Race hoax in Cobb County, GA

[AirPoh]

I couldn't find an image, it might just be too old. There was a Shoe comic on the same topic. Shoe was in the express lane and the woman behind him called him out. He was one over because she was counting a six pack as six items. So he chugged one and tossed the empty at her.

I remember Dave's World and Dave walks into the house exasperated,
Dave: You won't believe what happened at the store just now. *in a cocky tone* Is a six pack one item of six?
Wife: One.
Dave: *pauses* That would make the story less interesting then. (but worded and delivered better)

Personally I'm still confused why people are defending a guy (an admitted Democrat at that) that told off a pregnant woman. I suppose race does transcend politics.

Making fun of him is not defending.

 

[dismal]

I strongly suspect she's the cause of the problem here.

I think he called her out on having too many items in the express lane and she made it personal instead.

He should not have "called her out". It was none of his business. Moreover, calling her "a lazy bitch" makes HIM the cause of the problem here (and I strongly believe he said far more than that even if she can't recall the EXACT words he used.

There seems to have been a confrontation, of course he said more.

What I'm saying is that it's almost certain she said more, also. The bitch remark very well might have been in response to what she said rather than to simply being in the express lane.

Well, maybe we could look at news reports that summarize what the police learned when they interviewed witnesses and reviewed the footage from the store's security cameras for more insight as to what happened.

 

[Gun Nut]

First Jussie Smollet did his race hoax desperate to find racists in the MAGA crowd. Now this woman is instigating a race hoax.

virtue signaling is evil.

Funny thing is that if a black man said to a white person, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy," the liberal media would DEFEND HIM as not being racist.

Isn't this a sick sick sick sick world we live in?

well, the best I can grant you here is that the hypothetical, thought-experiments you create are sick sick sick sick. Just because you know how to spell the word "IF" does not mean you know how to evaluate possibilities.

 

[southernhybrid]

I think it's sad that such an insignificant incident as this has made several of the nation's largest newspapers. I first read about in the New York Times. It's obvious that the man was an asshole for verbally attacking a woman because, OMG, she had more items than were supposed to be in the express lane. It's even more absurd that there were two empty lanes open and he told her she should have used one of them. Why the fuck didn't he simply take his three items and go to one of the other empty lanes, instead of being a jerk?

I will add this. I shop at Publix regularly and there have been many times when a cashier in the express lane motioned me over to her lane, even though I had far more items then the 10 or 15 on the sign. Maybe the woman didn't count her items. Maybe she missed the sign that said, "only ten items", or whatever.

I personally doubt this was racist, although it could have been sexist. Would this man have said these things to my tall scary Arabic looking husband who has a huge head of thick curly hair and a beard? Or does he only attack women, pregnant women at that? I'm betting he wouldn't have said a word to my husband if he had too many items in the Express lane. My husband can be a scary looking mother fucker when he wants to look intimidating. I seriously doubt anyone would call him an SOB for having too many items. But, a pregnant woman is an easy target for an angry, impatient male. Apparently this one couldn't control himself so he verbally attacked the woman, for the sin of OMG, having too many items in the checkout lane. The horror!!!! I've had people in front of me with too many items countless times. I might be mildly annoyed if no other lanes are open, but I've never been tempted to publicly shame a person over it. It would say a lot more about me, and my intolerance than about them, especially when I don't even know if the cashier might have motioned them to come into the lane.

I can understand the woman feeling threatened, as anyone who lives in or near Cobb county or many parts of Georgia, come to expect that most men, as well as a lesser percentage of women, are carrying concealed weapons everywhere they go. And, with all of the racist nut jobs out there lately, I can see how she may have misinterpreted the man's intentions. He was just acting like an asshole, possibly a sexist asshole. They are everywhere. Nothing to see here. Please NYTimes etc. stop putting this type of minutia in the paper. People are rude to each other regularly, especially when an area is congested and busy. I don't like it, but nobody was shot, and nobody was wounded. Can we please talk about something more important now......

That's my two cents on this. Oh wait. I posted more than two cents worth. I guess I'm just a bitch. A proud bitch at that.

