The lovely black woman also seems perfectly cast."Oh no, not work!"pic.twitter.com/RSfBNl90j9
— Stephen Knight 🎙️ (@GSpellchecker) June 12, 2025
But I'll assume they are real people in a real confrontation. Somebody's there with the camera, and they know it, but everything's in front of cameras these days. Human behavior is behavior for the camera now. Is this scene real? It's real in today's terms — real and very viral.
The scene is so perfect: The ordinary person, burdened in her daily life, is so reasonable, so appealing, and the man, cocksure in his cause, is so enragingly and hilariously awful. His cause is, to him, so obviously more important than her work. But what is his cause? It is, ironically, persons of color getting to work in the United States of America.
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Winning hearts and minds.
US courts, even in New York have been relatively unsympathetic to traffic stoppers once someone decides to run over a few of them. I recalled purple Grimmace in Boston but there’s also the stolen motorbike gang ‘taking back the streets’ only to have one of theirs flattened by a Range Rover. I could do without the death but ai like the lack of empowerment of the assholes.
I expect in 2025 there are Hawaiian judges ready to ignore law and precedent…
He even has a manbun. Ok this is too perfect.
He has been given a nickname by the X-affiliated, "ManBun McSoyBoy" and he is drinking a large beer, holding it in his hand, with a high ALC%, so he is feeling no pain here -- recreational protesting & rioting for $200/day...
Q: Should I get a man bun?
A: Are you Toshiro Mifune? If not, then you should not get a man bun.
I did not have a white powerpuff dude sarcastically telling a negro lady what fer>/i> on my bingo card. We live in interesting times.
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Don't undersell pure nihilism, Althouse. There is a lot of it around these days, calling itself something else. This guy is the Joker without the face paint.
It does seem too perfect a scenario. Not enough sputtering rage from Manbun, which is the true hallmark of our betters.
This 35 second video is a microcosm of left wing protests since the Vietnam War. Their supervening righteousness makes the problems of boring ordinary people irrelevant.
The fact that the victim is black makes for good right wing propaganda, but it ought to be irrelevant.
in the category of Quail’s broken record: pride – “me over you“ - is the root cause of this. If the motive were compassion, compassion could be shared among many people - all prople. But the motive isn’t compassion. The motive is “I must be above others - better than - others, and therefore whatever makes me ascend in my own metric and makes me better” than others, I will do, no matter how ironic or incoherent.
It becomes important to the prideful Person’s self image and self-esteem to maintain that position of superiority. That’s why they end up doing such incoherent or more extreme things. they get so they aren’t in an they get so they aren’t in a battle for other causes so much as they are in a battle for their own sense of self-worth - a battle that is driven by their motive to be better than others.
…I just assume they’re all paid actors on the same side politically.
In the category of Quail’s broken record: pride – “me over you“ - is the root cause of this. If the motive were compassion, compassion could be shared among many people - all prople. But the motive isn’t compassion. The motive is “I must be above others - better than others, and therefore whatever makes me ascend in my own metric and makes me “better” than others, I will do, no matter how ironic or incoherent.
It becomes important to the prideful Person’s self image and self-esteem to maintain that position of superiority. That’s why they end up doing such incoherent or more extreme things. they get so they aren’t in a battle for other’s causes so much as they are in a battle for their own sense of self-worth - a battle that is driven by their motive to be better than others.
…Masshole drivers sure don’t approve of this as a strategy. I think the protestors recognize that. No amount of money…
From the Google: “The German word for "punchable face" is Backpfeifengesicht. It's a compound word meaning "a face that's begging to be slapped" or "a face that deserves a punch". It's often used to describe someone whose face is particularly irritating or smug.”
And that’s just for the haranguing woman accompanying the dude.
I know, I know: men can’t hit women.
So some chick out there needs to step up.
As for the dude himself:
“For some English speakers, there is a distinction between a pimp slap and a bitch slap, in which a pimp slap is backhanded (delivered with the back of the hand), while a bitch slap is openhanded (delivered with the palm of the hand). For most speakers, however, the two terms are synonymous, referring equally to either kind of slap.”
There needs to be a service like Uber, that delivers pimp slaps. And bitch slaps.
If it takes more than 30 minutes for it to be delivered, then you get a free pizza.
I am Laslo.
That dude def has a most punch-able face. Multiple times.
This guy got a $115,000 settlement from the city following a BLM protest arrest a few years ago.
"There needs to be a service like Uber, that delivers pimp slaps. And bitch slaps."
They should call it Circle, because a Pimp's love is very different from that of a square. Also "Square" was already taken by that bozo Jack Dorsey.
It could also be called Ubgradd. They offer pimp slaps and bitch slaps...two "d's" for a double-dose of that pimpin.
