New in PJ Media:
The New York Times, which for all its failures of the last few years is still the left’s flagship propaganda organ, wants you to know that shoplifting is just fine, as long as you’re doing it for the correct (i.e., leftist) reasons.
Leftists have been justifying theft for so long, they’ve got it down to a science. We were just treated to the spectacle of leftist voters in Virginia voting to disenfranchise and remove representation from fully fifty percent of the state, all in the name of “fairness” and “accountability.” They justify confiscatory tax rates with that same appeal to “fairness.” And now the Times is justifying shoplifting because, you see, it’s really “microlooting,” which is “an act of political protest.” All you have to do is find some name to rebrand some vice, and hey, presto! Now it’s a virtue.
The New York Times article teaching us all about “microlooting” is called “The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?” It appeared in Wednesday’s edition, and is an extended discussion between three wealthy leftists: Jia Tolentino, a 37-year-old writer for the New Yorker who, according to the Daily Mail, “owns a stunning $2.2 million brownstone home in Brooklyn” and yet “proudly admitted to shoplifting because she believes it is not ‘morally wrong’ to steal from corporations”; the Times’ Opinion culture editor, Nadja Spiegelman; and Communist gadfly Hasan Piker, who flaunts his considerable wealth at every opportunity.
Their discussion centered upon “why petty theft might be the new political protest.” Spiegelman announces that she is “proposing a new term: Microlooting. People are taking small things from big corporations and they’re feeling justified. But is it a slippery slope? What’s going on with our moral code?”
Oh, pick me, Times! That’s an easy one. What’s going on with our moral code is that self-satisfied leftists are setting it aside for their own convenience and calling immoral actions by different names in order to pretend they are moral.
The most moral man Hasan Piker knows, Hasan Piker, says this about the prospect of stealing from big corporations: “I think it’s cool. We’ve got to get back to cool crimes like that: bank robberies, stealing priceless artifacts, things of that nature. I feel like that’s way cooler than the 7,000th new cryptocurrency scheme that people are engaging in.”
For her part, the millionaire Tolentino cheerfully admitted to being a petty thief, because, you know, capitalism is bad. Asked if she would steal from Whole Foods, Tolentino answers, “Yes. And I have, under very specific circumstances. I will say, I think that stealing from a big box store — I’ll just state my platform — it’s neither very significant as a moral wrong, nor is it significant in any way as protest or direct action. But I did steal from Whole Foods on several occasions.”
There is more. Read the rest here.
John1 says
Hasan Piker is a jihadi Muslim anchor baby.
Maria V says
These Are Low life wealthy Bolsheviks who believe they’re Entitled to steal, not realizing that they’re actually stealing from ‘everyone.’
I believe they know this but they don’t care.
Stealing affect the store, they have to raise the prices which in turn affects the consumer, lock up half their store up and higher security.
All this gets passed on to the consumer. That’s why We ALL should be upset about this.
These Bolsheviks have NO conscience and Totally Immoral
WPM says
The NY slimes kisses these rich Bolsheviks ass .When most drug stores ,supermarkets ,mom and pop stores leave communities where thief is cultural seen as acceptable because it sticks it to “the man” ,they the rich Bolsheviks say it is racism. No one in America is stealing bread because they are starving ,no one needs to loot stores of big screen TV ,or burn down used cars lots because of high rent .Do regular people steal small items from stores yes ,should you cut their hand off like in some Islamic ruled countries because of this no. Being band from entering those stores when caught ,or and being fined by the local authorities could be tradition method most place in the western world did till about 30 years ago. In the full interview these Bolsheviks condone murder of COs or landlords large and small because of the so called “violence” of high rent or medical cost ?The NY slimes ran pieces in the late 1920s thu 1930s on the wonders and advancement of the USSR under Stalin .So they have stayed true to the cause of a communist propaganda rag for over a 100 years. Piker and his trust fund baby class of communist boasters would be the first people liquidated if a Stalin kind of leader took over the country .If you look at China ,the old USSR ,Cuba things never go well for 97 percent of the population under communism .Thinking you will keep your Brooklyn brownstone ,or your expense cloths ,or your personal private life under communism is beyond stupid. If they do not kill you outright you will end up in a killing fields style farming system till the end of your life or working in some gritty factory living a a shoe box ugly apartment with nothing .A grey life of shortages of everyday items from toothpaste ,toilet paper ,and the government watching your every move .Forget travel ,forget good food ,forget any advancement in life .
Taffy says
Tolentino just stepped in quick sand by admitting to shoplifting, and Whole Foods can put her under if they so desire. If I were Whole Foods, I would do so, because she is a high profile shoplifter who is advocating for the practice.
NY’s General Obligations Law section 11-105 allows a business to sue a shoplifter in civil court, apart from any criminal action that the government may or many not pursue, They could also have her “trespassed,” so if she again sets foot in one of their stores, she will gesubjected to criminal trespass charges, Whole Foods would likely win the civil case and get a judgment. All the stores in the area should pursue a no trespass order against her. It may cost the stores more than the price of 4 lemons, but it would teach her the lesson of “Thou shall not steal!”
By the way, where is the NYT on all of this? If I were an employer in any type of business, and an employee admitted to shoplifting or advocated others to do so, they would get an email stating that they are fired for cause, and their belongings can be picked up at the security desk and that they are forbidden to ever enter the premises after that. The failure of the NYT to fire her, but rather to publish her advocacy of shoplifting, shows that they are complicit. No one should advertise in that “news”paper, and no one should purchase it.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GOB/11-105
40 rounds says
Wow, he is Democrat presidential material
Luchtpint says
Their discussion centered upon “why petty theft might be the new political protest”
So the left is trying to repackage its inclination to steal stuff from everybody as something that’s new and praiseworthy, while it has always been part and parcel of their ideology ?
Wow. Shameless fucking bastards !
40 rounds says
The Dems used to hate thievery as they accused abolitionists of stealing their n•••••s. My how things have changed
somehistory says
The piker goon has called for someone to murder Fl. Sen. Rick Scott.
Theft is tame when compared to calling for murder.
Has anyone seen the muzzie wearing a towel while being arrested for murder of two students in Florida? Before long, it won’t matter if muzzies murder those they don’t like or even hate. The media will be ignoring murder if the perp is part of islime.
https://www.aol.com/articles/missing-doctoral-students-roommate-arrested-225756750.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAERimFeNlanXazSzGB4POWzvODv81Ayouha1KBjPzJdI1LS_QhU8D-77xf9id-FgztRZFsssZ-rD6NNHVEkOV2u8coiD_4eS9_nTomVO61w1xW4iraCeenkjaGslnFZ54gjzSoYFZvMpDK99N-JxkwYEHNZ_QyknH1UGjgMUqTss
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/suspect-in-usf-missing-student-case-makes-first-appearance-in-court/vi-AA21Iz6b
Rick Gordon says
Incredible! The problem is that if left unchallenged such behaviors become acceptable to large numbers of people and then grow to be more significant crimes.
OLD GUY says
Shop lifting is a crime. Shop lifting leads to bigger and violent crimes when perpetrators are given no punishment for their bad actions. Theft if Theft, Rape is Rape and Murder is Murder all against the laws of society period.
somehistory says
Yes, Old Guy, it is and does. And shoplifting leads to consumers paying more for the things they need to buy. The big stores just pass along the cost of replacement to their customers.
OLD GUY says
So true, we all pay for these crimes.