As he pulled his luggage through downtown New Haven, Conn., a woman handed him a flier describing his new city as crime-ridden and dangerous. It listed alarming local crime statistics and instructed students to “remain on campus,” “avoid public transportation” and “stay off the streets after 8 p.m.” Illustrated with a picture of the Grim Reaper, the flier wished students an ominous “Good luck.”

But perhaps most jarring was the source of the flier, listed plainly in its text: the union that represents Yale’s own campus police.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/nyregion/yale-police-fliers.html

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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

mugging someone is easier though

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The only reason to prefer mugging a random student over walking out of Target with a TV is wanting to hurt a person, or at least screw them over individually.

    You just want to punch up, which is understandable. But it's not leftism, and it doesn't justify victimizing a person instead of a company.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    The only reason to prefer mugging a random student over walking out of Target with a TV is wanting to hurt a person

    we don't have target here
    way less likely to get caught mugging some rando
    you don't really need to hurt them
    again, never said it's leftism

    you also need to flog the tv
    and get it home

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The only reason to prefer mugging a random student over walking out of Target with a TV is wanting to hurt a person, or at least screw them over individually.

    stalin chad yes balloon

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Stalin robbed banks, not individuals, and he was doing it to fund a proletarian party, not for his personal benefit.

    Few people want to associate with a political movement that encourages or allows casual violence. Those movements are disconnected from the people and open season for opportunists. It should not be a hot take to want violence to be carefully directed towards political ends.

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