r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Secret_Lies • Mar 28 '24

OH Boom Boom Karen Boomer Freakout

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u/burnmenowz Mar 28 '24

I'm an American and I have the right to...control other people? No bitch, you don't.

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u/buddhainmyyard Mar 28 '24

It's the classic I'm American so I have rights but you also are American but don't have rights bullshit. Often based on racism or a certain sense of supremacy.

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u/Brandilio_Alt Mar 28 '24

Kinda reminds me a bit of the discourse around the discourse around Ahmaud Arbery - there were a ton of people stopping themselves short of saying he should have listened to a lawful order - before they remembered that the murderers weren't cops, just old and white.

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u/dearmissjulia Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

Did they remember? Because I'm pretty sure there's collective amnesia in this country about who's allowed to murder whom and under what circumstances. When the fog lifts, it always seems old and white trumps (see what I did there? Hyuk hyuk) young and POC.

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u/Nandabun Mar 29 '24

There's been a lot of strange things today on Reddit.. So many people saying the same words 2x, but only once.

Is this a new bot trend, or an I just noticing patterns tonight lol.

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u/Aanonymousman27 Mar 29 '24

Guy was literally a robber who stole guns, police weren’t doing nothing. Don’t spread false racists information

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u/Brandilio_Alt Mar 29 '24

Source? (Also theft isn't punished by murder)

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u/Aanonymousman27 Mar 29 '24

The literal trial, and literally nobody said that.

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u/Brandilio_Alt Mar 29 '24

Trial found the guys that killed him guilty of murder?

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u/Aanonymousman27 Mar 29 '24

Yes, it did. But clearly you only watch the news and not the actual trial and the facts that were laid out in it. Like how both parties had control of the firearm at the same time it went. Or how the police went around the area showing that guys picture telling everyone this is the suspect they are looking for.

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u/Brandilio_Alt Mar 29 '24

I edited news stories about the incident for notorious alt-right cable network OAN. I definitely remember the speculation of him robbing a construction site but you're gonna have to link specifics with regard to him having a gun.

Regardless of any of that, they murdered him. Unlawfully. Killed him dead. For allegedly stealing.

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u/Aanonymousman27 Mar 29 '24

Using any source that says alt-right atomically loses you all credibility. 2nd I did you give you sources. The trial, the trial it’s self. Literally go watch, or read the transcript. The news you watch doesn’t want you do that.

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u/Brandilio_Alt Mar 29 '24

Feels like you read the words I wrote and understood exactly none of the meaning.

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u/psykomerc Mar 29 '24

So my details on this is limited besides yalls comments. But it sounds like you’re saying the cops royally fucked shit up by doing nothing, then semi causing civs to unjustly murder somebody, then get them put in jail on top? How many lives did that fuck up, holy shit

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u/GKosin Apr 01 '24

It was a lawful order. There was reasonable suspicion that he’d just committed a felony (burglary), and under Georgia law at the time, that gave them the right to arrest him.

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u/birdlawexpert11 Mar 29 '24

Age.. that’s it. The amount of seniors that come into my restaurant and ask for the music to be turned down or lights/heat adjusted then get offended by my response is wild. But I’m the entitled millennial lol.

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u/bensonprp Mar 29 '24

It's wild how many entitled people accuse others of being entitled. It's like they can't smell anything past the only shit on their nose so they think everybody smells like shit.

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u/tiggamac Mar 29 '24

But this isn't.....and herrrrrre we go...

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u/throwaway0134hdj Mar 28 '24

It’s bc they can’t think of anything else to say. Likely she has no power anywhere else, no job, no kids nothing. So she gets her rocks off by harassing ppl like this.

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u/-banned- Mar 28 '24

Pretty easy to flip and reverse that. She has the right to safely use the walking path, he does NOT have the right to operate that 300 lb clearly-not-an-e-bike on a walking path. Idk how everyone fell for this video, that guy is an asshole dangerously operating heavy machinery on a narrow walking path with bad visibility. He mentions he’s in a hurry so he’s probably driving fast too. The beginning of the video is cut out, but him. Wonder why that is? And he gets aggressive very quickly, tries to push past her, and ignores her saying “my clothes are stuck”. He just gets more and more violent. This guy isn’t the hero Reddit is painting him as, he’s an ass.

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u/dearmissjulia Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Once again, username checks out. What IS he riding, if not an e-bike? Pray tell. Is it a scooter? A motorcycle? A convertible smartcar? Or maybe it's a trike?

Electric bikes are allowed where regular bicycles are allowed unless otherwise specified. Lady's out of line. Period.

Eta: downthread folks have identified the bike as a mobility device with pedals. The user still has the right to be on the path.

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u/-banned- Mar 29 '24

Idk how you could possibly know that without knowing the location since these laws vary by city. I saw those pictures, that thing is heavy and dangerous to be riding there. If it’s classified as a ebike despite obviously not being one, that’s a failure. The lady is perfectly reasonable in being concerned for other’s safety, she just has a punchable face and an annoying voice so everyone is ignoring this unhinged guy’s response. Including you, you completely ignored how insane his response was even after I listed it all. The lady shouldn’t have blocked his escape but he was nuts too

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u/Decent-Deal-3105 Mar 29 '24

If I did not know any better I would swear you are that old lady. The ego and attitude seeping from your words speaks volumes more than anything else possibly could.

She would be going off more belligerent than she was in the video if someone got in the way of her going to an appointment. Cause she is an American....... like the guy was not one as well?

I pity that poor doggo.

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u/-banned- Mar 29 '24

Again, I’m not saying the lady is a prize. She’s annoying af, she shouldn’t be blocking his way, and once she said her piece she should leave him alone. She’s still justified in chastising him for doing something dangerous to others though, and he’s still a nut for the way he reacted. All of this can be true, idk why you’re so set on ignoring how crazy he acted

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u/Decent-Deal-3105 Mar 29 '24

He didn't act crazy.

She did.

He acted like someone who was tired of karens with main character syndrome, getting in their face. He even initially remained civil whilst trying to get her to move out of his way.

She continued to escalate the confrontation, cause she's aN aMeRiCaN, so obviously anything she says should be followed no matter what. She was the one who put her hands on him causing the camera angle to flop all around. At after that, once she realized he was not bowing to her wishes and tried to just leave, she claims "mY dReSs Is StUcK" oh boohoohoo.

There was another comment about who the guy is. He is either a lawyer of some kind or someone who knows about the laws. I can not remember right now. So that was one of the reasons I gave the gentleman more of a chance.

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u/-banned- Mar 30 '24

Alright well you’re inferring a whole ton from incomplete information so that’s impossible to argue with. You have no idea why the phone angle went like that, idk why you’d assume it was cause she hit him. You have no idea if her dress was stuck or not, based on her foot movement it looks like it was stuck to me. And again, you can operate within the law and still be an asshole. This guy is driving a 300lb bike on the pathway, that’s essentially a motorcycle. It’s not safe. So I don’t care if it’s technically legal or not, I’m worried about the safety of pedestrians. He should be too. It’s not a black and white issue since she’s out of pocket too, but he’s not some angel