Comments on: Some Real Journalism

By: zinzin

zinzin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:44:18 +0000

maybe not, but you certainly know me well enough to surmise it’s not a “rhetorical strategy” i’m after….

really, i’m after a reasonable facsimile of “the truth”.

that said, i don’t think selfishly trying to limit business competition and / or preserving a white enclave in a latino neighborhood and calling it a “cause” is a legitimate way to start a community movement.

in fact, i;d go so far as to say it’s a fucking sham and it makes me puke.

how’s that for rhetoric?

By: jimbeam

jimbeam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:23:15 +0000

I don’t think calling people sheep is an effective rhetorical strategy when trying to get one’s point across.

By: zinzin

zinzin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:33:58 +0000

dogma. rhetoric. spoon fed. opium of the masses. and the masses….are sheep.

god i have been railing against this blow-hard “progressive” claptrap for a fucking year.

it was one thing when it was MAC or David Campos.

now the sheep believe the crap OWNERS OF TWEE BOUTIQUES feed them. these guys are the arbiters of what’s fair & just in the mission.

the sheep, they believe that the folks responsible for – or benefiting from – gentrification in the mission are actually interested in anything other than their own self-advancement.

my god it makes me fucking puke.

and the sad part is…it’s easier to organize AGAINST something (in this case, the inevitable future), than it is to organize FOR something (in this case, business is better than blight). and most of the folks coming up as reasonable have jobs & other crap to worry about. so the anti-AA sheep will likely have a stronger showing.

ah well. ah well. ah well.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:15:47 +0000

talked briefly with the guy tabling in front of ATA today. He said 90% of the people who stopped and talked with him had no idea who ATA was — never heard of the place! “So,” I asked, “wouldn’t a popular clothing store among the young art-inspired folks right next door boost this apparent lack of exposure?” “Hmm,” he said, “never thought about it like that, but the rent blahblahblah, prop G, blahblah.”

By: SFDoggy

SFDoggy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:00:30 +0000

I wonder why Michael O’Conner is so sure that space will get rented. It has sat vacant for years. And there are lots of other spaces along Valencia St. that have sat vacant for years. It would be nice to have some shops in those spaces.