupt. And if they cross the line into violence or direct threats of violence, lock them up. But that rule applies to the current stone throwers too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35149691997069189072017-08-18T00:39:57.283-04:002017-08-18T00:39:57.283-04:00@kelly. You may be right. The alt-right March on ...@kelly. You may be right. The alt-right March on Google which were scheduled for Saturday, and which included a stop in Washington Square, Park, have been canceled due to the backlash from the attacks in Charlottesville. But I wouldn't be surprised if a few strays showed up here to "salute" their new comrade. So if anyone sees any strays wandering around The neighborhood this weekend, call the ASPCA right away. Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42263676684183095202017-08-17T21:20:45.838-04:002017-08-17T21:20:45.838-04:00I live around the corner and currently there is a ...I live around the corner and currently there is a pix11 and abc news van hanging about just waiting for something to happen. Overheard on the street that something may happen on Saturday with support for this ahole coming to stand with him. Pray it's just a rumor. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734265319280844815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58804706798549202382017-08-17T21:02:10.037-04:002017-08-17T21:02:10.037-04:00I understand if his neighbors don't want to re...I understand if his neighbors don't want to release his name, but I am curious about his age and what kind of work he does and what he is like. Does this guy go to work every day? Is he in a relationship? I am trying to imagine what he is like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-11433379956309856542017-08-17T20:43:36.797-04:002017-08-17T20:43:36.797-04:00@Scuba Diva
I disagree with that cartoon. All spe...@Scuba Diva<br /><br />I disagree with that cartoon. All speech is inciting something by that standard. You have to be actively inciting violence in the very immediate sense which is not protected speech for the same reason conspiracy to commit murder is not free speech. Free speech is not diplomatic immunity for your vocal chords is the point being made with incitement exceptions. However, freedom of opinion is most certainly something that must be protected and the number one enemy of that freedom is well-intentioned people taking a stand against a bad thing and using authoritarianism to combat it.<br /><br />Whereas fascism is traditionally right leaning authoritarianism, make no mistake that the issues I have with fascism are the same as what I have with all authoritarian beliefs (including left-leaning ones) which is that they are fundamentally illiberal in nature. Your comic calls for an illiberal society opposed to nazism. It falsely claims to represent a free society. Being opposed to nazism can make you a proponent of a free society but what you call for is akin to a society having a never-ending war on terror in the name of not letting the terrorists win. By having that war you already lost.<br /><br />That being said, I believe the landlord should be free to evict this man or cover up his windows externally (eviction is probably out of the question in this city). I don't think this guy has the right to use his rented apartment windows as a platform, he currently is exploiting the privilege versus exercising the right. Hopefully they can figure out some way to solve it.<br /><br />I think that it is fair to argue that within a community, that community should be allowed to decide the good taste nature of the buildings and neighborhood to a degree that might in someway impinge on potential free speech platforms, for the good of social cohesion. Not because I think so much "bad speech needs to banned" but more within the same realm as people making sure someone keeps their lawn up or doesn't paint their house ugly colors. Those are acceptable tradeoffs to making sure community cohesion is positive due to the fact that it is a privilege to live in a community and you can always find a different community or live in a forest or whatever if you aren't a right fit.<br /><br />Governance at the lowest level up, combined with one's inalienable rights being protected against tyranny of the majority is the ideal balancing act in my opinion. If you elect to live in a society than there will always be some social(ist) principles that must be traded off on but they should never be handled at such a high level that you could end up a political prisoner. That's where this kind of thing becomes scary and dangerous. As someone who takes a more right-leaning classically liberal view on speech, I recognize the need to dictate good taste on a community level in a way which basically doesn't allow someone to grandstand within in a community in a way the community doesn't like (as long as the community is of course not violating base-line human rights that are granted by nature).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55280910316892515472017-08-17T19:48:58.524-04:002017-08-17T19:48:58.524-04:00There was an ABC News truck outside the building t...There was an ABC News truck outside the building today and a bunch of photographers trying to get a photo of this guy. There were a dozen people standing across the street staring up at his ridiculous windows. He wanted attention. and now he's got it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49598003014145365632017-08-17T19:45:43.515-04:002017-08-17T19:45:43.515-04:00Donald Trump is mentally ill too, but that doesn&#...Donald Trump is mentally ill too, but that doesn't cancel out my right to protest against his abhorrent behavior. