What’s the most dangerous phrase in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1980: “I’m from the governent and I”m here to help”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2020: “I’m an ‘ally’ and I’m here to help. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A friend of the blog emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Privileged Liberal White People: we’re going to help those poor communities of black people. We’ll build a train so they can get around with a car!<\/p>
Black people: But, we’d like to get around by car just like you.<\/p>
PLWP: We’re going to help those poor black people by raising the minimum wage!<\/p>
BP: But we’d like to have a job to support our families. This will just get rid of our jobs.<\/p>
PLWP: We’re going to help those poor black people by building high density housing in their neighborhood. Let’s tear down the affordable single family housing stock to help them!<\/p>
BP: But we’d like to own a house, just like you.<\/p>
PLWP: We’re going to help those poor black people by taking away on street parking around their apartment buildings to build bike lanes!<\/p>
BP: But we’d like to park by where we live just like you, especially in the winter. We aren’t biking.<\/p>
PLWP: We want to help black people by not calling the cops when thugs take over their neighborhood. And we’ll tell the whole world<\/a>! <\/p>
BP: Seriously, stop helping us.
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Biggest problem in my neighborhood, other than the issues above, most of my neighbors don’t bother voting in local elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nSemi-related: It’s interesting, to me, to note that John Lesch’s district has the lowest voter turnout numbers in the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n