 

[dismal]

I think it's sad that such an insignificant incident as this has made several of the nation's largest newspapers. I first read about in the New York Times. It's obvious that the man was an asshole for verbally attacking a woman because, OMG, she had more items than were supposed to be in the express lane. It's even more absurd that there were two empty lanes open and he told her she should have used one of them. Why the fuck didn't he simply take his three items and go to one of the other empty lanes, instead of being a jerk?

I will add this. I shop at Publix regularly and there have been many times when a cashier in the express lane motioned me over to her lane, even though I had far more items then the 10 or 15 on the sign. Maybe the woman didn't count her items. Maybe she missed the sign that said, "only ten items", or whatever.

I personally doubt this was racist, although it could have been sexist. Would this man have said these things to my tall scary Arabic looking husband who has a huge head of thick curly hair and a beard? Or does he only attack women, pregnant women at that? I'm betting he wouldn't have said a word to my husband if he had too many items in the Express lane. My husband can be a scary looking mother fucker when he wants to look intimidating. I seriously doubt anyone would call him an SOB for having too many items. But, a pregnant woman is an easy target for an angry, impatient male. Apparently this one couldn't control himself so he verbally attacked the woman, for the sin of OMG, having too many items in the checkout lane. The horror!!!! I've had people in front of me with too many items countless times. I might be mildly annoyed if no other lanes are open, but I've never been tempted to publicly shame a person over it. It would say a lot more about me, and my intolerance than about them, especially when I don't even know if the cashier might have motioned them to come into the lane.

I can understand the woman feeling threatened, as anyone who lives in or near Cobb county or many parts of Georgia, come to expect that most men, as well as a lesser percentage of women, are carrying concealed weapons everywhere they go. And, with all of the racist nut jobs out there lately, I can see how she may have misinterpreted the man's intentions. He was just acting like an asshole, possibly a sexist asshole. They are everywhere. Nothing to see here. Please NYTimes etc. stop putting this type of minutia in the paper. People are rude to each other regularly, especially when an area is congested and busy. I don't like it, but nobody was shot, and nobody was wounded. Can we please talk about something more important now......

That's my two cents on this. Oh wait. I posted more than two cents worth. I guess I'm just a bitch. A proud bitch at that.

I think you're completely missing why this is "news".

The first wave of attention came because the woman tried to claim the racial victimhood mantle and there is a high appetite for stories of racial victimhood in certain quarters.

The second wave of attention came because important details of her story appear to have been a fabrication based on police reports. There is also a high appetite for examples of racial hoaxes in other quarters.

 

[ZiprHead]

The second wave of attention came because important details of her story appear to have been a fabrication based on police reports. There is also a high appetite for examples of racial hoaxes in other quarters.

Even when the hoaxes are by the police.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The second wave of attention came because important details of her story appear to have been a fabrication based on police reports. There is also a high appetite for examples of racial hoaxes in other quarters.

Police reports? I thought it was the media covering it and the guy happened to be at the store at the same time the Representative was embellishing what happened.

 

[dismal]

The second wave of attention came because important details of her story appear to have been a fabrication based on police reports. There is also a high appetite for examples of racial hoaxes in other quarters.

Police reports? I thought it was the media covering it and the guy happened to be at the store at the same time the Representative was embellishing what happened.

https://talkfreethought.org/showthr...Cobb-County-GA&p=698690&viewfull=1#post698690

 

[Half-Life]

First Jussie Smollet did his race hoax desperate to find racists in the MAGA crowd. Now this woman is instigating a race hoax.

virtue signaling is evil.

Funny thing is that if a black man said to a white person, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy," the liberal media would DEFEND HIM as not being racist.

Isn't this a sick sick sick sick world we live in?

well, the best I can grant you here is that the hypothetical, thought-experiments you create are sick sick sick sick. Just because you know how to spell the word "IF" does not mean you know how to evaluate possibilities.

Answer the question. If a black man at a food store said to a white man, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy!," the only people calling him a racist would be conservatives, right? Leftists would probably cheer and celebrate the black man. They would NEVER speak out and say that this is a disgusting act that doesn't belong in our country.

