I mean, a criminal record really doesn’t mean much. Serial jaywalking by a college during the first week of summer quarter will net you plenty of citations, but I see nothing wrong with it.
Agreed, but when the messaging propaganda has been “MS13! We’re going after the worst of the worst!” and the reality is arresting Abuelas with no criminal records who have been here 40 or 50 years… yeah…
Even more so when you realize that demonizing “jaywalking” was a corrupt scheme by rich fucks to steal the streets from the people and it shouldn’t be illegal at all.
I still don’t understand how the term caught on. “Jay” is fantastic, as far as pejoratives go. It’s evocative and descriptive and just gosh darn tasty. But “jaywalker” feels like saying someone has a green thumb for construction. Just, like, what the fuck are you trying to say? It’s just an absolute abortion of a word, and my feelings on it have only grown stronger over the years. A stupid word for a stupid cause
I mean, a criminal record really doesn’t mean much. Serial jaywalking by a college during the first week of summer quarter will net you plenty of citations, but I see nothing wrong with it.
Agreed, but when the
messagingpropaganda has been “MS13! We’re going after the worst of the worst!” and the reality is arresting Abuelas with no criminal records who have been here 40 or 50 years… yeah…As they say, if they’re white, say good night. If they’re brown, put them down.
Even more so when you realize that demonizing “jaywalking” was a corrupt scheme by rich fucks to steal the streets from the people and it shouldn’t be illegal at all.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2022/06/how-lobbyists-from-the-auto-industry-invented-jaywalking/
I still don’t understand how the term caught on. “Jay” is fantastic, as far as pejoratives go. It’s evocative and descriptive and just gosh darn tasty. But “jaywalker” feels like saying someone has a green thumb for construction. Just, like, what the fuck are you trying to say? It’s just an absolute abortion of a word, and my feelings on it have only grown stronger over the years. A stupid word for a stupid cause