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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell it finally happened. And I'm beyond livid.
So my (step) daughter goes out daily to walk the dog. She's 11 and well known, and liked, around the neighborhood. And there is an elderly widow who walks her dog every day so TJO and her have become friends and walk the dogs together. So I don't worry too much about harm coming to her.
I do tend to look out the window when she's out there though. Guess maybe I worry more than I let on. Anyway, yesterday, some pos was driving by and started shouting at TJO, "GO BACK TO YOUR OWN FUCKING COUNTRY YOU FUCKIN GOOK!". Did I mention that TJO is Asian?
Well, the widow and a neighbor who was working on his car started yelling at the idiot as he was driving away to get the f out of our neighborhood! And...TJO yelled at him "Trump sucks!" She may have gotten that from me, but I digress. I ran outside to see what was happening and the witnesses told me. The guy working on his car said that his wife had already called the cops and the widow said if we see him again she would help TJO if she needed help. I talked to the cop who showed up and indicated that if I saw the "guy" again, he was going to get an ass kicking. The cop told me to calm down, that apparently this may be the same guy that has been heard yelling at other minorities around town. All while in the safety of his moving car. Just another gutless trumpite coward.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)barbtries
(28,798 posts)they'll still be there. some will change, many will never.
iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)barbtries
(28,798 posts)i think i'll be feeling more relief. so much damage to repair.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)And its comforting to know that you had the support of your neighbors.
-Laelth
Baitball Blogger
(46,725 posts)But, be quick, since most recordings erase after three days.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)What a racist piece of human garbage to verbally assault a child like that. I LOVE the fact that she yelled back at him that trump sucks - even at eleven years old this bright young lady understands that the problem is HIM and trumpy people like him! You taught her well, a lot of youngsters her age might have internalized that hate and wrongly assumed that maybe something was wrong with them, but she rejected that! Brava!!!
kimbutgar
(21,155 posts)If your step daughter is out she should be carrying a phone to record his license plate.
rurallib
(62,420 posts)TJO should have one anyway when she is ourt walking. Just make sure she knows how to turn it on quickly and what she needs to record.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)I haven't run across one yet but if i do they'll be sorry they showed their true colors.
cayugafalls
(5,641 posts)You have great neighbors.
Me, not so much.
Stay well.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)Rebl2
(13,517 posts)demigoddess
(6,641 posts)they think Voledemort being president will protect them. Tell your daughter she's worth a hundred of him.
Ponietz
(2,974 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)Even from the safety of his car. What a chickenshit coward.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Bully, coward, racist, sadist, monster.
mcar
(42,334 posts)You sound like you are raising a fine daughter - and you've got good neighbors. I hope that racist, useless piece of trash gets his comeuppance - and soon.
RVN VET71
(2,691 posts)There's millions of them, all in the sunlight since Trump lifted the rock they were slithering under when he came down that escalator with his immigrant wife.
As for the daughter, she's a wonder-woman and I hope her father took pains to reward her for her composure and her very, very apt remark about the current unelected occupant of the WH.
Also, glad the family is in a neighborhood that shares their view of Trumpy racism and slobbery.
As for the police, yes, good on them. I hope they catch up with this cowardly bag of unpolished turds. But the cops advice was, of course, right on. It is best -- even when your child is verbally attacked from a passing car -- to avoid physical encounters because a)you might get hurt or killed and/or b)the racist snot-bubble might get hurt or killed by you in which case you could wind up behind bars.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)pandr32
(11,586 posts)Next time she can take a picture for the police and please hug her for all of us.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)or turned on quickly? Maybe quite a few people should have/use them.
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)I have a friend that is a dog walker and has had some weird interactions with people confronting him. He got a little camera that just sticks up out of his shirt pocket and uses it to record if he feels it's necessary. You hardly notice it.
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)orleans
(34,053 posts)good for her.
they need to go look for that fucking car.
Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Probably by one of the shell 501(c)(3) outfits that the GOP campaign uses for this class of dirty work. Rather like the crew they pay to strip Democratic candidate yard signs.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)Bigotry is done free of charge in this country.
