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The Admiral
06/08/17 11:28:10 PM
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http://www.inquisitr.com/4279661/manspreading-banned-in-madrid-on-subways-and-buses/

Anyone planning to visit Spain for a summer vacation should be aware that country’s capital city of Madrid has banned manspreading on public transportation.

Manspreading is the practice, usually by males, of sitting with their legs wide open and therefore hogging excessive seat space and encroaching on other passengers. The prestigious Oxford Dictionary added the term to its online compendium in 2015.

Madrid’s government-owned Municipal Transportation Company (known as the EMT) announced this week that manspreading is now prohibited. The agency is the process of deploying signage to discourage the practice next to posters that already contain no-smoking or no-littering warnings and other prohibited behaviors and activities such as putting feet up on seats.

“It’s to remind transport users to maintain civic responsibility and respect the personal space of everyone on board,” the EMT asserted in a statement about the information icon that discourages manspreading and that depicts a red stick figure with his legs spread next to a big red X.

A women’s group called Mujeres en Lucha previously petitioned city hall in Madrid with about 10,000 signatures to address the manspreading problem on public transportation following a social media effort known as ##MadridSinManspreading (#MadridWithoutManspreading).

“It’s not difficult to see women with their legs shut and very uncomfortable because there is a man next to them who is invading their space with his legs,” the petition stated, according to INews.

“[The] Madrid council, led by a coalition backed by the left-wing Podemos party, said the new rule was aimed specifically at ‘male transport users [who] open their legs and occupy two places,'” the London Telegraph explained.

Similar anti-manspreading campaigns are also underway in cities around the world.

Conde Nast Explorer notes that it has yet to be determined if authorities in Madrid will issue fines to manspreaders for failing to get the message or if the ban will be otherwise enforceable.

Esta es la señal de los autobuses de la @EMTmadrid para respetar el espacio de los demás y evitar el #manspreading. https://t.co/dnqdMycgaO pic.twitter.com/Xwcx3bx8DG

— Ayuntamiento Madrid (@MADRID) June 7, 2017


About a year ago, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), the railway system serving the San Francisco Bay Area, proposed a penalty structure for passengers who take up more than one seat at a time: $100 for first-time offenders, $200 for a second violation, and $500 for repeat offenders.


More "progress"

Just as an FYI, liberals championed enforcement of this same policy in NYC. As it turned out, the majority of people who did it were black and Hispanic, so the policy ended up resulting in a bunch on minorities getting arrested and harassed by the cops over nonsense. The same dumb liberals who championed this policy were the first to cry "racism" and call for the policy's enforcement to be terminated.
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3rd_Best_Master
06/08/17 11:31:28 PM
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The Admiral posted...
The same dumb liberals who championed this policy were the first to cry "racism" and call for the policy's enforcement to be terminated.

Source?
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hockeybub89
06/08/17 11:32:11 PM
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People shouldn't take up more than one seat or invade personal space. They also shouldn't get arrested for it.

Fines and warnings sounds good.
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Howl
06/08/17 11:33:40 PM
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What a fucking joke.
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ManSpread
06/08/17 11:35:08 PM
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salandrews
06/08/17 11:35:56 PM
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That's why Barcelona is best
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ManSpread
06/08/17 11:36:24 PM
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The Admiral posted...
Just as an FYI, liberals championed enforcement of this same policy in NYC. As it turned out, the majority of people who did it were black and Hispanic, so the policy ended up resulting in a bunch on minorities getting arrested and harassed by the cops over nonsense.

0WC9m2U
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Sanktu_Vyvorant
06/08/17 11:36:41 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
People shouldn't take up more than one seat or invade personal space. They also shouldn't get arrested for it.

Fines and warnings sounds good.


This tbh
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MaverickXeo
06/08/17 11:37:43 PM
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I dont get why this is a thing.

If there is room; why not do it?

If there is not room; why do it?

It should not be law anyways. It should remain as 'courtesy' such as leaving your seat for an elder person or a pregnant woman, for example.
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The Admiral
06/08/17 11:37:50 PM
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ManSpread posted...
The Admiral posted...
Just as an FYI, liberals championed enforcement of this same policy in NYC. As it turned out, the majority of people who did it were black and Hispanic, so the policy ended up resulting in a bunch on minorities getting arrested and harassed by the cops over nonsense.

