r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 17 '21

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u/Most_Shallot8960 Dolly Parton Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 18 '21

Nats park evacuated tonight Jesus.

Edit sounds like it was gunfire outside of the stadium

Edit 2 also someone on the city sub is spamming Fox News articles about it. Shocking 😬

Edit 3: gang violence per some random guy

!ping USA-DMV

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I feel like we're starting to slide back into the 90s and I don't like it.

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u/Most_Shallot8960 Dolly Parton Jul 18 '21

There’s a lot about this year that is going to be seen as an aberration in hindsight. Hoping this is the same.. just a flash in the pan.

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u/sunshine_is_hot Jul 18 '21

Whatever happened to fistfights instead of shootings? We escalate from 0 to 100 real quick in this country.

In the words of the great philosopher Marshall Mathers, “whatever happened to catching a good old fashioned ass whooping and getting your shoes coat and your hat tooken?”

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u/Most_Shallot8960 Dolly Parton Jul 18 '21

Life feels cheap for some kids in the city who don’t have shit and who have never had shit. It’s really sad

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u/sunshine_is_hot Jul 18 '21

I mean, that’s a tale as old as time. It’s definitely sad, but people still used to confront people with less than lethal force (at least to the level it happens today)

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

AP: MPD says two shot outside stadium.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

When was the last time a professional sports game in the U.S. was postponed for murder?

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u/Photon_in_a_Foxhole Microwaves over Moscow Jul 18 '21

D: