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Signs of the End : PRO-WAR Protest in San Francisco!

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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-30 11:36 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 you are surprised at the presence of republicans and pro-war democrats in SF??? You have to go beyond tourist/yuppie SF - go to the westside, where there are acres and acres of small rowhouses inhabited by middle class Chinese Americans - id be willing to bet that the above rally was heavily Chinese-American.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2003-03-30 12:02:06|| 2003-03-30 12:02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's my question: How in the world did Frisco become such an Intergalactic Freak Show(TM)

Posted by badanov 2003-03-30 12:05:13|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-03-30 12:05:13|| Front Page Top

#3 In the ranks of the left, this is known as "losing your socialist persepective" and selling out to "the man".

Holy crap!
LMAO.
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Posted by Celissa 2003-03-30 13:01:02|| [www.celissasblog.com/weblog.php] 2003-03-30 13:01:02|| Front Page Top

#4 I bet the police breathe a collective sigh of relief when these folks hold a rally. "Whew, it's the pro-war camp! They so rarely turn to violence!"

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-03-30 13:28:24|| 2003-03-30 13:28:24|| Front Page Top

#5 There are indeed Republicans in the Bay Area and in California in general. There are also a lot of disaffected Democrats in the state together with lots of folks who are just plain pissed off at the way the state is being governed and represented.

There are also folks like me who have decided that it's time for a change (I'll be running for Congress again soon). I did the write-in thing in the last Primary, but failed to get on the ballot against Ellen Tausher (D-Alamo). Beat my Republican opponent though. :-)

Greg Ellis For Congress, 10th California District US House

No website up yet, but maybe soon. The Primary's less than a year away.

Posted by FOTSGreg 2003-03-30 14:13:19|| 2003-03-30 14:13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 matt,
Indeed! The footage of the rally I saw showed the police standing in groups talking and laughing. I bet that no firetrucks or ambulances were impeded and the street was cleaner after they marched than before.

Posted by Craig 2003-03-30 14:27:03|| 2003-03-30 14:27:03|| Front Page Top

#7 San Francisco has the best harbor on the Pacific coast and has always been a crossroads and meeting place for sometimes startlingly divergent cultures, a cultural melting pot where tolerance was vital for maintaining some degree of civil order. In the 1950s, for example, it was possible for mixed-race couples (like my parents) to live there without the same degree of harrassment and discrimination they would have experienced in other parts of the country. Innovative artists and intellectuals found an environment where they could express themselves without interference from local babbits and bluenoses. This gave the city a certain atmosphere and cachet that was a large part of its international image. About 40 years ago, the rest of the country started to catch up with San Francisco. To maintain its bankable image of distinction, it had to move beyond tolerance and openness, since these were now becoming the norm elsewhere. The transition took the form of tolerating subversion, violent totalitarianism, irrational behavior, and bizarre politics until these absolutist ideologies had become accepted as the local norm. Distinction was maintained, but at the cost of everything for which the city formerly stood.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2003-03-30 20:33:12|| [www.nuclearspace.com] 2003-03-30 20:33:12|| Front Page Top

#8 A heavy Chinese American presence in the rally is unlikely for two reasons - (1) Chinese Americans are pretty apolitical and (2) many tilt towards China, which is against the war (and also pretty anti-American, anyways). (Chinese language radio is heavily against the war - with many listeners hoping for Saddam's victory). I suspect many of the demonstrators are Latino, who, in spite of what Buchanan says, tend to be very patriotic. Wish I could say the same of my ethnic group. This is why we need to stop immigration from Asia and the Muslim countries to allow the ones already here time to assimilate. Latin American immigration is fine - whatever you might say about Latin Americans, they are Western in outlook.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-03-30 21:19:43|| 2003-03-30 21:19:43|| Front Page Top

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