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gollygee

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18. Yeah . . . "settled" is a word that means something

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:40 PM

Sep 2015

Like it was a wild uncivilized land before a bunch of white people moved there. I think that word, when used in this way, is pretty much always racist, isn't it? Like European immigrans "settled" America.

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Video allegedly captures epic 'white privilege' fight in Brooklyn : jogger vs stroller pusher [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 OP

OMG, I think I know where this is. Brooklyn Heights near Metrotech center stevenleser Sep 2015 #1

Isn't that considered downtown brooklyn? geek tragedy Sep 2015 #5

This area isn't Brooklyn Heights proper. It's between Metrotech center and Fulton St. Here is a link stevenleser Sep 2015 #7

We used to live on Bridge Street between Willoughby and Fulton. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #8

Really? How long ago? stevenleser Sep 2015 #9

2000-2002. Our rental has been long-since demolished. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #11

There are more good restaurants now, but the place is clearly in transition. stevenleser Sep 2015 #12

Gotta love those first world problems Rex Sep 2015 #33

The guy screaming his head off needs a lot of therapy. Nt stevenleser Sep 2015 #38

Reminds me of another fella in the news a few days ago. Got out of his merc with firearms Rex Sep 2015 #49

I'm around there a lot too.... Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #69

See what happens when you put a Starbucks on every damn corner snooper2 Sep 2015 #2

Wait..... white stroller pusher has shouting match with white jogger.... Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #3

I like the observer who says "Thank you, white guy" jberryhill Sep 2015 #4

"He musta got off the boat with Peter Minuit and traded beads with the Lenape." Yavin4 Sep 2015 #47

"I settled this neighborhood for people like you." marmar Sep 2015 #14

Yeah . . . "settled" is a word that means something gollygee Sep 2015 #18

The subtext Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #70

Maybe the jogger isn't white? ecstatic Sep 2015 #20

. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #21

Could be Puerto Rican, Mexican, biracial, etc. Nt ecstatic Sep 2015 #22

You have to read the entire thing first. Rex Sep 2015 #34

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Meanwhile in Bushwick... GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #10

Brilliant nt Tree-Hugger Sep 2015 #16

LOL, and people wonder why I run and hide when I see white people coming my way. closeupready Sep 2015 #13

I don't alert, but seriously can you see that this is not such a great post? cwydro Sep 2015 #23

Because white people are a racial minority? closeupready Sep 2015 #24

Because it was a nasty post that generalizes about "white people" cwydro Sep 2015 #25

You too! closeupready Sep 2015 #26

Thank you. whathehell Sep 2015 #42

haven't you heard? Skittles Sep 2015 #62

White people are at the root of most problems in America, that is just a fact. AllFieldsRequired Sep 2015 #28

Oh, of course they are. cwydro Sep 2015 #31

You really dont think so? Who has controlled everything for the past 200 years? AllFieldsRequired Sep 2015 #32

There are so many things I could say in response, cwydro Sep 2015 #35

Of course we are talking about America. But your response is very revealing. AllFieldsRequired Sep 2015 #58

Facts bother some, dunno why because it is nothing personal. Rex Sep 2015 #37

Indeed. cwydro Sep 2015 #39

Yes we are, ever read an American history book? Rex Sep 2015 #36

lbr all races have done shitty things throughout the world for centuries. romanic Sep 2015 #41

We were just talking about America. Rex Sep 2015 #45

North America? jberryhill Sep 2015 #51

No just America the nation. Rex Sep 2015 #52

Just an side, but many Latin Americans consider themselves... a la izquierda Sep 2015 #56

True but for this particular conversation we were just talking about America the nation. Rex Sep 2015 #57

How about the current stuff brush Sep 2015 #71

That is true, but has more to do with math than inherent relative moral merits of among "races" jberryhill Sep 2015 #50

I'm trying to feel dispossessed and historically oppressed by the respons LanternWaste Sep 2015 #30

"I settled".....LOL Home on the range... ileus Sep 2015 #15

"I settled this neighborhood" � kinda like Columbus discovered America brush Sep 2015 #27

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"thank you, white guy" lol Schema Thing Sep 2015 #17

Best part of the whole video :) Marrah_G Sep 2015 #19

One of the weirdest things I've seen in a while. trumad Sep 2015 #29

A classic. I call that a de-punking. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #46

That guy is the epoitome of a white sjw. romanic Sep 2015 #40

What is a "white sjw'? whathehell Sep 2015 #43

sjw = social justivce warrior romanic Sep 2015 #44

Hmmm whathehell Sep 2015 #55

I know that. romanic Sep 2015 #64

Whatever whathehell Sep 2015 #68

Single Jewish Woman jberryhill Sep 2015 #61

That's what I might have said.. whathehell Sep 2015 #67

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Epic White Privilege Irony Implosion... sylvanus Sep 2015 #54

I'm pretty sure that wasn't a cop. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2015 #63

THIS is why I live in the suburbs! bullwinkle428 Sep 2015 #59

It must have been hard for dad to not laugh in the guy's face. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #65

South Park Season Premeire is a must watch. It covers this kinda thing as only SP can. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Sep 2015 #66