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by ChrisNorstrom 4549 days ago
"Are Job Creators and Tax Paying Workers Really Ruining San Francisco? Yes, Says Rebecca Solnit", fixed that for you.

The idiocy of this article is disturbing:

"Twitter got this tax break to stay in San Francisco that they blackmailed out of the mayor" (They "blackmailed" him? Really?)

"young men coming in, and they’re transient. They’re not committed to the place" (which is why they bought a house in a dump neighborhood to fix up and keep for the rest of their lives. Jesus give them time, they're not going to settle down, get married, and have kids right after college.)

It seems no journalist is willing to see this from the other point of view. Which is blaming San Francisco's politics. 1 of 4 things is happening here:

● Politics have bought out journalism to such a degree that a serious conversation criticizing San Fran cannot take place.

● Journalists today really are that one sided.

● The media is trying to fuel a class war, they just got done fueling a race war with the Trayvon Martin trial.

● Somebody has a serious hatred for Google in particular because all of this anger is directed towards them.

1 comments

"young men coming in, and they’re transient."

Isn't that similar rhetoric that was employed in the 20s and 30s? That comment conjures up memories of reading Of Mice and Men.

She should just have the balls to say she's anti-immigrant, wherever they're from.