Posted on 06/08/2015 4:38:41 AM PDT by HomerBohn
For months now, the Transit Authority in New York City has been advertising their request that men riding trains, subways and buses keep their legs together when using mass transit. The sin is called “manspreading,” and it happens when a male passenger chooses to sit with their legs lightly spread apart forcing other passengers to have less room in their own seat.
Here’s an example of this heinous new form of "misogyny."
(Watch video at link)
It’s disgusting. Pure and simple. The government in New York City has once again proven that they are willing to regulate and govern, even the most trivial of daily exercises. While “manspreading” may be annoying for other transit passengers – it is by no means a matter for the criminal justice system. Will fat people be arrested for having larger than normal rear ends? Will women who place their bags on their laps or in the seat next them also be accosted? Do skinny people get to have a whole seat to themselves – even if they fit in half a seat? Can a skinny person “manspread” if they don’t take up more than one seat of space? If so, does this mean that “manspreading” is okay – so long as you are not bothering those around you?
It’s patently ridiculous. Even for New York – home of the big soda and MSG bans. I know that New Yorkers enjoy it when the government tells them what to do, but it’d be nice if a few of them would stand up and tell their local masters to let them sit how they want to sit.
This is nuts!
I’ve seen pictures of the jerks on the train. They need a billy club to the apex to teach them some manners. The proper charge, however, should probably be ‘false advertising’.
I wonder what they will call women with a set of 44ddd's; with this be woman spreading? A woman not wearing a restrictive implement to contain that extra top heavy body mass would also cause "space" issues.
new york is a libtard cesspool run by a commie lesbo marrying retard and just another example of why dems are unfit to govern... now throw in the corruption and hence the cesspool... deblasio will kill the tourist business with his libtard policies and the crime rate has already skyrocketed with bums all over the place and the smell of urine wafting in the air... this is dinkins redux..
I don’t believe in criminalizing this but men are not “lightly” sitting with their legs apart. Large men are taking up two to three seats denying other riders a chance to sit down. It’s called manners and they need to be taught.
I understand that men need a bit of “spreading” for comfort, but from the pics I’ve seen, this goes way beyond that. Just plain rude and inconsiderate.
at least none were wearing KILTS.
What if you have a physical deformity or problem that necessitates this action? Will you be forced to demonstrate your problem in court or wear a handicap ticket around your neck?
Minimum wage - Fascism
Permit to save rain water - Fascism
incandescent bulbs illegal - fascism
limited capacity toilets - fascism
permit to clear blackberries from your property - fascism.
Etc.
This country is more fascist than socialist.
Having lived in New York City for a couple of years, I’m having a difficult time visualizing having enough room to ‘manspread’ unless it was in the wee hours of the night/morning. Those darn subways are horribly crowded.
Large men are taking up two to three seats
2 to 3 seats needs some proof of this
Females typically have to wider hips than males. Wide-load women riding the NYC subway should be subject to a charge of “@$$-spreading.”
Will Scandal News go after this next?
Bubba’s Esquire cover is an example of Peyronie spreading.
And yet female celebrities show up in the Big Apple going commando in sheer dresses all the time.
Ride the subway and find out.
As I said, this is not a criminal act - simply a lack of real manners.
Do you doubt that on the 42nd St. shuttle that teenagers swing around the ceilings of the trains endangering passengers?
The left prefers fascism to socialism.
That way, the failures can still be blamed on the private sector.
The whole point is that during rush hours, men who may get on from uptown or the boroughs - when the train is half-empty - take up more room than necessary, and then refuse to sit up straight and make room for people as the train starts to hit busy midtown and working areas. So yes, it happens.
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