Black Friday Brawl Videos Are How Rich People Shame The Poor: Stop Gawking.

Washington Post ^ | November 29, 2014 | Luke O'Neil

[Steelfish]

Black Friday Brawl Videos Are How Rich People Shame The Poor Stop Gawking.

By Luke O'Neil November 28

The biggest movie in the country right now is “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,” a film in which the ostentatiously wealthy people of Panem’s capital rule over the poorer districts from which tributes are selected each year to kill each other in a violent media spectacle. It’s a grotesque display in which the lives of the impoverished are offered up as entertainment for the comfortable.

It’s hard to see the film and not think of the way TV news has covered Black Friday. Consider the jocular hosts’ grinning affect as they relate news of brawls throughout the country in this clip from Fox & Friends First today, for example, or how numerous Web sites will round up the best brawl videos.

As Yahoo News writes on the spread of Black Friday violence to Britain this year, “That means even more grown adults fighting over discounted underwear, and more opportunities to for us to gawk at them.”

Or take this video of a fight inside of a Houston Wal-Mart. You’ll notice producers from a variety of television programs — “Good Morning America,” Fox News, CNN — all asking for permission to use the video on their broadcasts, because they know this type of shopper-on-shopper violence is a huge draw.

Mixed in with those, perhaps unsurprisingly, are a bevy of comments comparing the shoppers to animals, or savages, or making horrifically offensive racist comments.

[Mr. K]

How do you shame people who have no shame?

[TalBlack]

“Actually glanced through this Pinko’s screed ...”

I didn’t get past the pic of him with his ‘hipster beard’.(A hipster beard is any beard of recent vintage which it is perfectly safe to grab and give a good vicious tug just for kicks).

[Mr. K]

look up “Steampunk Tendencies” on facebook!

[duffee]

They shame themselves and the media records it.

[Yardstick]

Ten bucks says the sanctimonious writer has gotten a hearty chuckle from that “people of walmart” website.

[dragnet2]

Maybe someone could post some funny videos here of people mauling themselves this holiday season over trinkets and Chinese products.

Obviously they’re doing this for our entertainment.

Thanks...

[right way right]

I thought the local news in the Seattle area was quite entertaining with all the white kids protesting for Ferguson yet, it they were actually in Furguson they would be beaten to a pulp.
Just the usual extra stupid anarcists from Mom and Dads basement.

[dowcaet]

More liberal patronizing of the poor. Full grown adults brawling over Barbie dolls and TV’s deserve our scorn and ridicule regardless of their race and income.

[Steelfish]

You make a great point.

[dragnet2]

Black Friday videos are comedy gold.

I want to see some videos!!

[uglybiker]

Don’t blame us! We didn’t make ‘em stupid!

[Enterprise]

"but studies have shown the shoppers are more likely to be non-white, or single mothers baby mamas"

Fixed it.

[tflabo]

I know a senior citizen who is a millionaire that goes to get free bread given away at a senior center once a week. She also buys many nice things but gets the very best possible deal she can for the items. In other words she’s smart, stays out of debt and is a wealthy person but way too smart for Black Friday morons.

[CorporateStepsister]

Put bluntly, upbringing is what makes a person. Too many people are given lifestyles rather than upbringings.

[DoughtyOne]

The rich people aren't shaming anyone.

Those on the videos are shaming themselves.


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[Enterprise]

Oh man that’s funny. I can just picture a group of people having a “Black Friday Party” (Like Super Bowl Sunday) next year. Men and women sipping champagne, wearing top hats, monacles, and white gloves while watching Wal Mart videos. “I say Lovie, it must be painful to be so poor.” “That’s so true Thurston. And look at that woman. Who wear’s cheetah?”

[CodeToad]

IOW: Stop holding us accountable.

[SamAdams76]

I know women that have been going to these "Black Friday" events for years and they have never seen the mayhem described here. To the contrary, Black Friday weekend is a rather tranquil and peaceful affair, in addition to the usual shopping, they get their nails done, go to Starbucks, gossip, that type of thing. To most women, this is a weekend for them to get out of the house while the men stay home to watch football, eat leftovers and hang Christmas lights.

The Black Friday mayhem must be restricted to low-income, low-class areas because the womenfolk in my family have never experienced anything close to it.

[SaxxonWoods]

Just another failed Socialist attempt to deflect criticism of low-lifes and instead blame producers, who have nothing to do with the issue.

[sheana]

We are not rich but we are very comfortable. It didn’t come to us by chance. We worked our tails off for it and to set ourselves up for retirement.
I buy more or less what I want when I want. I always look for and get the best deals possible.
I bought a very cute $100 dress for the granddaughter the other day for $8.98 off a Nordstrom’s Rack clearance rack.
That’s how I spend our hard earned money.
Our largest TV is an older 42 in lcd. It still works and as long as it works I won’t go buy another just because I want a bigger one.
I don’t spend an exorbitant amount at Christmas. We buy just for the grandkids, that’s it. And I have never and will never go to a Black Friday sale.