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Originally posted by Scooter123:
Have any of you read about the context that triggered this confrontation. The complainant REGULARLY double parks and blocks a Traffic Lane because he doesn't want his kid to walk an extra 50 feet. To be blunt the guy complaining he was bullied is one of those assholes who doesn't give a shit about inconveniencing a bunch of other drivers. I will also point out that someday a kid may get hit because this double parking asshole blocked the line of visibility for a child crossing the street while someone was illegally passing this asshole.

So do you believe the mayor’s reaction was entirely appropriate? That’s what this thread is about. Your argument is deflecting.

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Originally posted by Scooter123:
To be blunt the guy complaining he was bullied is one of those assholes who doesn't give a shit about inconveniencing a bunch of other drivers.

Douchebags have a loooong history of being one of the most effective arrows in a reformer's quiver. The issue here is the jackassery behind the podium.

Truth to tell, if everyone behind the podium had been cool (and what kind of fool lets themselves be triggered by a troll in this modern age of the internutz?) then the douchebag would've gotten nowhere.

Parking? That is beside the point I was making when I started this thread, and as I said further down the page, I don't care if two adults have an argument. My anger at this asshole is that he knew there was a small child present and he knew he was scaring the daylights out of this child, and he went so far as to speak directly to the child, calling her father stupid.

I'll say it again- remember what the world was like when you were that small. Children are not used to strangers behaving that way with their parents.

My concern and my sympathy is for the child. If the kid hadn't been there or if the kid remained silent throughout the encounter, you wouldn't be seeing this thread, but you can hear the fear in that child's voice and that bully asshole kept it up.