 

[Derec]

Answer the question. If a black man at a food store said to a white man, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy!," the only people calling him a racist would be conservatives, right? Leftists would probably cheer and celebrate the black man. They would NEVER speak out and say that this is a disgusting act that doesn't belong in our country.

It actually turns out that Erica Thomas, the black woman state rep was the who said "go back where you came from" to to white Cuban man.
Witness in police report: State Rep. Erica Thomas told Eric Sparkes, ‘Go back where you came from’
And then she tried to make political hay out of it by claiming that he said it to her.

 

[bilby]

First Jussie Smollet did his race hoax desperate to find racists in the MAGA crowd. Now this woman is instigating a race hoax.

virtue signaling is evil.

Funny thing is that if a black man said to a white person, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy," the liberal media would DEFEND HIM as not being racist.

Isn't this a sick sick sick sick world we live in?

well, the best I can grant you here is that the hypothetical, thought-experiments you create are sick sick sick sick. Just because you know how to spell the word "IF" does not mean you know how to evaluate possibilities.

Answer the question. If a black man at a food store said to a white man, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy!," the only people calling him a racist would be conservatives, right? Leftists would probably cheer and celebrate the black man. They would NEVER speak out and say that this is a disgusting act that doesn't belong in our country.

Reality is a truly awesome place. You should visit it one day, I suspect you would like it far more than you realise.

 

[Derec]

I think it's sad that such an insignificant incident as this has made several of the nation's largest newspapers. I first read about in the New York Times. It's obvious that the man was an asshole for verbally attacking a woman because, OMG, she had more items than were supposed to be in the express lane. It's even more absurd that there were two empty lanes open and he told her she should have used one of them. Why the fuck didn't he simply take his three items and go to one of the other empty lanes, instead of being a jerk?

The reason it became news is because Erica Thomas decided to make a big deal out of it. And it turns out that while she accused the man of saying "go back where you came from" in reality it was her who said those words to him.

Maybe the woman didn't count her items. Maybe she missed the sign that said, "only ten items", or whatever.

We are truly in deep shit if we have legislators of whom we are not certain whether they can't count or can't read.

I personally doubt this was racist, although it could have been sexist. Would this man have said these things to my tall scary Arabic looking husband who has a huge head of thick curly hair and a beard?Or does he only attack women, pregnant women at that? I'm betting he wouldn't have said a word to my husband if he had too many items in the Express lane. My husband can be a scary looking mother fucker when he wants to look intimidating. I seriously doubt anyone would call him an SOB for having too many items. But, a pregnant woman is an easy target for an angry, impatient male.

I don't know. She looked pretty scary herself in that news conference she tried to use for her political benefit.

Apparently this one couldn't control himself so he verbally attacked the woman, for the sin of OMG, having too many items in the checkout lane.

So rules should not apply to women because confronting women for violating them is "sexist"?

I can understand the woman feeling threatened, as anyone who lives in or near Cobb county or many parts of Georgia, come to expect that most men, as well as a lesser percentage of women, are carrying concealed weapons everywhere they go.

She is pretty much twice his size. Sure, many people in Georgia are armed, but that is an equal opportunity threat. He could feel threatened by her based on the same reasoning.
I mean, just recently we had a woman shoot inside a McDondalds because her fries were cold.
Police: Woman fires shot at Georgia McDonald's after receiving cold french fries
Men are not the only ones running around armed and not being afraid to use their piece stupidly.

And, with all of the racist nut jobs out there lately, I can see how she may have misinterpreted the man's intentions.

She did not misinterpret anything. She claimed that he uttered the words that she said. This was deliberate.

He was just acting like an asshole, possibly a sexist asshole.

Just because she was a woman does not mean confronting her is "sexist". And misusing the express lane is assholeish behavior. As is lying about the incident to score political points.

They are everywhere. Nothing to see here. Please NYTimes etc. stop putting this type of minutia in the paper. People are rude to each other regularly, especially when an area is congested and busy. I don't like it, but nobody was shot, and nobody was wounded. Can we please talk about something more important now......

Again, this only became news because Thomas is a politician and because she chose to publicize (and misrepresent) the incident. Therefore, the backlash over her hoax falling apart is newsworthy as well.