0WC9m2U


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ManSpread
06/08/17 11:38:17 PM
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Dragonblade01
06/08/17 11:40:30 PM
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To be completely fair, it is a pretty douche way to sit.
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3rd_Best_Master
06/08/17 11:40:56 PM
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MaverickXeo posted...
I dont get why this is a thing.

If there is room; why not do it?

If there is not room; why do it?

It should not be law anyways. It should remain as 'courtesy' such as leaving your seat for an elder person or a pregnant woman, for example.

Pretty sure the issue lies with the bold. I've witnessed a handful of shouting matches involving dudes taking up practically multiple seats cause they insist that they can't close their legs and sit like a normal person due to them having humongous testicles. Shit's so ridiculous I'd love for them to get fined for that. Same with women who treat their purse like a passenger and won't remove it from the seat, too.
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MaverickXeo
06/08/17 11:41:07 PM
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Dragonblade01 posted...
To be completely fair, it is a pretty douche way to sit.


If there are lots of people, yes.

That said, some people have to sit like that.
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Rika_Furude
06/08/17 11:42:28 PM
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Why dont they just go ahead and ban men as well, and maybe black people for good measure
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FrisbeeDude
06/08/17 11:45:41 PM
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Bi-weekly bitch fest about liberals, courtesy of your favorite former mod and race troll
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ssj-kenobi
06/08/17 11:45:53 PM
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if anything I find putting handbags on seats to be more of a problematic issue.

then they scoff and feel annoyed when people ask for the seat (man or woman)
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The Admiral
06/08/17 11:47:03 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Bi-weekly bitch fest about liberals, courtesy of your favorite former mod and race troll


Well, we need some variety from your Kaepernick bitching topics.
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MaverickXeo
06/08/17 11:47:05 PM
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ssj-kenobi posted...
if anything I find putting handbags on seats to be more of a problematic issue.

then they scoff and feel annoyed when people ask for the seat (man or woman)


I agree. If 'manspreading' is illegal, that should be as well. Why not go all out and just ban people from sitting on the bus as well?
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Tryhaptaward
06/08/17 11:47:33 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Bi-weekly bitch fest about liberals, courtesy of your favorite former mod and race troll


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Manocheese
06/08/17 11:50:59 PM
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Meanwhile, womanspreading is still perfectly acceptable:

https://i.redd.it/qvtibele7cay.jpg
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Sanktu_Vyvorant
06/08/17 11:51:23 PM
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Manocheese posted...
Meanwhile, womanspreading is still perfectly acceptable:

https://i.redd.it/qvtibele7cay.jpg


I don't see why either would be acceptable
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I4NRulez
06/08/17 11:57:39 PM
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Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender
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Rika_Furude
06/08/17 11:58:48 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender

Nope
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Sanktu_Vyvorant
06/08/17 11:59:31 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
I4NRulez posted...
Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender

Nope


Yup
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Rika_Furude
06/09/17 12:11:24 AM
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Sanktu_Vyvorant posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
I4NRulez posted...
Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender

Nope


Yup

Manspreading is not a real issue. Its not even a fake issue. Its merely a tool sjws use to garner attention. Try again.
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ASithLord7
06/09/17 12:12:06 AM
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Is this social marxism Admiral
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The Admiral
06/09/17 12:12:59 AM
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ASithLord7 posted...
Is this social marxism Admiral


What do you think?
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FrisbeeDude
06/09/17 12:15:33 AM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
Bi-weekly bitch fest about liberals, courtesy of your favorite former mod and race troll


Well, we need some variety from your Kaepernick bitching topics.


The ongoing kaepernick story is relevant and being covered by major sports outlets. Forbes put out an article a few days ago

You literally search for stories to push your "evil SJW" narrative so you can bitch about liberals
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hockeybub89
06/09/17 12:17:02 AM
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ISIS levels of ignorance signaling by social marxist "cool clock" kids in this topic.
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The Admiral
06/09/17 12:17:22 AM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
The ongoing kaepernick story is relevant and being covered by major sports outlets. Forbes put out an article a few days ago


The story is irrelevant and only covered by race victims like Shaun King. The articles are all "look, he's still not signed! Racism! RACISM!!!" Literally nothing newsworthy in the slightest.
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Axiom
06/09/17 12:18:16 AM
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Dragonblade01 posted...
To be completely fair, it is a pretty douche way to sit.
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ASithLord7
06/09/17 12:18:47 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
ISIS levels of ignorance signaling by social marxist "cool clock" kids in this topic.

