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brooklynite

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24. Tell me, how many strangers do you welcome knocking on your door?

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:38 PM

Jun 2020

Traveling salesmen, Mormon Missionaries, politicians? The answer for most people is "none". The only difference is that wealthy people can afford isolation or a doorman. I know plenty of high income people who live in those Doorman buildings and its never because they "feel the need for protection" (NYC is extremely safe). It's the space and the view and the privacy.

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Gun-waving St. Louis couple lives in 'a private place' that enshrines white supremacy [View all] LiberalArkie Jun 2020 OP

so we are going to vilify people because they live in such areas? Is that what we do now? beachbumbob Jun 2020 #1

hmm... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #4

I'm on board with that. yardwork Jun 2020 #20

I'm fine with vilifying folks who behave as this couple behaved. PTWB Jun 2020 #6

It's never a bad time to dig into the racist history of property development and what it means for WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #9

You must've missed the photo. They vilified themselves when they... brush Jun 2020 #10

They weren't protecting their (not-threatened) home Bettie Jun 2020 #11

bravo SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #31

that's what you took from this? You missed the point. That's not why they are villified. TeamPooka Jun 2020 #12

From the article: Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #13

Wow. Segregationists in perpetuity. oasis Jun 2020 #19

Do you always confuse observation and mere mocking with actual vilification? LanternWaste Jun 2020 #14

You're going to defend them?... SidDithers Jun 2020 #16

I will think they were vilified for assholeish behavior. yellowcanine Jun 2020 #22

If they live in those places AND they aim guns at peaceful protesters on their way pnwmom Jun 2020 #23

hahaha! yep. and rightly so SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #30

Fuck yes. They clearly don't pay enough taxes, wealth, income, estate, etc. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #36

Pays to be rich....filthy rich. Nice if you can afford it. jmg257 Jun 2020 #2

The bar association wryter2000 Jun 2020 #3

I don't know if it's a felony but here is at least one possibly applicable Missouri Statute BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #7

She definitely pointed hers at people wryter2000 Jun 2020 #8

The statute doesn't require pointing a weapon, just exhibiting it BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #17

So are the streets and sidewalks public property? I saw no signs posted at that gate that stated it BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #5

Wow! I used google earth street view to take a walk around the huge perimeter. PaulRevere08 Jun 2020 #15

Really, Gated communities and doorman and guard protected buildings are not that rare in America. rgbecker Jun 2020 #18

Tell me, how many strangers do you welcome knocking on your door? brooklynite Jun 2020 #24

They don't seem to feel too safe. cwydro Jun 2020 #26

Explain? brooklynite Jun 2020 #27

Perhaps I didn't understand your post. cwydro Jun 2020 #28

My point is that people don't all live in doorman apartments or "communities" for "safety" brooklynite Jun 2020 #38

Welcome? Not generally Bettie Jun 2020 #34

If I had the money they seem to have. cwydro Jun 2020 #21

St. Louis is a great city. why di you have to diss that great American location? SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #32

I see people dis the south all the time on this forum. cwydro Jun 2020 #33

Jeez, Not even a hint of why not? rgbecker Jun 2020 #35

These people give me something to go on lol. cwydro Jun 2020 #37

the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan Celerity Jun 2020 #25

The author is a little overly dramatic, but yes, gated communities are about keeping people out. aikoaiko Jun 2020 #29