Comments on: 67-year-old man beats down young thug on public bus http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/ True life stories collected from places far and near, examining the sublime intersection between culture and human behavior. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:35:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bus number 10 « mkrenzstrose http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Bus number 10 « mkrenzstrose Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:17:09 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-798 [...] INCIDENT NUMBER TWO! [...] [...] INCIDENT NUMBER TWO! [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1">Re'Ann Ranson</fb:name> http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Re'Ann Ranson Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:15:10 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-366 The fact remains as a whole; Human life has lost it's value. Here we are in the year 2010 evolved so far in life and cant seem to find the simplest answer to something as twisted violence against others & world peace. I am 38 and a female on this planet who thru my time here has seen more then i care to say i have experienced personally. I have watched many events in my life that have made me realize simply this.. No one person is any better then the other, different yes better no. No one has the right to degrade or judge another for the circumstances that one has in their life. When we all can grow up and learn that we all need each other and this planet and each other in the end our all we are ever gonna have. The world will become a better place. Human Life is valuable Every human life.. The fact remains as a whole; Human life has lost it’s value. Here we are in the year 2010 evolved so far in life and cant seem to find the simplest answer to something as twisted violence against others & world peace. I am 38 and a female on this planet who thru my time here has seen more then i care to say i have experienced personally. I have watched many events in my life that have made me realize simply this.. No one person is any better then the other, different yes better no. No one has the right to degrade or judge another for the circumstances that one has in their life. When we all can grow up and learn that we all need each other and this planet and each other in the end our all we are ever gonna have. The world will become a better place. Human Life is valuable Every human life..

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1">Hayley Pridgen</fb:name> http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Hayley Pridgen Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:02:59 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-313 the young man hit the older guy first and i think he got what he deserved. whos bad now! the young man hit the older guy first and i think he got what he deserved. whos bad now!

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1">Justin Guimbellot</fb:name> http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Justin Guimbellot Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:16:35 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-312 First of all there is a thing called freedom of speech. And the law upholds this right. So if the young man had a problem with what the old man was saying he should've notified someone of authority. But that's the problem with racism as an issue. Everyone has to watch their mouth. There is no freedom in that. So unbiased decisions from person to person is the only solution. Not one person threatening another over what might be "a racist comment".Or what is for sure "a racist comment". I won't be oppressed, judged, or analyzed by anyone using "racism" as a crutch. I myself dislike everyone equally. I'm not much of a people person and i don't have to tell you why. That is my right just as it is the right of the old man on the bus who else wants to push their oppinion? First of all there is a thing called freedom of speech. And the law upholds this right. So if the young man had a problem with what the old man was saying he should’ve notified someone of authority. But that’s the problem with racism as an issue. Everyone has to watch their mouth. There is no freedom in that. So unbiased decisions from person to person is the only solution. Not one person threatening another over what might be “a racist comment”.Or what is for sure “a racist comment”. I won’t be oppressed, judged, or analyzed by anyone using “racism” as a crutch. I myself dislike everyone equally. I’m not much of a people person and i don’t have to tell you why. That is my right just as it is the right of the old man on the bus who else wants to push their oppinion?

]]> By: ‘Epic Beard Man’ documentary reveals history of violence, troubled past - Matthew Newton - Annals of Americus - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-301 ‘Epic Beard Man’ documentary reveals history of violence, troubled past - Matthew Newton - Annals of Americus - True/Slant Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:17:14 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-301 [...] a new documentary about  Thomas Bruso (aka ‘Epic Beard Man’), we are shown an intimate, and at times disturbing, portrait of a man whose life has been [...] [...] a new documentary about  Thomas Bruso (aka ‘Epic Beard Man’), we are shown an intimate, and at times disturbing, portrait of a man whose life has been [...]

]]> By: Michael, the man beaten by Thomas Bruso aka ‘Epic Beard Man’ on AC Transit bus, speaks out - Matthew Newton - Annals of Americus - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Michael, the man beaten by Thomas Bruso aka ‘Epic Beard Man’ on AC Transit bus, speaks out - Matthew Newton - Annals of Americus - True/Slant Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:23:13 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-282 [...] the man beaten down by Thomas Bruso aka “Epic Beard Man” on an AC Transit bus in Oakland, Ca. last week, recently spoke out [...] [...] the man beaten down by Thomas Bruso aka “Epic Beard Man” on an AC Transit bus in Oakland, Ca. last week, recently spoke out [...]

]]> By: gkcooper http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-276 gkcooper Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:37 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-276 And why isn't the old white guy a "thug"? And why isn’t the old white guy a “thug”?

]]> By: Matthew Newton http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Matthew Newton Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:02:33 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-273 I wouldn't say I jumped to the conclusion. But you raise an interesting point. The young black man in the video is posturing like he's hard, acting and talking tough. If you look at the term "thug" as a strictly racial stereotype, then maybe you've successfully called out my "naked bigotry." But terms like these are loose cultural descriptors. If the young man on the bus had been a white man dressed in a long sleeve flannel shirt buttoned up to the neck, wearing a pair of sunglasses and talking tough would I have chosen "thug" as a descriptor? Maybe. Or perhaps I would have called him a "punk." I wouldn’t say I jumped to the conclusion. But you raise an interesting point. The young black man in the video is posturing like he’s hard, acting and talking tough. If you look at the term “thug” as a strictly racial stereotype, then maybe you’ve successfully called out my “naked bigotry.” But terms like these are loose cultural descriptors. If the young man on the bus had been a white man dressed in a long sleeve flannel shirt buttoned up to the neck, wearing a pair of sunglasses and talking tough would I have chosen “thug” as a descriptor? Maybe. Or perhaps I would have called him a “punk.”

]]> By: shackindawoods http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-269 shackindawoods Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:21:40 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-269 Why did you jump to the conclusion that the black guy is a "thug?" You didn't call the white guy what he has clearly demonstrated himself to be, "a violent mentally ill man." I'm a 52-yr old white guy but as I watched that video it was clear to me from the start that the old guy was agitating for a fight and knew just how far to go without appearing to be an instigator. This is the guy's M.O. He goes around all day agitating. Most people see him for what he is and steer clear. But once in awhile he has a good day and gets in a few punches. The fact that you so readily attached a stereotypical epithet to the black guy and not the white guy is such a naked display of bigotry I'm surprised more readers haven't called you out on it. It's no different than the kind of things being said on that bus. Why did you jump to the conclusion that the black guy is a “thug?” You didn’t call the white guy what he has clearly demonstrated himself to be, “a violent mentally ill man.”

I’m a 52-yr old white guy but as I watched that video it was clear to me from the start that the old guy was agitating for a fight and knew just how far to go without appearing to be an instigator. This is the guy’s M.O. He goes around all day agitating. Most people see him for what he is and steer clear. But once in awhile he has a good day and gets in a few punches.

The fact that you so readily attached a stereotypical epithet to the black guy and not the white guy is such a naked display of bigotry I’m surprised more readers haven’t called you out on it. It’s no different than the kind of things being said on that bus.

]]> By: kurtfawnigat http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/02/21/respect-your-elders-67-year-old-man-beats-down-young-thug/comment-page-1/#comment-254 kurtfawnigat Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:49:16 +0000 http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/?p=2463#comment-254 I'm struggling to figure out what it is about this that's supposed to be interesting. I’m struggling to figure out what it is about this that’s supposed to be interesting.

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