Liberals are the smartest people on the planet. I can totally see the logic he's using. Makes perfect sense. Oh yeah.
Yeah, I totally get where this guy is coming from. Brilliant.
Posted on 07/14/2017 1:07:42 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A councilman in Seattle is reportedly opposed to hosing sidewalks that reek of excrement near a local courthouse because he fears that it might be racially insensitive.
No, this is not a joke.
The area surrounding King County Superior Court includes a homeless shelter and other social-services organizations and has become an “unsanitary and potentially frightening” scene — one “that reeks of urine and excrement” — according to an article in the Seattle Times. Desperate for help with the disgusting environment, two of the court’s judges have asked the city to please power-wash the poop-covered sidewalks. That seems like a pretty reasonable request, but apparently, one councilman is worried that doing so might be a form of microaggression.
According to the Times, Councilmember Larry Gossett “said he didn’t like the idea of power-washing the sidewalks because it brought back images of the use of hoses against civil-rights activists.”
Now, I’m not trying to diminish the struggles of civil-rights activists, but Gossett’s concern here is nothing short of insane. I mean, seriously — who even thinks of such a thing? I see people power-washing bodily fluids off of the streets of New York City (including streets outside of courthouses) all the time, and I have not once seen any of them being called racist. To be fair, this city does still smell terrible, so the power-washing plan might not be the perfect solution on practical grounds, but at least it’s a start. What else are you going to do — not wash them? Because I really, really reject the idea that leaving sidewalks covered with human bodily waste is the less offensive move in this (or any) situation.
Anyone over the age of three knows that if you see poop somewhere, it’s supposed to be cleaned up. What’s more, most little kids could probably also tell you that said clean-up is supposed to involve water. In fact, before this, I would have told you that this is probably the least controversial opinion in human history.
But social-justice alarmism can do a great job of turning the clearly uncontroversial into an outrage, and often at the expense of basic logic and practicality. It’s not that all social-justice activism is bad, of course. It’s great to be nice, and it’s great to be sensitive, but an obsession with social justice and political correctness can make people’s brains start to malfunction — and I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen a better example of that than this.
Can't smell any worse than Tacoma.
These people have lost their minds
The leader of BLM compares himself to a chimp and I'm sure he knows himself better than anybody.
Leader Of Black Lives Matter Say Planet Of The Apes Is Racist Because It Mocks Him
And they don't even bother looking for them.
I can see that. Especially since the results would be the same...clearing the $#!T off the streets.
Taking a dump might be racially insensitive, this bozo better stop doing it.
Councilmember Larry Gossett is a racist.
This joke of a human being is in an elective office. I’m not sure who is the bigger loser this guy or those whom elected him
ARE THESE PEOPLE CRAZY?????
THEY CAN'T KEEP PEOPLE FROM DEFECATING ON THE SIDEWALKS??????????????
SAN FRANCISCO! HONOLULU! SEATTLE! THESE PEOPLE CANNOT GOVERN THEMSELVES. WE NEED A RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO TAKE OVER THESE PLACES AND RESTORE CIVILIZATION!
Geez, even the McDonald's and Love's Truck Stop down the highway from my farm, power wash their drive-thru, gasoline lanes and sidewalks.
I'm sure they're doing it to microaggress filthy people? Litterers? Bums? The homeless? Who then? /sarcasm/
I think they go it to keep the place clean for their customers. Which is what this joke of a Seattle city leader should figure out. I know liberals are slow on the uptake, but this one's a no-brainer.
They are dangerously incompetent. The cannot govern themselves.
The racially obsessed see racism everywhere.
I remember being station in,Baghdad, with the US Army and the entire city smelled like crap.
Nowadays it is probably a lot cleaner and it is Americans cities like an open sewer.
I swear to God,there is something in crazy people that likes wallowing in excrement.
It sure is insensitive—hosing off the brown to exhibit the white sidewalks underneath. /S
Councilmember Larry Gossett is a racist.
I had a friend who had a spare room that he rented to Gossett so that Gossett - who was married at the time - could bring his girlfriends there.
I agree it is insensitive to wash that poop up and dissipate the urine smell, leave it there and let the locals smell it all day.
[ These people have lost their minds
And they don’t even bother looking for them. ]
Ya can’t find what ya never had.
Just sayin’.
The most important thing is to look for racism EVERYWHERE.
Is it true they hose the excrement into a Starbucks supply container?
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