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This past weekend there was a news feed going around on FB and it was about a brawl that went down in East Side San Jose along Story Rd.

Reading about these news reports, in more recent day has become the norm... Almost as consistent as the news reports we were so use to hearing from Oakland.

And I'm not gonna lie to y'all, those Oakland news reports scared the shit outta me... And still do... 

But I have developed an immense amount of "a-ha" feelings because when I saw news reports about the East Side I always thought to myself, that it's not as bad as they depict it in the news.

At least I use to- In more recent weeks the police blogger alerts go off way more often than they use to and with this news report circling FB... I dunno why but it just got more real...

But here is my gripe with the story... Some ignorant self-righteous prick got on there and left a comment that "EastSiders" that love to claim they're "EastSiders" are stupid, ignorant, idiots and their neighborhood remains the same shit because that's just the only shit to do in the East Side!

And that's why he got out of there as soon as he could and never looked back and encouraged the rest of his "family" and "friends" to do the same...

Well self-righteous MoFo, I am a proud "EastSider" and though I understand your attempt of using a pathetic fallacious argument about having "friends" and "family" --- 

Here's a tip... Rather than leaving your neighbor-"hood" behind try helping your community.
I recently did leave-ish the East Side because I am ready to begin my life in a safer area and that's accredited to my fiancé as well...BUT by no means does that mean you completely abandon your roots or insult people's circumstances! 

Those of us that "make it out" NEED to come back and teach the next generation how to do so and they would do the same and then they would do the same and so on and so forth... Creating a cycle of reciprocity and hope for a better future.

That is all, 

Til this Friday for a lovely telling of our engagement story,

Toodles
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