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thehillshaveI t1_jbbw1kj wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Re: Racism in Federal Hill. by frog20-1

>He’ll take some pieces out and put new pieces in," said Pereira. "He will go out there no matter what. He does not realize he’s 80 he’s got that Peter Pan Syndrome. We tell him he’s 80 and he’s like 'Nah, nah, I’m good."'

>Milano said the display takes a lot of work, but it's always worth it.

>“This my hobby and this my tradition left by my father. Nobody can stop what is my dream," said Geno. “Mentally it’s hard to do, because you have to know exactly how you have to build everything, painting, because you have to prepare all these things on time for Christmas."

>The display, which consists of over 400 pieces, is very detailed.

well he and his family seem to think he is, when they're not claiming he's just too old and italian to understand racism

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jbbyu0w wrote

Going just from listening to him talking and multiple people's firsthand accounts that are not just some anonymous person on Reddit, I'm not sure the dude is playing with all his marbles.

And the narrative that an 80 year old immigrant just randomly is going all "THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN" while living in Rhode Island doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, especially since he's living in an area with a shit-ton of black and brown people living nearby and passing by his house everyday.

Hell, are we even 100% positive that he is the one who put the flag up? Or have we learned nothing in the past 2 weeks since this

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thehillshaveI t1_jbbzzwq wrote

>Hell, are we even 100% positive that he is the one who put the flag up?

there's the video of him doing it

i mean you see this guy hanging a confederate flag and you're willing to believe this complicated story about how he just didn't know better instead of the much simpler explanation that he wanted to hang it.

we could go back and forth all night but the fact is you see him fly a symbol of owning black people and you're willing to give every benefit of the doubt.

>And the narrative that an 80 year old immigrant

he's lived in the states longer than either of us have been alive. you think it's more likely he avoided learning what this flag was for more than half a century but randomly raised one yesterday without knowing. i find the idea that he just likes it much more plausible

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jbc2ohg wrote

>there's the video of him doing it

There's a video of a flag that's already up and him climbing and reaching for the rope. That could just as easily be him taking it down. I really don't know.

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>i mean you see this guy hanging a confederate flag and you're willing to believe this complicated story about how he just didn't know better instead of the much simpler explanation that he wanted to hang it.

we could go back and forth all night but the fact is you see him fly a symbol of owning black people and you're willing to give every benefit of the doubt.

I believe in Occam's Razor and a random octogenarian decided to knowingly antagonize everyone who passes by his house and paint a target on him and his home, but only for like....a couple of hours before changing his mind? That isn't the simplest solution. Frankly, it makes no sense at all.

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thehillshaveI t1_jbc3f8c wrote

>There's a video of a flag that's already up and him climbing and reaching for the rope. That could just as easily be him taking it down. I really don't know.

what i like about this reply is you're trying even harder to defend him than his family. in your version he's now the hero pulling the flag down! it's beautiful!

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jbc54p6 wrote

I can not stress how little I care about this. I do care about common sense though and I feel like people are sidestepping past that because of the inflammatory nature of this.

People are acting like they're going to attack an 80 year old or his home over this and it's kind of fucked up. Even if the absolute worst case scenario is true, what's the endgame of this outrage train?

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thehillshaveI t1_jbc77ou wrote

>People are acting like they're going to attack an 80 year old or his home over this

reply to those people then. i'm not.

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Previous_Floor t1_jbcgg64 wrote

>i'm not.

Maybe not, but you're encouraging others to do it.

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thehillshaveI t1_jbcgvwu wrote

except i'm not. i get that you like lying, but you look like an idiot when anyone can view my history and see i haven't once encouraged anyone to hurt this guy.

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Previous_Floor t1_jbci3dv wrote

>i haven't once encouraged anyone to hurt this guy.

Not in so many words, but you're not fooling anyone.

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thehillshaveI t1_jbcit84 wrote

>Not in so many words,

so we agree i didn't encourage violence

>but you're not fooling anyone

but that you're gonna say i implied it because you're a bad faith troll.

glad we came to this understanding.

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Previous_Floor t1_jbckeww wrote

You're too much of a coward to admit it. Although you kind of already did when you said "call the cops then nerd" in response to me saying "Whether you realize it or not, you're inciting violence".

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/11l0xfh/re_racism_in_federal_hill/jbbxh3f/?context=3

Not to mention the cowardly way you went about firing an employee.

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thehillshaveI t1_jbclpl6 wrote

>Although you kind of already did when you said "call the cops then nerd"

try not to hurt yourself with that stretch guy

three comments ago i was encouraging violence. then i was implying it. now calling you a nerd is apparently a threat to this old man.

keep squirming, this is fucking hilarious

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Previous_Floor t1_jbcq3si wrote

Again, you're not fooling anyone.

The old man apologized. Whether or not it was sincere, he took corrective action. It's over.

And yet here you are...still trying to incite violence. Pathetic.

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