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dawg day

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9. You know, I have really annoying neighbors.
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 04:25 PM
Jun 2020

Whenever I have (Back in the old days) friends over for dinner on the screened porch, my neighbor decides this is the moment to mow the lawn, starting right back 10 feet from my porch. She has an ugly stinky compost pile, also right on my property line a few feet from my screened porch. She sometimes parks her car so that it blocks my mailbox. She was so angry that I asked her to move her car so the letter carrier could get to the mailbox, that she no longer speaks to me and loudly slams her door and mutters loudly whenever she sees me outside.

And you know what? I have never ever ever called the police on her. It would never occur to me to call the police on her.

It's a news story because this resident on video called the police, knowing that it could end up with the neighbor being arrested (we all know that black people get arrested even when there is literally no crime being committed). It's a cautionary tale too--- "Don't do this, people. Don't be assholes. It might get your neighbor killed. More important to you, no doubt, it might get you viral on video."

Some assholes need exposure to realize that maybe they don't want to be a VIRAL asshole. This is actually for their own benefit!

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This is a stupid article Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 #1
Racism is not petty.. HipChick Jun 2020 #4
Why do you believe this particular incident is racism? nt delisen Jun 2020 #45
White woman calling the cops on her Black neighbors intheflow Jul 2020 #50
You seem intent on being disingenuous violasays Jul 2020 #51
Rawstory gonna Rawstory. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #5
RawStory (and AlterNet, which they now own) soldierant Jun 2020 #32
"Original." WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #37
Of course you're right - "original" can mean soldierant Jul 2020 #52
I just don't generalize them too much. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #7
You know, I have really annoying neighbors. dawg day Jun 2020 #9
What a great post. Metatron Jun 2020 #10
Oh, well. She's always rejected any friendly overture-- dawg day Jun 2020 #19
+ a brazillion! nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #17
+1 dalton99a Jun 2020 #26
Well said chia Jun 2020 #31
Thank you Wolves ov Siberia Jun 2020 #33
the best thing is... Chili Jun 2020 #49
A white woman falsely accused her black neighbor of assault. You think that's a petty squabble? pnwmom Jun 2020 #13
What evidence do you have? nt delisen Jun 2020 #35
Racists causing harm to innocent people need to be doxxed. brush Jun 2020 #15
I'm so sorry you are annoyed by the evidence of rampant racism. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #18
What is the evidence? delisen Jun 2020 #38
You could have just scrolled past it. mercuryblues Jun 2020 #24
you have to shed light on racism to get rid of it. these people crawl out of the woodwork and make dawn5651 Jun 2020 #28
Racism isn't "squabbles" uponit7771 Jun 2020 #36
She should be ticketed for wasting a 9 1 1 call! LW1977 Jun 2020 #2
Her name was Susan CentralMass Jun 2020 #6
Susan went full Karen. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #22
+1 chia Jun 2020 #29
Was does that mean? nt delisen Jun 2020 #39
It means that the internet's are now full of Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #40
The article refrained from saying that, yet it made it to DU. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #8
Making home improvements while black. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #3
Yeeeesh. It a new.... electric_blue68 Jun 2020 #23
White privilege is systemic racism. Magnifying the issue might cause... magicarpet Jun 2020 #11
Another karen bites the dust. brush Jun 2020 #12
Interesting phrase meaning fall to the ground wounded or killed. nt delisen Jun 2020 #42
Really? Is that what you think that means, how it's used in society? brush Jun 2020 #43
So much left out of this story. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #14
Who is this new Ivanka. I hope twitter ID's her quickly. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #16
Why? nt delisen Jun 2020 #41
She's probably pissed because there's less room on the lawn to burn a cross. Efilroft Sul Jun 2020 #20
Thank god for this thread wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #21
Bad losers, and very slow learners!, acting out. Hortensis Jun 2020 #25
what a waste of police resources ...this woman should be charged dawn5651 Jun 2020 #27
what is the charge you are contemplating? delisen Jun 2020 #44
Remember, these women aren't "Karens." They're "Ivankas." We had a great suggestion here... NNadir Jun 2020 #30
I appreciate your not using "Karen" gulliver Jun 2020 #34
I assume the person writing that (Hayat) is her neighbor who is building the patio delisen Jun 2020 #46
ATTENTION ANNOYING, PRIVILEGED WHITE PEOPLE!! A HERETIC I AM Jun 2020 #47
She is the definition of a Karen Polybius Jun 2020 #48
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