This is a good post.
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FrisbeeDude
06/09/17 12:18:57 AM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
The ongoing kaepernick story is relevant and being covered by major sports outlets. Forbes put out an article a few days ago


The story is irrelevant and only covered by race victims like Shaun King. The articles are all "look, he's still not signed! Racism! RACISM!!!" Literally nothing newsworthy in the slightest.


Forbes magazine is now a race victim...

Don't be mad at me because you have to go looking for stories to keep up your gimmick
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The Admiral
06/09/17 12:20:29 AM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Forbes magazine is now a race victim...


You do know all the Forbes links that have "/sites" in the URL are blog posts that anyone can publish, just like HuffPo, right?

Actually, I'm 100% sure you didn't know that.
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MakoReizei
06/09/17 12:20:33 AM
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what's kaepernick whining about now? I haven't heard anything about him lately.
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E32005
06/09/17 12:20:58 AM
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This topic is fucking awful and you should all feel awful
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FrisbeeDude
06/09/17 12:23:01 AM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
Forbes magazine is now a race victim...


You do know all the Forbes links that have "/sites" in the URL are blog posts that anyone can publish, just like HuffPo, right?

Actually, I'm 100% sure you didn't know that.


So...the Forbes contributors who covered kaepernick are all race victims?
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Amputation
06/09/17 12:24:10 AM
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Manspreading

Guess you have nothing to worry about in Madrid then, admiral.
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Sanktu_Vyvorant
06/09/17 12:25:31 AM
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Rika_Furude posted...
Sanktu_Vyvorant posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
I4NRulez posted...
Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender

Nope


Yup

Manspreading is not a real issue. Its not even a fake issue. Its merely a tool sjws use to garner attention. Try again.


Wut

I never said it was a real issue. That doesn't mean that the people who do it tend to be selfish, aka dicks
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Rika_Furude
06/09/17 4:00:20 AM
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Sanktu_Vyvorant posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
Sanktu_Vyvorant posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
I4NRulez posted...
Good, people that do shit like this are dicks regardless of gender

Nope


Yup

Manspreading is not a real issue. Its not even a fake issue. Its merely a tool sjws use to garner attention. Try again.


Wut

I never said it was a real issue. That doesn't mean that the people who do it tend to be selfish, aka dicks

so all men are dicks? what are you, a sjw?
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shnangyboos
06/09/17 4:22:39 AM
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Tackling the important issues. Another step towards being on the right side of history.
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Kineth
06/09/17 4:25:15 AM
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ManSpread posted...
The Admiral posted...
Just as an FYI, liberals championed enforcement of this same policy in NYC. As it turned out, the majority of people who did it were black and Hispanic, so the policy ended up resulting in a bunch on minorities getting arrested and harassed by the cops over nonsense.

0WC9m2U


Username makes this extra hilarious. You can't ban this ManSpread.
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Bat178
06/09/17 4:26:45 AM
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Maybe if your fat ass didn't take up 3 seats with your legs spread out, we wouldn't need this.
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Kineth
06/09/17 4:32:52 AM
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The Admiral posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
The ongoing kaepernick story is relevant and being covered by major sports outlets. Forbes put out an article a few days ago


The story is irrelevant and only covered by race victims like Shaun King. The articles are all "look, he's still not signed! Racism! RACISM!!!" Literally nothing newsworthy in the slightest.


You literally spent a few months last year posting about it.
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SpreadManning
06/09/17 4:36:30 AM
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Manspreading is a very serious issue!
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gafemaqs
06/09/17 7:58:49 PM
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I don't get the outrage. This is a good thing.
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TheVipaGTS
06/09/17 8:00:52 PM
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gafemaqs posted...
I don't get the outrage. This is a good thing.

Yea women can't do it either. Are people up in arms over making overweight people buy an extra seat on the plane if they take up 2 seats?
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davyheinz
06/09/17 8:03:27 PM
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Kineth posted...
ManSpread posted...
The Admiral posted...
Just as an FYI, liberals championed enforcement of this same policy in NYC. As it turned out, the majority of people who did it were black and Hispanic, so the policy ended up resulting in a bunch on minorities getting arrested and harassed by the cops over nonsense.

0WC9m2U


Username makes this extra hilarious. You can't ban this ManSpread.

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06/09/17 8:04:53 PM
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