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The Cincinnati Shame: Mayor Says He Is Too Busy to Talk to Victims
Hot Air ^ | August 02, 2025 | David Strom

Posted on 08/05/2025 3:53:36 AM PDT by george76

If a gang of white people stalked and beat a black couple on the streets of Cincinnati, we all know what would happen.

Politicians would be wearing kente cloth scarves, taking knees, begging for forgiveness that white people exist, and preparing scaffolds for the perpetrators.

There would be marches, speeches, yet another national reckoning on race, and endless think pieces in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and a 60,000-word essay in The New Yorker about the horrors of white supremacy in America.

But in this case, the perpetrators were black thugs and the victims a middle-aged white couple, so nobody in the establishment will give the victims a thought. It is the job of the victims to be victimized, and of the victimizers to be valorized, or perhaps given mild punishments and patted on the head.

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When the mayor of Cincinnati, Aftab Pureval, was asked if he had reached out to any of the victims brutally beaten by a black mob during the city’s Jazz Festival chaos, he said he had better things to do.

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Ever since this story broke, I have struggled with it. Initially, I didn't even want to write about it because doing so would elevate a particular crime into an archetype that feeds into racial stereotypes. It's not so much that I fear being called racist--everybody is called racist these days if they deviate a millimeter from the acceptable narrative--but rather that I didn't want to feed actual racist narratives that are out there and growing.

Just because a disproportionate number of black people commit crimes--hate crimes included--I do not believe that it is because they are black. It is because we have fostered a culture of racial impunity in which many black youths believe they can commit hate crimes with impunity.

There was a time when the same was true for whites, who could and did commit hate crimes against blacks without consequence, and that was evil, too. Civilization exists largely to tame the evil in all our souls, and when it fails to do so, the hate bubbles to the surface.

Now I am on my fourth piece on the Cincinnati shame. Why?

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Simple: the shame is not that of the thugs who committed the crime--they were doing what barbarians do. Everybody is born a barbarian--watch 2-year-olds fight over toys--and it is the role of civilized adults to coach our youth into becoming civilized. We called children who have not been civilized by their adults "spoiled," and when they get older, criminals.

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The shame is that of the city fathers and mothers of Cincinnati, who have been calling for "context" and downplaying the crime. They blame social media for allowing the world to see that they have created an environment where barbarians can beat people, laugh, and broadcast their crimes to the world in order to get applause.

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The leaders of Cincinnati look away. Make excuses. Chastise us for being appalled. They, in effect, say that being a barbarian--at least if you're black--is normal. It is anything but normal.

I do not believe that black people are particularly prone to barbarity. But I do believe that American black culture--at least what we euphemistically call "urban" culture--celebrates it. That is why the perpetrators were laughing and broadcasting their crime--it was something to be proud of.

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Mayor Pureval pretends that this vicious crime is nothing special, when we all know that it was. Not because barbarians attacked civilized people, but because the discussion about the attack is determined solely by the race of the perpetrators and victims.

If the perpetrators were white, it would be important. But the perpetrators are black, so it is to be expected and excused.

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Americans instinctively understand that the history of racial violence between the Civil War and the 1960s is one of shame. We allowed--at least "we" in certain parts of the country--white thugs to beat and lynch black people with impunity. It was racially motivated violence and racially motivated "justice."

The scars from that time are still painful.

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The current shame is no less, and if you count up all the racially motivated attacks committed by blacks on whites in recent years, the number of victims probably exceeds the number of black victims of lynching.

There is no "justice" in forgiving black violence against whites, just as there was no justice in forgiving white violence against blacks. They are the same phenomenon. Racial hatred, expressed as barbarian violence against the targeted group.

Yet the current generation of city leaders--really all liberal politicians--is to excuse the racially-motivated violence.

The shame is not solely Cincinnati's. It is for all people who excuse vicious barbarity because the perpetrators are of the preferred race.

Editor's Note: Radical leftist politicians are attacking the very foundations of our society.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: blackprivilege; cincinnati; cincinnatimob; cincinnatishame; ohio; teresatheetge; victoriaparks

1 posted on 08/05/2025 3:53:36 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Obama unleashed the Mau Mau to terrorize whites in America just like his grandpa did in Kenya. The Cincy mayor clearly said that whites go down town at their own risk. No one should be surprised at a white exodus.


2 posted on 08/05/2025 4:01:50 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: george76

The entire Sincinnati administration is like a giant toilet that needs flushing.


3 posted on 08/05/2025 4:27:25 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: DeplorablePaul

I wonder if the leftoids will ever admit the truth?

That they want a genocide of European heritage people in the USA?


4 posted on 08/05/2025 4:29:00 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: DeplorablePaul

I wonder if the leftoids will ever admit the truth?

That they want a genocide of European heritage people in the USA?


5 posted on 08/05/2025 4:29:01 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: george76

The woman who was beaten. At least she has a give send go that was at $400,000 two days ago. Today Raised: USD $465,354

https://www.givesendgo.com/SupportHolly


6 posted on 08/05/2025 4:33:36 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: george76

A reckoning is coming...


7 posted on 08/05/2025 5:18:43 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: george76

Kissing Black ass is required to maintain political control


8 posted on 08/05/2025 5:25:05 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: george76
There was a time when the same was true for whites, who could and did commit hate
crimes against blacks without consequence.


When was that and where did that happen?


9 posted on 08/05/2025 5:42:49 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: DeplorablePaul

“The Cincy mayor clearly said that whites go down town at their own risk.”

Just need one to defend himself/herself and this stops. “In 2022, Ohio enacted a permitless carry law, meaning that residents who are legally allowed to own a firearm can carry a concealed handgun without a permit. This is also known as constitutional carry.”


10 posted on 08/05/2025 5:55:32 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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To: Tommy Revolts

From about 1865 to 1965, mostly in the south, but sometimes in other areas if the country. Not a proud period in American history.


11 posted on 08/05/2025 6:54:31 AM PDT by redangus ( )
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To: dennisw

At least she has a give send go that was at $400,000 two days ago. Today Raised: USD $465,354


Didn’t the black kid who stabbed to death a white kid in Texas get more?


12 posted on 08/05/2025 7:22:51 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: DeplorablePaul

Naggers gonna nag....


13 posted on 08/05/2025 7:45:07 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: george76
"Aftab Pureval"

A whut?


14 posted on 08/05/2025 7:57:16 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Highest Authority
The entire Sincinnati administration is like a giant toilet that needs flushing.

Yep, it's too far gone down the feral road,.

15 posted on 08/05/2025 8:00:04 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: EQAndyBuzz

To wit

https://www.webstickersmuraux.com/fr/img/tinsv025-png/folder/products-detalle-png/stickers-muraux-keep-out-enter-at-your-own-risk.png


16 posted on 08/05/2025 8:05:01 AM PDT by combat_boots
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To: george76
Cincinnati's very own virulently anti-White, DEI female Police Chief was more concerned with the video of the attack going viral than she was about catching the attackers.

"DEI police chief scolds Americans for sharing videos of black mob attacking white people"

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All Whites need to abandon the city. Let the woke mayor find a new tax base and leave the DEI police chief to deal with the barbarians.

17 posted on 08/05/2025 8:15:36 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: redangus

...without consequence? I say bologna.


18 posted on 08/05/2025 11:50:13 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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