Stupidity on a Saturday

Alright kids, The Professional does not like to reveal his or her own political beliefs, but there's a statement in Saturday's Chicago Tribune that cannot go without a comment. It should be no shock to any of you that the young people these days are wearing their pants lower than our economy, and some suburbs have taken action against the horror. Suburbs like Lynwood, for example, have passed ordinances that call for fines against any person exposing more than 3 inches of their underwear in public. Now, The Professional refuses to say which side he or she thinks is right; however, The Professional takes great issue with a spokesperson for the ACLU that felt inclined to open his trap on the subject.

ACLU spokesperson Edwin Yohnka says, "One of our concerns is that we know who wears baggy pants; it appears these are efforts to have more police interaction with young men of color." While this statement is never backed up by evidence from Yohnka, it is his next sentence that pisses The Professional off.

"Let's see if they start pulling over plumbers for their pants."

So let's get something straight here. This Yohnka guy is part of an organization devoted to upholding the civil rights of Americans, yet he blatantly stereotypes and generalizes about two groups of people seconds within each other. Doesn't seem very fair at all to The Professional.

Apparently, only black teens and plumbers wear their pants way below their waistline. The Professional understands that Mr. Yohnka is directing his anger at police who tend to arrest blacks more often than whites, but he should not be allowed to make a somewhat understandable generalization and then put a ridiculous one about plumbers on top of that. The Professional would never want you defending my civil rights, sir. Your logic has more holes in it than a line of old people playing Red Rover.

This is obvious.