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Georgetown University student mugged at gunpoint says he is unable to criticize attackers 'from my p
Daily Mail ^ | November 26, 2014 | Zoe Szathmary

Posted on 11/26/2014 1:03:53 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 11/26/2014 3:16:22 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A student at Georgetown University wrote in an op-ed piece that he was 'Not at all' shocked that a recent mugging he suffered at gunpoint took place.

Senior Oliver Friedfeld said in his piece,'I Was Mugged, And I Understand Why,'that he questioned his own ability to criticize his attackers,citing his 'perch of privilege.'


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: classism; education; ivyleague; liberal
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Only a racist could blame “white privilege” or even just the short form “privilege” for this violent crime. As a sensible conservative, I know that the vast majority of black people are better than this. As a law-abiding person who grew up genuinely poor (with far less than we would have had on welfare), I know that the vast majority of poor people are better than this. Whether or not Oliver Friedfeld is a liar who invented this story, he’s a bigot if he actually believes that poor people (or, more likely, poor black people) are incapable of acting morally or of following the law.


21 posted on 11/26/2014 1:46:20 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: spokeshave

I thought they lined the birdcage to catch the Gruber.


22 posted on 11/26/2014 1:49:59 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Pollster1

WELL said.


23 posted on 11/26/2014 1:50:27 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Liberals are incapable of making moral distinctions or treating individuals as moral agents. They see everything through the prism of race and politics. We are so screwed as a nation.


24 posted on 11/26/2014 1:51:10 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Nailbiter

In a way I’m kinda glad the riots are happening now. I think a lot of folks are going to be rid of their white guilt before long. And going forward, that’s nothing but good.

We are going to have a huge problem in about 20ish years though, when the hardcore brainwashed of this generation get to politician age. Assuming we make it there intact as a country, which is far from a given.


25 posted on 11/26/2014 1:53:22 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

It is a cycle- same thing happened in 60’s 70’s- and we got Clintons, Gore and his fellow travelling companions, starting in the 90’s.

Maybe something will intervene in this latest cycle, and the next crop will skip a generation- one can alsways hope.


26 posted on 11/26/2014 1:58:18 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The Stupid is strong in this one.


27 posted on 11/26/2014 2:06:09 AM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Great ... So this kid’s going to be a future FSO?

Awesome.


28 posted on 11/26/2014 2:10:38 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Nailbiter

Thats true about the cycle. I know every generation (I’m GenX) says the one following it is gonna kill us all, but the next one has so many in it that have gone so far to the left, one more step and they’ll be at the right of Reagan. There is simply nowhere ‘left’ for them to go.

We have a few Conservative/Right wing Millenials here on fr. My daughter is pretty far right overall so they do exist. But they are in the minority. Most are like birdbrain and will someday be Senator Birdbrain because all the other unique little snowflakes will go for the free pizza party he promises and they can all relive their no-score soccer game kale pizza parties of years past.

Maybe share Brooklyn based beard oil formulas.


29 posted on 11/26/2014 2:10:43 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Mug him again - the first time didn’t take.


30 posted on 11/26/2014 2:15:25 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

In life you have choices. Poor choices, poor life.

This student has got to be a sophomore because his reasoning is soooo sophomoric.

What do you call a poor black kid, brought up in the Detroit ghetto by a mother who can’t read?

Dr. Ben Carson.


31 posted on 11/26/2014 2:18:51 AM PST by plangent
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
'Who am I to stand from my perch of privilege,surrounded by million-dollar homes and paying for a $60,000 education, to condemn these young men as "thugs?"' he argued. 'It’s precisely this kind of "otherization" that fuels the problem.'

It's precisely this kind of excusing criminal behavior for people who were not born into wealth that fuels the problem. Being born into poverty is not destiny--people can and do climb out of poverty all the time. However, teaching them that being born into poverty means that they cannot ever hope to be anything other than a criminal *does* shape their destiny.

This is a topic I know *very* well, having been born into poverty and working my way up to a quite comfortable middle class life style.

32 posted on 11/26/2014 2:19:41 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Oliver, please submit yourself to a life-time of repeated muggings and rapes to atone for your White privilege.


33 posted on 11/26/2014 3:38:34 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I get the impression that this whole ‘check your privilege’ business is to keep the majority from fighting back when attacked.


34 posted on 11/26/2014 3:59:08 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Come now. You must be underprivileged relative to someone, Georgie boy.


35 posted on 11/26/2014 4:08:28 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: Slings and Arrows
"Mug him again - the first time didn’t take."

Outstanding advice, and keep repeating until he learns or is no longer of influence to anyone.

36 posted on 11/26/2014 4:16:17 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

37 posted on 11/26/2014 4:20:24 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Great comment at the site:

He should simply leave the university now, as his education in liberalism appears to be completed.

38 posted on 11/26/2014 4:28:50 AM PST by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: mykroar

It was good to see some good comments there.

http://www.thehoya.com/i-was-mugged-and-i-understand-why/


39 posted on 11/26/2014 4:46:10 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He got jumped. It was a cool mugging - no tissue damage this time for the liberal freshman. I got jumped one time by 3 or 4. They tried to put a beating on me, but they were getting tangled up with each other. No damage. I wasn’t even sore afterwards.


40 posted on 11/26/2014 4:54:37 AM PST by olepap (Your old Pappy)
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