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66408388200881332592017-08-17T18:16:56.034-04:002017-08-17T18:16:56.034-04:00I am tired of every racist being defended because ...I am tired of every racist being defended because he is mentally ill. This guy is with it enough to provoke people with the Confederate flag. He is sending clear signals, and it is unacceptable. How do you explain this to the kids in the neighborhood? I hope his landlord can get him out either for this or for being a menace to his neighbors. No one should have to live in fear of a neighbor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70146834122862008622017-08-17T16:58:15.049-04:002017-08-17T16:58:15.049-04:00Meanwhile, there is subtle racism from Cornerstone...Meanwhile, there is subtle racism from Cornerstone Café a few blocks away... I've seen this story going viral on facebook in the past few hours. There seems to be a trend going on in the neighborhood.<br />https://nextshark.com/ziggy-chau-nyc-cafe-gives-names-asian-woman-ching-chong-on-receipt/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32152328108484375032017-08-17T16:23:48.188-04:002017-08-17T16:23:48.188-04:00I don't think the cartoon explains why we have...I don't think the cartoon explains why we have to suppress the Nazi flag, the Confederate flag, the Israeli flag, the Star of David, Jesus on the Cross, or any other symbol that might offend someone. Let people be offended. That's better than arresting people for giving the Nazi salute, as they do in Germany. This is a slippery slope that is really slippery...sophocleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619794822543934239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78050398225215093112017-08-17T16:19:17.686-04:002017-08-17T16:19:17.686-04:00I guess those without sin have already thrown the ...I guess those without sin have already thrown the first stones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64900171311466142112017-08-17T16:02:20.210-04:002017-08-17T16:02:20.210-04:00
I find it REALLY SAD that a member of our City Co...<br />I find it REALLY SAD that a member of our City Council is working with the police to shut down the free political expression of a citizen. Instead of harassing this citizen, Council member Mendez and the local police should be trying to prevent further harassment. <br /><br />Please try to remember that freedom of speech is not just for people who agree with you !! <br /><br />Unfortunately, I cannot sign this letter for fear of persecution by politicians and the police. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25163666168421598882017-08-17T15:36:03.226-04:002017-08-17T15:36:03.226-04:00Please note that it's been mentioned this man ...Please note that it's been mentioned this man has previously been considered possibly mentally ill. While I find his behavior abhorrent, first attention should be paid to his mental state. Provoking him may well put others in danger, particularly other tenants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35074532675424959452017-08-17T15:07:52.131-04:002017-08-17T15:07:52.131-04:00Good sane response by Mendez.Good sane response by Mendez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46805395673706274942017-08-17T14:55:56.164-04:002017-08-17T14:55:56.164-04:00Will someone with a nice video projector please se...Will someone with a nice video projector please set up a video reel of Abe Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, VE Day celebrations, the fall of the Berlin Wall, pictures of smiling Muslims, Black people, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, the Gay Pride march, anti-Trump memes etc., and go project it on a building across the street from this guy's apartment? Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60116750723806041582017-08-17T14:32:41.420-04:002017-08-17T14:32:41.420-04:00He who controls the past, controls the future.
...He who controls the past, controls the future. <br /><br />I don't recall any of the anti-fascists getting terribly upset at having a statue of a terrorist mass murderer named V.I. Lenin overlooking a community of people that he starved to death to the tune of 8 to 10 million. Oh, right, the Electric Tit didn't tell them to get upset by that, did it? <br /><br />You want to attack symbols of oppression? Take a visit to Washington, DC and start with the statue of "Honest Abe" whose very hands rest on the Roman (Nazi) fasces. I'd like to see someone topple that giant phallus the Washington Monument too, preferably right into the sexist reflecting pool. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, documents that some of you folks revere like idols, and upon which all of your espousals for equality are founded, ironically were written by evil racist men, are therefore tainted and must go. <br /><br />While you're all out stoning the ghost of the Stars and Bars, the Stars and Stripes continues to marauder around the globe, poisoning the planet with a giant Pentagon shaped carbon footprint. Methinks the protesteriat needs to get their priorities in order. Just kidding. Enjoy the theater, folks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48524279099822493262017-08-17T14:23:44.918-04:002017-08-17T14:23:44.918-04:00The Israeli flags are anti-Arab and there are a lo...The Israeli flags are anti-Arab and there are a lot of Muslims living on this block.<br /><br />The landlord cannot block this person's windows, that would be illegal. <br /><br />A neighbor could call adult protective services to see if they can help him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1291944739953528182017-08-17T13:19:51.434-04:002017-08-17T13:19:51.434-04:00schizophrenia...hell of a diseaseschizophrenia...hell of a diseaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43651688852487458392017-08-17T12:43:03.976-04:002017-08-17T12:43:03.976-04:00Can we get his name and more information? The land...Can we get his name and more information? The landlord might be able to take another approach to get him out. If this guy is scaring the other tenants, that should be enough right there. These flags are a sign of his bullying and trying to incite fear.<br /><br />Good luck to the people who live in this building. I am sorry you have to deal with this racist bully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com