The absolute state of liberals: new residents demand end to tradition

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Car clubs have gathered for decades at “Chicano Park” in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood. But residents of a new luxury apartment building have started calling the police to stop them.

The fleet of several dozen cars pulled into East Austin’s Fiesta Gardens, or “Chicano Park” as locals call it, on a recent weekend with the booming of powerful stereo systems announcing their arrival. After a few loops around the park, some drivers—most of them Black and Latino men in their twenties and thirties driving customized lowriders, bright, candy-colored slabs, and jacked-up trucks with flashy chrome rims—packed into a nearby middle school parking lot. Some unloaded barbecue grills, toddlers, and pit bulls, then cracked open beers, and blasted Texas hip-hop and Tejano music.

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Some variation of this assembly has taken place nearly every Sunday afternoon since the early nineties. But now many residents of The Weaver, a newly built luxury apartment building across the street—whose website promises renters access to a “community that is rich in history and tradition”—have decided it’s time for the weekly event to come to an unceremonious end. 

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One particularly vocal tenant, a non-Hispanic white woman with short blond hair who appeared to be in her fifties and refused to give her name, claimed that smoke from the tires was killing nearby trees and that traffic from the gathering would make it impossible for an ambulance to reach her in the event of a medical emergency (though two other roads to the apartment building remain accessible at all times). Another Weaver resident voiced more generalized criticism, calling the event a “display of toxic masculinity.”

“[W]e should shut this thing down,” a third resident, who blamed the lack of police response on the “idiotic” city council’s decision to slash the Austin Police Department’s budget, wrote in March on a building forum. Indeed, at a recent gathering, a non-Hispanic white tenant had flagged two police vehicles and pleaded with officers to disband the celebration, calling it “scary.” The officers eventually drove off without taking any action. 

Full story: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-car-clubs-gentrification/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[HotLikeMexico 6,567]

Girl bye... stop being racist Karen.

[sarcamstic 1,603]

gentrification at it's finest 

[HuffsAhoy 7,433]

I'm the first to call out liberals when they do messy things but nothing in that article seems to indicate anyone in that condo are hardcore liberals, so what's the point here? It sounds more to me like these are just a bunch of white racists who are flocking into a once diverse neighborhood and ruining with their stale "culture." This is very similar to Manifest Destiny when white Americans forced their way west and in the process destroyed centuries old American Indian cultures. 

[Cameltoe Chariot 15,310]

Nice click bait title 

What does this have to do with liberals? 

[Gaga Lazuli 8,658]

 its giving me Shameless when all the rich white people start to gentrify their neighborhood

[HuffsAhoy 7,433]

Just now, CameltoeKween said:

What does this have to do with liberals? 

The only thing in the article that I could stereotypically associate with liberals is the cat cafe  

[jared011 590]

I live in east Austin and tbh these guys can be a little intimidating at times. Last week I was minding my own business driving down the road, and a line of at least 6 cars just like this were swerving in and out of lanes like it was a game. It was entertaining to watch, but definitely didn’t seem safe lol. Either way, I definitely support them continuing their gatherings, just feel they should not be putting anyone else in danger in the process.

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

The title 

OT: Gentrification and DL racists doing the most. Gross.

[skaxboy 6,924]

Although things the unnamed woman mentioned, toxic masculinity and pollution, are issues I and other leftists care about I do think this lady is an overreacting Karen. She should have known what the neighborhood was all about before buying her home. I wouldn’t move next to a high school and complain about them having football games or kids hanging out in the area. 

[ProfessionalClown 10,647]

Jesus Christ, this is the stuff I grew up on back in Arizona and Cali. We did stuff like this all the time and even had huge events for low riders, car shows, and just having a good damn time. It’s part of the Chicano culture. It was the biggest in the 90’s and early 2000’s but it’s still going strong and this is showing that.

im proud that people are still keeping traditions alive and it’s disgusting to see people get mad and very blatantly racist over this. Like wtf

[SevenWonder 4,748]

6 hours ago, ProfessionalClown said:

Jesus Christ, this is the stuff I grew up on back in Arizona and Cali. We did stuff like this all the time and even had huge events for low riders, car shows, and just having a good damn time. It’s part of the Chicano culture. It was the biggest in the 90’s and early 2000’s but it’s still going strong and this is showing that.

im proud that people are still keeping traditions alive and it’s disgusting to see people get mad and very blatantly racist over this. Like wtf

Totally. I grew up in Los Angeles. Car culture was everything when I was a kid. Instead of being afraid of Others, the new neighbors should respectfully ask if they can join/watch/whatever. Try and make new friends. In my experience, that always tends to breed joy instead of contempt.