Sounds like you were singled out by someone who supports Russia and sounds more like a hate crime to me more than anything. Sorry about that
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
As someone who attends music events in New York frequently, the primary concern the security guards care about is that you’re not bringing a gun into the venue. Secondary concern being hard drugs, depending on the venue and act. Msg definitely does not want drugs. Thinking that the underpaid and overworked security staff has a political agenda is absurd when they already have to deal with your bridge and tunnel antics.
Although MSG is owned by that guy who used facial recognition cameras to ban one of the lawyers suing him from attending an event there. Very funny little dystopian anecdote.
Forgot about that little nugget
Security staff are a subtype of cop. A lesser cop. But they have the brain worms
Undoubtedly. Still profiling and protecting capital using force. I was only trying to add some context to the situation and point out the absurdity that these people would have a political agenda in the form of being a Russian troll or that constitutes a hate crime. These redditors need to touch grass and speak to someone offline.
Oh yeah you’re absolutely right that the average cop (Of any variety) isn’t going to give a shit about your Ukraine flag. And of the many hate crimes that security guys and cops do on a daily basis, this wouldn’t rank even if they had been targeted for their flag.
Of course they do. But I promise you that unarmed security at a mass gathering event like this will not give a shit about 90% of the things going on otherwise they’ll bring K9s to sniff out your drugs. There’s simply too much going on to single people like this. At worst they’ll sexually assault you under the guise of full body check.
Unless you’re at the Super Bowl in which case the cops will have a sniper trained at your forehead at all times.
Many of them do have serious brainworms, but so do plenty of other workers. Security is not cops lol, that’s a serious insult we should not just throw around at anybody. Cops have real power over people and every single one of them has agreed to use that power, violently, to oppress workers. 90% of security does literally nothing and most of the other 10% still say “if the boss tells me to do violence against someone i will say no because I don’t get paid enough for that”
That’s a very white comment. Security of various stripes exist on a spectrum of course, but denying their propensity to play pseudo cop and to engage in enforcement of racist and class based oppression is ignorant.
Anyone can play pseudo cop, nothing about the job of security requires that. Unlike, you know, being a cop.
But yeah fuck it whatever, starbucks baristas are landlords too. Just say whatever. Words don’t mean anything.
Yeah man, the people who follow poc around in shops or keep them out of places of business aren’t part of a racist culture and pointing that out is the same as calling a barista a landlord. You sure are making a point.
A starbucks barista is expected to gatekeep who’s allowed in their place of business too. Basically everyone in retail is working security as part of their job. They’re all cops, right?
A security guard gets a special uniform, sometimes a badge, the authority to use force, and is the first point of contact in any emergency.
A barista is expected to tell a homeless guy he can’t use the bathroom without buying something then calling the cops when he pisses on the floor. Most jobs involving “reporting” and “gatekeeping” is this.
the authority to use force
This is the important part, and no they fucking don’t. Cops have the monopoly on violence. Security guards are not cops and do not have any special authority to use force that anyone else doesn’t. The idea of a security guard arresting someone is made up movie bullshit
They literally asked if it would be the same for an American flag and the person said yes.
Apparently they’re committing a hate crime against literally everybody.
Or they’re cool
“It wouldn’t be the same if it were an American flag!”
“Yes it would”Putler hates America so it makes sense why his agent would prohibit the flag
Putin’s KGB runs security at MSG. Putin personally called MSG security himself and demanded the couple not be let in after seeing them on the live security footage with a Ukrainian flag.
Putler is so petty.
Holy shit this person sounds unbearable. Would hate to be security dealing with her.
scarf/comfort blanket
This the Alt-J Show at MSG we clown in this mothafucker
Take your comfort blanket ass back to Peanuts
Lmao spoken like a person who has never be been forced to do anything. Reeks of privilege
comfort blanket
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At least there was one person in the comments pointing out shit about Bandera, and wasn’t down voted to fuck. Honestly surprising
This story was 2 years ago? Is that what the top part means? I guess if reddit rounds up that makes some sense for people to say the “slava” thing. No non-Ukrainian would be saying that in Jan 2022. Otherwise, if it’s more exact, that’s a month before the conflict began (Feb 2022).
In any case, this feels like it could be real, but little touches like people saying slava ukrani sounds like made up shit even if post-Feb 2022.
Smells like those Zionist cry-fests where they say they “fear for their lives” because of all the “antisemitism” and then we always find out this just meant someone said Israel is a genocidal shithole.
went and looked it up, the post is timestamped Tue Apr 12 2022
EDIT: checked the web and AltJ did at least play there on Apr 11 2022
Just want to say that those meatbags ‘just following orders’ and not thinking for themselves is exactly how this invasion started, and I feel ashamed to be called a “free” American when I hear stories like this. I hope they didn’t ruin your evening, and I hope you know that there are far more Americans who would proudly wear a Ukrainian flag with you.
God I fucking love reddit lmao
ashamed to be called a “free” American
they’re soooooo close yet so far
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Policy must have changed since 1939
The virgin flag wearer vs the Chad flag smuggler
Just wrap the flag around the flares, it’s not that hard
Most places don’t allow flags. Partially because they block other people’s view when you wave them, and when that view costs hundreds of dollars it tends to lead to confrontation
Ok, driving to MSG “all the way from NJ” is stupid as hell because 1. It’s not far at all, “I walked all the way across the street” cool, bro. And 2. NJ is littered with trains, they are very easy to connect to nyc, where you’ll be dropped off at Penn Station aka RIGHT BENEATH MSG, WHY DID YOU DRIVE DUMBFUCK, IT’S MORE EXPENSIVE, PAIN TO PARK, AND TIME CONSUMING
As a resident of NJ, I LOATHE anyone from this state who chooses to drive into Manhattan. They’re the reason NYC has to institute the much needed congestion pricing and they still have the gall to complain that it’s a violation of their rights.
Hypocrisy??? Where is the hypocrisy? Like let’s just take a step into the alternate universe where Ukraine really is the poor smol bean oppressed country being bullied by big mean russia for no reason. They still said any flag would get people treated the same way including the flag of the country they’re currently standing in. I mean I guess you can say that’s a lie and that if it had been an american flag they’d have been ignored, but until somebody tests that there’s no hypocrisy in this story lmao
I couldn’t bring a backpack into a Nebraska Cornhuskers Football game in 2014 because they told me terrorist could be targeting football games.
I couldn’t bring my purse in. They charged me money to store it. They just do it to keep people from smuggling food in
all timer
pasta potential
I love that the boyfriend was gearing up to go into debate mode on them. Karen and Kevin just being your standard libs.
