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I Was a Victim of the Fake "Knockout Game" Trend
Slate ^ | Nov. 25 2013 | Matthew Yglesias

Posted on 11/27/2013 7:00:02 AM PST by 70times7

True story. A couple of years back, I was walking home at night on North Capitol Street here in Washington, D.C., when two dudes randomly assaulted me before running away without stealing anything. At the time, I didn't think it was all that strange—I've lived in urban areas all my life, and plenty of people I know have been victims of anonymous street crime.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annecdote; bedwettingliberal; fakebutaccurate; game; hatecrime; knockout; knockoutgame; knockoutking; liberalism; lovemeimaliberal; mentaldisorder; movealong; nothingtoseehere; obamasracewar; stuckonstupid; usefulidiot; youtubevideo
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To: bigbob

See #2 I posted above (in post 19).


21 posted on 11/27/2013 7:26:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: BenLurkin
Is it Slate or is it Salon which publishes from an insane asylum?

That's easy - the answer is: yes.

However, I will confess that I have read some cogent articles from Salon.

22 posted on 11/27/2013 7:27:23 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: 70times7

Are you White? If so, you are wrong and deserved the treatment. After all, it’s just the poor downtrodden ‘oppressed’ underclass rising up against its ‘oppressors.’


23 posted on 11/27/2013 7:28:36 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I don't think a finger is the problem with Barney...

'Nuther barf alert, btw...

24 posted on 11/27/2013 7:28:56 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: 70times7

Progressives/Liberals/Socialists/Communists believe that black people are inferior and must not be held to the same standards as everyone else, but they aren’t the racists.


25 posted on 11/27/2013 7:29:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Cboldt
Typical "pro-thug" liberal.

Yeah, if someone, or two someones, randomly beat the s**t out of me, I would classify that as a bit..."strange" as the author put it, no matter where I lived.

26 posted on 11/27/2013 7:30:06 AM PST by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: 70times7
Michael Savage is right. Liberalism is a metal disorder.

It is a mental disorder, which makes it ironic, coming from him.

27 posted on 11/27/2013 7:32:44 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: 70times7

Just reading the title I thought the writer was being sarcastic.


28 posted on 11/27/2013 7:33:01 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Turbo Pig
LOLz - he doesn't claim they were black, but loosely implies it based on his article.

I think we can safely conclude they were; if they had been white (or even white Hispanics) he would have known they were conservatives who were out to get him!

29 posted on 11/27/2013 7:33:56 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: I want the USA back

“Well he had to, didn’t he? I mean there was nothing else he could do, be fair. I had transgressed the unwritten law.”


30 posted on 11/27/2013 7:34:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp.)
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To: All
"Matthew Yglesias"

That's pretty much all you need to know to form an opinion on this article; No need to read the content.

Yglesias is Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Juan Williams all rolled into one self-deluded leftist tool.

31 posted on 11/27/2013 7:34:58 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: skeeter

See? that is where you went wrong! All that “THINKING”!


32 posted on 11/27/2013 7:35:07 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: a fool in paradise

My IQ just dropped 50 points from reading that. And I didn’t have that much to lose.

If I read it again I just might get down to this guys level.


33 posted on 11/27/2013 7:38:00 AM PST by saleman
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To: LegendHasIt
Yglesias is Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Juan Williams all rolled into one self-deluded leftist tool.

Just - Wow

Someone has to work very hard to be that messed up.

34 posted on 11/27/2013 7:39:53 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: saleman

No worries. you will probably need to hit 3 digit negs for that.


35 posted on 11/27/2013 7:41:02 AM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: 70times7

Liberal Stockholm Syndrome.


36 posted on 11/27/2013 7:41:28 AM PST by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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To: a fool in paradise; razorback-bert; Revolting cat!; GeronL; Slings and Arrows

“The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. “


The first rule of liberal logic is, well, there is no logic.


37 posted on 11/27/2013 7:42:19 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: 70times7

There is racial motivation for the knockout game. Get over it. Black guys are knocking out white, Jewish and oriental victims. That’s the sport. To call someone racist for telling the truth is as meaningless as the word racist has become.

The knockout game isn’t an anomaly of black culture and behavior. It is the outcome of idleness, hate and shifting of blame that defines much of inner city black culture. Blame it on white people, because the alternative means taking responsibility for one’s self and one’s actions. Many of these fatherless black punks lack the mental and emotional resources to take responsibility for their lives and actions. It’s not like they have useful skills suitable for honest work and building a life besides being a street hood. All that hate and condemnation has to have violent relief. The knockout game is one way to let it out.

The situation can’t be fixed by big government, and insipid writers like Matthew Yglesias, who would rather sweep the truth under the carpet than tell it, make the problem worse. There is little decent people can do, except take measures to protect themselves. The best outcome would be for decent people to kill their attackers, and thereby help black culture improve its status.


38 posted on 11/27/2013 7:47:22 AM PST by pallis
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To: 70times7

Where is a barf alert?


39 posted on 11/27/2013 7:49:55 AM PST by cunning_fish
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To: 70times7

Actually, this guy’s article is in response to some other bloggers who wondered if Mr Yglesias would see the light after being a target of the knockout game.

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2012/03/matthew-yglesiass-rent-is-too-damn-high.html

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/11/yglesias-i-wasnt-victim-of-fake.html

Obviously he didn’t; hence the drivel.


40 posted on 11/27/2013 7:52:04 AM PST by freedomlover
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