Hells Angels of the Palmetto Assisted Care Facility

According to NBC News in Miami on May 6, 2011 some woman got mad at a group of 4 deaf people who were celebrating a birthday at the Ocean’s Eleven Sports Lounge and Grill.  Apparently Barbara Lee, a 45 year old Darwin Award possibility saw the group “signing” and automatically jumped to the conclusion that they were giving gang signs to each other and at her.  This was Florida where Sponge Bob Square Pants and Mickey Mouse live with retirees from Canada and New York.  What gang did she think they were from, the Hells Angels of the Palmetto Assisted Care Facility?  Anyway she confronted the partiers but they didn’t say anything (Maybe BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAF).

When they motioned for her to leave she went and got some brain dead 19 year old who followed her back to the bar (can you guess why?  Try cougar hunting).  He reportedly pulled a knife, stabbed the birthday group and hit the bouncer with a bottle.  Apparently someone at the grill had a cell phone and called the Police.  The woman and youth were both arrested and charged with attempted murder.

While these two are really stupid and poster children for better funding of public education, there is something to learn here.  Based on her own experiences and sense of hate Ms. Lee assumed that any “signing” was gang related and consequently people who “sign” are gang members.  Just how many people do the same thing today?  Is there a real difference between this and anti-Semitism, bigotry, genocide, the way people think of others because of their nationality, religion, pigmentation, age, hair length, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or any other difference?  Not really.

If you find that someone is different from you, look into it and learn.  Remember that people who think they are superior see many things backwards.