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by **Matt Drops The H** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:14 am

While I do not take stories of crime in the city lightly, neither do I enjoy reading ridiculous comments about how the city is one big "ghetto" or "pre-ghetto" as one commenter said. Racism, classism, and presuming the city is bad as a whole hamper efforts to better the crime situation.

Ideally, these comments would be better moderated. Some think they should be shut off altogether.

For now, they're here and I think we should respond.

Given that by the fifth comment on the site, someone will undoubtedly say: "I don't know why anyone remains in the city; it's one big ghetto controlled by thugs. I remember when it used to be white and safe.",

...we should develop stock responses that can simply be copied and pasted from this topic in order to save all of us time.

Can you give your best stock response?

by **Matt Drops The H** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:16 am

In case you lack inspiration, here is the latest. Surely it must be satire. I fear not.

stxman51 October 12, 2009 10:03AM CST

I'm glad I live 50 miles from the murder capital of Missouri. I don't even like driving thru your stinkin' city. The people who think their little piece of heaven is safe are living in fanasty land. It's only a matter of time before the dead bodies start showing up on your sidewalk. Why do you think so many people are moving out of St.Louis? Houses 4 feet away from each other that all look alike. Sometimes when the wind is blowing just right it brings the stench of St.Louis our way.

by **DeBaliviere** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:30 am

I'm not sure why these nut jobs even feel the need to comment. A person who lives 50 miles outside of the city obviously doesn't care much about it, so why comment?

by **Matt Drops The H** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:32 am

I suppose the best stock response is the shortest and sweetest:

"You have no idea what you're talking about."

by **MattnSTL** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:33 am

The question is, do these people actually live 50 miles out of the city, or do they just get some perverse satisfaction from putting down the city even if the live nearby, or in the city itself?

by **southsidepride** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:38 am

Among the standard commenters on STLToday there seems to be bragging rights for being

1. the most anti-city

2. owning the most weapons and having the most CCW permits

3. being the most anti-Obama, anti-Democratic Party

4. supposedly never ever benefiting from a govt. program

5. whining the most when the "liberal rag" based in downtown STL occasionally deletes one of your posts for being blatantly racist, off topic, etc. even though dozens of others almost as bad made it through.

by **krykel** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:58 am

I actually do have a stock response, I may just have to jump on there right now.

by **BL211** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:08 pm

They are just looking to validate their decision to live in little boxes made of ticky tacky.

by **Grover** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:26 pm

Nice idea. I would love for there to be a stock response that a lot of us could use to show that there is organized, persistent support for living in the city and not just one or two feeble (however well-reasoned) responses. We should overwhelmed them.

by **DeBaliviere** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:38 pm

Grover wrote:Nice idea. I would love for there to be a stock response that a lot of us could use to show that there is organized, persistent support for living in the city and not just one or two feeble (however well-reasoned) responses. We should overwhelmed them.

Are you thinking we should all use the same response? That could be great.

by **Grover** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:11 pm

Sure. This wouldn't work, but I feel like posting:

I'm white. I'm married. I have a daughter. Neither I nor anyone in my family has been shot, assaulted or robbed. Our home and cars have not been broken into. We walk and take MetroLink to work, walk to Forest Park, walk to dozens of unique restuarants and shops and in the time we do not spend mowing a too-large yard or driving to a store or work or school we spend time with our friends and neighbors.

Alternatively, we could post a response EVERY SINGLE TIME anything bad happens outside the city. Murder, robbery, car wreck, you-name-it. "Glad I live in the City and avoided X."

by **Matt Drops The H** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:50 pm

We need to come up with a fake acronym/citizens group. This fake group will have a constitution whose articles can be cited.

For example, the group could be Citizens Opposed to Posting Stupidity. Stltoday.com COPS.

by **Grover** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:46 pm

Why not City Residents Against Posting from the Suburbs = CRAPS

Edit: OK, I shouldn't really make this about the city v. suburbs.....

City Residents Against Posting Stupidity

by **newstl2020** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:55 pm

St. Louis' Up-lifting Tenants... or SLUT.

Let's see how long we can keep this game up!

by **southsidepride** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:01 pm

Don't

Overexaggerate

Urban

Crime

Happenings

Electronically

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