I can't crow over this guy - I'm afraid the whole thing is, as our host suggests, a set piece. "My side" doesn't generally do those because it doesn't have to (the other side is usually only too happy to provide really awful exemplars even when nobody asks for them), but when everyone involved is so very Central Casting...
You lived in NYC professor, you know full well d bags like green shirt guy are the norm
One of the great things about being a paid protester is that you can be drunk and stoned while working.
It is, ironically, persons of color getting to work in the United States of America?
Brilliant.
There is an article on the internets that ranks the best movie pimps.
Number One is Harvey Keitel in “Taxi Driver”, and Number Two is Gary Oldman in “True Romance.”
Both are very good, but…
Am I not supposed to notice that both of them are white?
Because I can try to not notice that.
Like, I guess they are the Larry Bird of pimps.
But then Dolemite is only at Number Six.
Number Six?
And SuperFly Ron O’Neal isn’t even on the list.
White people on their laptops making lists and f#cking things up.
I am Laslo.
Decadent white leftists = yuck.
At least he wasn't wearing a mask - like most of the cowardly soros FBI-Antifa f-heads do.
When are minorities in this country going to wake up and realize that they are being used by the left.
Don't know why this seems fake to you. The dude is the picture of a trust fund libtard. Someone who never worked a day in his life and has been steeped in Democrat Party politics since elementary school. He's been doxxed so this isn't speculation. He's the product of the USA education system. Take a bow.
Manbun has dedicated his life to missing work, has had a lot of success in that endeavor and now wants to help others miss work.
X identified both these clowns. Manbun has been a Columbia college student for 11 years!
Manbun has dedicated his life to missing work
…I wouldn’t say he’s been missing it, Bob….
1st thing to realize:
The More Leftist you are.. The More RACIST you are.
Chest - LOL. 11 years? American leftwing college rots the brain.
Lol rehajm, he's just a high-flyer with manbunned upper-management written all over him!
Persons of Color? Peach, Orange, Black, Brown, Yellow, etc. Damn albinos.
The More RACIST you are.
DEIsts. Rabid DEIsm is a progressive woke of liberal license.
That said, diversity of individuals, minority of one. #HateLovesAbortion
"But what is his cause? It is, ironically, persons of color getting to work in the United States of America."
if this post was a tweet i woulda clicked on "Like" bc i haven't seen this elegant insight noticed or commented on anywhere else.
further, it is an excellent example of how progressive advocacy is characterized more by immediacy and exigencies than logic or practicalities.
"But the motive isn’t compassion. The motive is “I must be above others..."
"This guy got a $115,000 settlement from the city following a BLM protest arrest a few years ago. "
..."Manbun has been a Columbia college student for 11 years! "
..aannnd everything about this incident clicks right into place. One of the reasons I love Althouse and its community. The nice black lady should have delivered the slap.
Dang.
He sounds like a kid who thinks about work like a ten year old boy thinks about missing school for a snow day. He doesn't understand that people actually need to work or they don't get paid.
@Althouse, yes, Mr. Man-bun is aware of the cameras — he actually plays to the camera. You recognize that he’s coming across as being awful, and I consider that his smug facial expression invites a gob of spittle, but to himself and others in his bubble I’m sure he is viewed as downright noble.
The blocking of traffic is real, which weighs heavily in favor of "this is real." It would be quite a feat to set up a false flag operation like this in the middle of a real flag operation. You'd have to act fast and so much could go wrong.
Not sure if "ironically" is strong enough. His only true cause is virtue signaling. He doesn't actually give a shit about anyone, whatever color, who is just trying to work and go about their everyday life.
There are, apparently, no functioning mirrors in the dwellings of the far left.
Far left being the main stream of the D Party.
Clyde.... I'm still laughing.
Good grief. Stopping a black woman from going to work. Why her being black is supposed to make it so extra horrible is beyond me.
As for Mr. Manbun, its like Central casting called for "Annoying white twit, who you want to punch" and he showed up.
Manbun probably thinks he will work as an "intellectual" after the revolution. Got news for him. "The Revolution" has no need for a permanent student. From the look of him I doubt if he will survive the forced march to the labor camp.
"Manbun probably thinks he will work as an "intellectual" after the revolution."
They always think the same thing, and it's always wrong.
It's real. I also agree with another commenter, McSoyBoy was feeling no pain.
Reminds me of a comment made by some righty political campaigner pre-election--they had to dial back some of their talking points about Democrat policy insanity because too many of the normies thought they were making things up.
My gut level reaction- the guy is authentic- it is difficult to fake that level of sneering dismissiveness. It is possible the young lady complaining about not being able to get to work was acting just to draw out that guy for a camera.
Real.
Apparently, they're both real: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14805967/anti-ice-protestor-black-mother-manhattan-unmasked.html
It's interesting none of our resident Leftists have a single thing to say about this.
