Hi PizzaRat. You have a lot of thoughts about my posts. I have thoughts about yours. Please note, none of the below is an attack. You and others may not like my thoughts, but not liking my thoughts doesn't necessarily make them attacks.
Lol, CaptainFlannel would've liked me to give him a big old hug!
Firstly, you and a few other posters really seem to be intentionally misunderstanding my posts about compassion for the mentally ill. I say intentionally misunderstanding because because I have clarified compassion for the mentally ill includes thoughts towards and words about the mentally ill, and outright mocking of my statements to suggest I am encouraging people to give hugs to people suffering from mental illness and are acting in a threatening way is unkind towards the mentally ill. I think the question for you and others to contemplate is why are you mocking the idea of showing compassion through words and thoughts in a neighborhood forum where it is likely some of your neighbors who actually suffer from mental illness (depression, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, bi-polar depression) frequent and what impact do you think that might have on someone suffering from an already deeply stigmatized disorder?
Wow! This is extremely insensitive.
I'm sorry my question upset you, but I don't think it's insensitive to ask if you reported criminal behavior to the authorities that are actually tasked with dealing with criminal behavior when you stated you would have done so if if you had taken a video. I'm not sure why having a video would have made it worth it, while a phone call to the precinct without a video isn't. I don't think asking for clarification from you is unfair or unkind.
Let's be clear, it's not like I asked a rape survivor why she didn't report her sexual assault. And please note, talking to the police doesn't necessarily mean going up to the precinct to file a report. A phone call to the precinct to simply say "FYI guys, there's a dude at the 74th St. station Broadway entrance running around whacking off his wang at random women. He does this a lot. Perhaps you can send an officer there?" qualifies as reporting.
If women reported every man that exposed themselves in public, they'd be talking to the police a whole lot. This is actually a regular occurrence in Jackson Heights (and everywhere in the city) that can be very traumatizing.
This posts seems to be directed at me specifically, so let me point out that you are making an assumption about my gender, something you and others have done in the past. You don't know my gender, so perhaps you could refrain from trying to educate me about the daily realities of being a woman? I also know that public exposure is not as common as you are making it out to be. It's not a daily occurrence for most women, and the onus is on you to provide evidence that the majority of women in Jackson Heights are exposed to this kind of behavior "a whole lot." Additionally, it would be helpful for context to know what you consider "a whole lot" to be. Twice a year? twice a month? twice a week? twice a day?
So please don't tell me that I need to report something that has never been taken seriously.
I did not tell you what you need to do, PizzaRat. I asked you if you reported what happened, or if you did not but posted about it on a online forum.
A blatant example I can think of is when there was a man who was taking upskirt photos and pics of women's butts in Jackson Heights and posting them on a Tumblr blog talking about the bodies of all these women in Jackson Heights. It was absolutely disgusting, and it was discussed on this forum. The police were notified and did nothing to find or stop this guy
Yes, that is disgusting. How do you know the police did nothing to find or stop this guy rather than the police were simply unsuccessful? Do you have some insider information you can share here that provides evidence the police did nothing?
Unfortunately, with no police presence and the police not caring about these types of problems, people are dissuaded from taking action.
You seem to have a pretty low opinion of the police PizzaRat if you sincerely believe the NYPD as an institution and the individual officers don't care that a man is exposing his genitals in public. And I will point out, it's a strange juxtaposition to simultaneously complain about no police presence and also state it's a waste of time to make a phone call that will provide data to the police about an ongoing problem -- if you want police presence.
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