 

[Derec]

Reality is a truly awesome place. You should visit it one day, I suspect you would like it far more than you realise.

You must be a foreigner to "Reality" if you are not familiar with the leftist claim that only white people can be racist ...

 

[Derec]

Pregnant women too?

If her pregnancy debilitates her so much that she could not stand in a regular check-out line a few minutes longer, why was she all of a sudden able to do that press conference standing with no apparent discomfort?

She was lying and grand-standing. But it's ok because she is black and female and pregnant, right?

 

[Derec]

Are pregnant women incapable of wrondoing? I bet Gospa herself deserved a telling off now and then.

I don’t consider 16 items in an express checkout wrong doing. Bring two carts, then we can talk.

Bowling, grocery shopping, same principle.

 

[Half-Life]

Answer the question. If a black man at a food store said to a white man, "Go back to Europe you cracker white boy!," the only people calling him a racist would be conservatives, right? Leftists would probably cheer and celebrate the black man. They would NEVER speak out and say that this is a disgusting act that doesn't belong in our country.

It actually turns out that Erica Thomas, the black woman state rep was the who said "go back where you came from" to to white Cuban man.
Witness in police report: State Rep. Erica Thomas told Eric Sparkes, ‘Go back where you came from’
And then she tried to make political hay out of it by claiming that he said it to her.

Where's all the outrage about that, then? Why isn't the leftist media screaming that she is a bigoted racist who needs to apologize?

This all ties into the fact that only white people can get in trouble for racism. Then they tell us there is no war against whites.

I can just see it. Imagine Chris Rock said, "White people need to leave and go back to Europe! Just get oout of here!" People would cheer and hoot and holler. Now imagine Jeff Foxworthy said, "Black people need to go back to Africa! Just get out of here!" There would be no laughing. He would get death threats from the leftist media. It would be covered on every late night talk show.

In a truly equal world, both would be condemned. But, we don't live in an equal world. We live in a world where black racism is glorified.

 

[Derec]

There is a difference between pointing out a social transgression and initiating a transgression. Mr. Sparkes was an ass.

So was she. But she was a much bigger ass because she made abig deal about it, called the media, accused him of saying "go back where you came from" when it was REALLY HER who used those words, etc. There is no contest here - she is the much bigger ass here.

True, but that doesn't mean he didn't use a term in a misogynistic manner.

There is no evidence he did though.

Of course you definitely think she was seeking to capitalize on the Trump/Squad brohaha.

The evidence is pretty compelling.

Shift those goalposts, you still are not fooling anyone.

You are the one cosntantly shifting goalposts, yet you accuse others of doing so.
Kind of like this woman you keep defending - she used the words "go back where you came from" and yet she accused the guy of doing so.
No wonder you like her.

 

[laughing dog]

So was she. But she was a much bigger ass because she made abig deal about it, called the media, accused him of saying "go back where you came from" when it was REALLY HER who used those words, etc. There is no contest here - she is the much bigger ass here.

Perhaps, depending on her motivations.

There is no evidence he did though.

His actual words are evidence. Duh.

You are the one cosntantly shifting goalposts, yet you accuse others of doing so.

Dude, that tactic is pathetic - accusing others of your faults to deflect attention away.

Kind of like this woman you keep defending - she used the words "go back where you came from" and yet she accused the guy of doing so.
No wonder you like her.

I did not defend her behavior nor her person. Nor have I written anything that would indicate to a rational person that I like or dislike her which explains your conclusion.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Pregnant women too?

If her pregnancy debilitates her so much that she could not stand in a regular check-out line a few minutes longer, why was she all of a sudden able to do that press conference standing with no apparent discomfort?

She was lying and grand-standing. But it's ok because she is black and female and pregnant, right?

You poor triggered soul.

 

[dismal]

Pregnant women too?

If her pregnancy debilitates her so much that she could not stand in a regular check-out line a few minutes longer, why was she all of a sudden able to do that press conference standing with no apparent discomfort?

She was lying and grand-standing. But it's ok because she is black and female and pregnant, right?

You poor triggered soul.

Aren't we all tired of this response from Jimmy?

And isn't it also is against forum rules?