Not a single word.
I have not seen one protestor/rioter that can give a reasonable explanation for WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING! Everything they seem to be for is evil.
It's mindless, selfish, and violent virtue performance, and I'm past caring what happens to mindless, selfish, violent assholes. They have drained any compassion I might have had for protestors. I now cheer when bad shit happens to them.
Now consider what happened to Jan. 6th people who went to jail for years without trial, solitary confinement, torture and bankruptcy, sometimes for just being in the area and doing nothing. It's infuriating.
"It is, ironically, persons of color getting to work in the United States of America." With progs, is such an actual result the intent? Wouldn't they also be fine with all persons of color being on welfare? As long as they can signal virtue, deride the American people, and spit on ordinary folk?
Evidently, the guy claims he is a veteran.
"Trevor Britvec, 36… describing himself in his lawsuit as a US Army veteran who served in Afghanistan..."
Would love to know if that is actually true.
I am Laslo.
Back when Frank Hamer was a city marshal - in between his stints as a Ranger - he very rarely had to use his gun, which was a good thing for the other people involved. He mostly just delivered open-handed slaps to keep order, and they were very effective. There's something profoundly re-setting about having your bell rung by a hard slap. You simultaneously are diminished to a smaller and lower place in the hierarchy, while being made aware that there is something capable of doing much worse, outside of your ability to influence it.
Now that the two creeps have been identified, can their victim sue them? If their actions damaged her in any way, surely yes? Did she lose any pay by being late for work, either directly, by having her pay docked, or indirectly, in the form of a time-clock violation that might cause her to be fired if she has too many more in the future? I would love to see her take these two to court and win triple damages plus an additional award for pain and suffering (being seen on-line in the company of these two losers). If the total comes out to $115,000 after the lawyers get their cut, that would be icing on the cake.
I'm impressed the female black driver kept her cool. And protesters blocking roads is a planned and deliberate commission of a crime. If they had a permit, the police would be present at intersections and directing traffic elsewhere. Every last one of them should have been arrested. They knew what they were doing.
But don't blame the cops. Blame the police commissioner and area commander. The police on the streets don't have the authority to stop the protesters without orders from above.
Orval Faubus - 1957.
George Wallace - 1963.
These two authoritarian morons - 2025.
What do they have in common?
They are all racist Democrats that are blocking black children from the schoolhouse doors.
That smirk makes a normal person want to have this guy forced to eat his manbun!
That smirk makes me think that if she'd warned them both three times, then got in her car and run over and killed them, no jury in the world - not even a New York jury - would convict her.
Reminds me of a middle-aged black woman I worked with at a downtown D.C. government office years ago. She was out for a few days serving on a jury in a case where a woman had killed her husband. Someone asked after if she found the defendant guilty, and she said "Guilty? I woulda killed 'im too!". I still recall the look of total incredulity on her face.
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n.n said...
"Persons of Color? Peach, Orange, Black, Brown, Yellow, etc. Damn albinos."
Someone once said about albinos, "...you can never be too white." I always thought it was Archie Bunker, but search says it was Burns and Schreiber. Maybe Archie was quoting them.
they get so they aren’t in a battle for other’s causes so much as they are in a battle for their own sense of self-worth - a battle that is driven by their motive to be better than others.
“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.”
--T.S. Eliot
And protesters blocking roads is a planned and deliberate commission of a crime.
A menacing crowd that blocks people in their cars is committing kidnapping. That is a felony crime of violence and justifies deadly force in response.
Terrified motorists who run the Antifa scum over with their cars shouldn't even be arrested, and should be speedily acquitted if they are. But what we really need are for the kidnappers to be shot on the spot. Kill twenty or thirty of them, and watch the terrorist mobs melt away across the nation.
@Hassayamper, Eliot's "omnipotent moral busybodies" comes to mind. Describes these freaks to a T. Great quote. Saved.
I wonder if Mr. Britvec paid taxes on his settlement with the NYPD. It would be a shame if he were prosecuted for tax evasion.
Do you want to know how bad this already is?
Look up Stephanie Rapkin, an older liberal, with cancer, who spent several months in jail, for accindently driving into these scum while going to her law office.
Read the whole story.
Trent: when I look up Stephanie Rapkin, I get a lady who spat on BLM'ers and was arrested without a warrant in her house for the misdemeanor, and then got $750K from the Shorewood WI police. Which is maybe a more interesting story! But are you sure that's the name of the cancer-surviving driver?
JSM
Her cause is to follow a dream. A dream where men and women are judged by their character (e.g. productivity, responsibility, longevity). His cause is to share/shift responsibility with an entitled flair.
I feel fortunate to live in a town that contains no one like any of those three "people"
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