Ha... hypocrites who believe in censorship are downvoting this video

I don't necessarily have anything against the video; frankly though it fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift. I downvoted for your tags, which imply that criminals somehow comprise the culture of some group, which shall remain nameless. And your description, which attempts to make a criminal act political.

>> ^longde:

It fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift.


As I don't live in the USA, the tags & political point @longde made don't mean anything to me, so I downvoted purely for agreeing with the first half of his statement. I signed up to the sift to see content, not somebody's humiliation spammed across the web. "WorldStarHipHop" immediately came to mind when I saw the video & if I want to see this type of stuff I'll sign up there, not here.

AWESOME ! WE CAN VOTE ON A VIDEO BASED ON ITS TAGS NOW ? ! kickass ! everything marinara submits should be downvoted then.

Oh I see, not shitty tags, just ones we dont like. gotcha

>> ^longde:

I don't necessarily have anything against the video; frankly though it fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift. I downvoted for your tags, which imply that criminals somehow comprise the culture of some group, which shall remain nameless. And your description, which attempts to make a criminal act political.
If the cultural groups in this video were reversed, wouldn't you take the opposite position on those points?

Of course not. Why would I say that a bunch of white thugs robbing Urkel represented white culture? Also, I have encountered enough criminals of all colors to know that a mugging -even an extravagant one- isn't a political statement. >> ^chilaxe:

>> ^longde:
I don't necessarily have anything against the video; frankly though it fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift. I downvoted for your tags, which imply that criminals somehow comprise the culture of some group, which shall remain nameless. And your description, which attempts to make a criminal act political.
If the cultural groups in this video were reversed, wouldn't you take the opposite position on those points?

I will downvote this.
Not because of the event but for the way that it is edited. The beginning is cut off and all that remains is the violent act itself.

There are better, more conclusive versions of this video that are better and explain context for what is happening. Yes, it's akin to a mugging. It is a racial attack buy a group of teens mobbing a white male. It starts slow and then escalates from there.

This video sensationalizes the end result and focuses only on part of it. Therefore the video holds no water. I suggest finding a version that is complete, or better yet has some news commentary with it.

Here is the beginning of this video: http://youtu.be/0dENltReP1U

If a black person was targeted by not a lone white criminal but an entire white mob for this because of their ethnicity, it'd be national news.

Videosift always supports that because racism, and in particular group hate crimes, are seen as representing larger cultural and practical realities.

There'd be no comments that it should be downplayed by the media and restricted to sites like WorldStarHipHop.

>> ^longde:

Of course not. Why would I say that a bunch of white thugs robbing Urkel represented white culture? Also, I have encountered enough criminals of all colors to know that a mugging -even an extravagant one- isn't a political statement. >> ^chilaxe:
>> ^longde:
I don't necessarily have anything against the video; frankly though it fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift. I downvoted for your tags, which imply that criminals somehow comprise the culture of some group, which shall remain nameless. And your description, which attempts to make a criminal act political.
If the cultural groups in this video were reversed, wouldn't you take the opposite position on those points?

This crime has nothing to do with race. Put a black man in the same situation, and the same would happen.

1. He wasn't targeted because he was white. He was targeted because he was drunk, alone and unable to defend himself. The same thing would have happened to a black dude in an equivalent situation, except then you wouldn't care.

2. As I pointed out in a similar video, that's Baltimore. Black people are robbed, beaten, and killed in that violent city every fucking day. There are enough of these disgusting videos online to show that these thugs will attack anyone of any demographic.

3. Apparently you don't realize that white people commit crimes too. Every day. Sometimes in groups (called "gangs"). And some of those crimes target black people. The instances where a gang or a group of drunk, rowdy white boys attack a black victim are not all national news. >> ^chilaxe:

If a black person was targeted by not a lone white criminal but an entire white mob for this because of their ethnicity, it'd be national news.
Videosift always supports that because racism, and in particular group hate crimes, are seen as representing larger cultural and practical realities.
There'd be no comments that it should be downplayed by the media and restricted to sites like WorldStarHipHop.
>> ^longde:
Of course not. Why would I say that a bunch of white thugs robbing Urkel represented white culture? Also, I have encountered enough criminals of all colors to know that a mugging -even an extravagant one- isn't a political statement. >> ^chilaxe:
>> ^longde:
I don't necessarily have anything against the video; frankly though it fits better on WorldStarHipHop than videosift. I downvoted for your tags, which imply that criminals somehow comprise the culture of some group, which shall remain nameless. And your description, which attempts to make a criminal act political.
If the cultural groups in this video were reversed, wouldn't you take the opposite position on those points?

http://videosift.com/video/Another-Hate-Crime-Committed-in-America>> ^Sagemind:

Here is the beginning of this video: http://youtu.be/0dENltReP1U

Also, show me the video on videosift in your hypothetical, a raw video where a group of whites attack a black kid.

This is beyond disgusting and doesn't belong on VS. Go to WorldStar or Liveleak for your fix of violence and disgusting ignorance.

It's clearly a racial/hate crime when he's being assaulted by people who are taking glee from the attack itself, AFTER he's already beed mugged "for everything" (as shown in the YT video). Knocking him out, stripping him down, laughing with glee in his face... all these people are disgusting pieces of shit.

Moving this video to chilaxe's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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