I'll bet he is doing it because it either makes him feel good about himself or he actually thinks what he yells will get the results he hopes for.
Either way, there will be no shortage of Trumpyites in the coming years, of that I am sure.
These people, at their core, are terrified their "Father Knows Best/Leave it to Beaver/As White As We Can Be" TV Land America is going away, and they just don't know what to make of it, so they are lashing out.
Expect a SHITLOAD more of this sort of thing.
Just wait till the Evangelicals start getting more pushback, and the incompetent and unqualified judges McConnell rammed through start getting impeached!
Boy, that will be a scene!
Mister Ed
(5,938 posts)They're being relegated to the dustbin of history, and the world is moving on without them.
Dreampuff
(778 posts)Sorry your dear step daughter had to go through this. Wonderful child and great Neighbors!
Joe Nation
(963 posts)I'd call them animals but even animals are higher on the food chain than these bottom feeders.
H2O Man
(73,558 posts)your family was exposed to this aggressive ignorance and hatred. I have numerous family & friends who are Asian-Americans, and have been aware of the increase in episodes like this. And I can relate to your hoping to encounter the asswipe, to communicate in the language he understands. Oh, yes I do!
I used to keep close track of my daughters when they were that age. One day, a man stopped his car to talk to them -- until he saw me headed quickly his way. I'm old, but can still do a fuck of a lot of damage when it comes to my girls. He sped off, and I got enough information to identify the car when I called the police. Theyfound and warned him, and told the girls' mother they weren't going to identify him to me, as they thought I'd do harm to him.
Recommended.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)one of the best tools is to post the video on nextdoor and/or facebook and tag local police department while simultaneously file report with police. It is of paramount importance these incidents are made public, otherwise police may not even care. But they sure will when they need to answer to the entire neighborhood. Remember, in all likelihood, every singe police department in this country has at least one racist working there - you can never 100% trust theyll do the right thing, you must demand it - you are their ultimate employer.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)the people who should be pulled over regularly for no particular reason other than the car is suspicious as having been involved in incidents. A few times per day he is stopped by police. That could get old very quickly.
Joinfortmill
(14,427 posts)Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Every Trumpster has some of this guy in him.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)I'm worried what will happen after the election.
This shit isn't going away, I'm afraid.
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)Screaming at a child from a moving vehicle! I mean if that doesn't scream "bravery" and "patriotism", what does?!
What a POS! I am sorry your daughter had to experience such cruelty. Though, it made me laugh at her response. Let us know when you have to set up your "GoFundMe" page for bail money and legal costs!
brer cat
(24,572 posts)With luck, you or the police will identify the coward and get him away from your neighborhood.
Shanti Mama
(1,288 posts)They're in their 20s, starting out in the world. And all of a sudden they see the world as a lot less friendly. I'm glad they used to not feel this kind of racism -- only occasionally -- but now it has them a bit scared.
Sorry this happened to TJO. She sounds like a great kid, able to handle a lot, especially with your support.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)When he does get an ass kicking you will be suspect #1.
Now Skittles, and only Skittles can say that to a cop and get away with it.
JPPaverage
(508 posts)The cop was pretty cool about the whole thing
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NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)So many needed asskickings so little time.
titanicdave
(429 posts).....and there was a young Latino Couple with an older Latina Lady.....it was obvious that the older lady was visiting her family here in the US and that she could only communicate in Spanish.....some worthless POS overheard them talking together in Spanish and minding their own business when the POS started screaming at them,"this is America and we speak English.....you are a visitor here, so either speak English or get out of here"......when I stepped in and said, "well then, be a good host to our visitors" and so the POS climbed my frame, and I told him to make sure and go call Rush and tell him you found a liberal.....there are A-holes everywhere.....
JPPaverage
(508 posts)My kid speaks better English than an awful lot of adults
And she's more patriotic..
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I know a lot of posters asked you, but I never saw you answer.
JPPaverage
(508 posts)The neighbor and the widoe both gave a pretty good description.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Bigotry sucks, Good neighbors rock!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...and they are coming out of the woodwork. Factor in tRumplethinskin* down in all polls and Covid 19 up in all areas and the stage is set.