Juxtaposition for tonight given that more than a few TKC Readers asked us us to try to make a local connection regarding a contentious national debate . . .
OUR CONSERVATIVE READERS DECRY RECENT CALLS TO INFORM ON STAY AT HOME VIOLATIONS BUT IS THAT JUST A RIGHT WING 'STOP SNITCHING' PLOY?!?
Context:
Long, long ago an exceptional bit of journalism perfectly documented a deadly urban trend and called out community silence that still persists . . . Here's the money line:
"One reality strangles efforts to actually stop the violence: The citizens who are most at risk are also the least willing to cooperate with police."
SIMILARLY, many years later Kansas City and the nation now confront another potentially deadly threat and this time around the demand for silence comes from our conservative pals.
Headlines:
Daily Wire: Bill De Blasio’s Social Distancing Tip Line ‘Flooded’ With Obscene Photos, Nasty Memes
New York Post: De Blasio’s social distancing tip line flooded with penis photos, Hitler memes
PJ Media: Response to Mayor De Blasio's Snitch Tipline Is Disgusting. It Should Also Restore Your Faith In America.
Of course the effort backfired and was briefly shut down.
Here in Kansas City locals can call the po-po or the 311 line to inform on their neighbors but the resistance to this effort is palpable across the nation.
And so we ask . . .
IS CONSERVATIVE BACKLASH AGAINST CORONAVIRUS STAY AT HOME ORDERS THE NEW 'STOP SNITCHING' MOMENT?!?
With a reported 40K Americans dead from coronavirus, many contend this is debate has moved out of the frivolous realm of "culture war" and now becomes a question of life or death.
You decide . . .
Maybe.
ReplyDeleteBut gun violence in the United States kills far more people than coronavirus and the flu put together.
This argument has gotten worse now that people are less afraid. Even after the president's miracle cure doesn't seem to be working.
The protest on the Plaza was at least 300 strong at one point, not a small gathering.
DeleteI think it's obvious people are frustrated with the situation and the current crop of leaders in DEMOCRAT run cities.
And you are the same assholes who always say "they should have just followed the authoritarian rules" when you see cops or ICE abusing people.
Delete8:39 not true, the Chinese red death virus alone has killed more Americans then gun violence but you also failed to mention that cars kill more people than guns. Are you hoping that the Kung fu flu kills more then cars do because cars kill more people than guns? Is that your next target?
ReplyDeleteO.K. I'm a conservative and I think I will follow liberal rules for once. I'm going to tattle tail on my special friends in Central Hyde Park. That foul mouth Iranian with the ugly baby boy has been out talking to people and that psycho women and her husband have too. She isn't using her binoculars at night, she is getting face to face. I'm calling 311.
ReplyDeleteKansas City just another black run democrat shithole of homeless poverty strife and despair. Just the way the lousy worthless piece of shit democrats like it. I hate them, I hate what they’ve done to our country, they should all be tried for treason.lets see them lie their way out of that
ReplyDeletesilence is a kansas city tradition. Look at the developer scam that's been running in KC for 10 years running. Basically "legal" bribery.
ReplyDeleteThe Communists Country's have many snitches. China Cuba North Korea ect. The NEW America THE Globalist And World Order Finley Destroyed the Country. You have less rights now then Venezuela .Small business layoffs Big Business Don't have the cash flow to keep people Middle and some upper management are being let,go. And Winter of 2021. Will be a disaster. With half of America struggling. Stock up for the winter.
ReplyDelete^^^ Very dire but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. Thanks Retro.
DeleteMaybe you should look up gun stats before you type your ignorance of it. Most guns deaths are suicide, most murders by guns are caused by blacks. Blacks killing blacks centered around thug drug culture. If you want to address the problem , start with who commits it . Not blame lumped statistics to look good. Start bt asking the Feds not to include blacks lumped in with white to make one side show different than it is ( since the late 1980s) and not show suicide under murder stats. Are you asking that we do away with blacks since they commit the majority of your gun violence ? Or because they are show high in the Covid deaths ? Do you research before you post or just rattle?
ReplyDeleteJesus this doesn't get more insane, now we are like the STASI, everyone is an informer.
ReplyDeleteBesides NYC, who believes their numbers anyway TDS mayor, governor and population, yes the black murder and violent crime rate is higher than this so no comparison on resisting reporting ppl failing to social distance.
False equivalency. Fake overblown response.