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Wherein a rant is writ from anecdote upon a brief visit to San Francisco by a wealth conservative. His totally real not fake at all friends opine briefly. At le

Wherein a rant is writ from anecdote upon a brief visit to San Francisco by a wealth conservative. His totally real not fake at all friends opine briefly. At length, straw-men are vanquished courageously.

nailer 8y ago
Interesting you assert they're fake. > "the U.S. (is) the world’s most evil nation currently, committing acts comparable to what the Germans and Japanese did during the very darkest parts of World War II. " > "Children don’t need two parents" > "The future is female" They sure sound like bay area people to me.
- LyndsySimon 8y ago
  I live in a city of ~10k people about two hours east of Bentonville, AR. Interestingly, to my ear, they sound like something someone from Bentonville would say :) I've lived in other, larger places, and it's interesting to me how much the differences between "us" and "them" are magnified to fit the scale of the discussion.
  - TomMckenny 8y ago
    This is the critical problem. Hyperbole mixed with invented anecdotes whose falsehood is excused because they "illustrate an deeper truth" But unfortunately facts presented in an objective way don't get clicks or compulsive repeat visits from the morally outraged.
    - nailer 8y ago
      I still haven't seen any evidence these are faked, or anyone reasonably assert they're unusual sentiments.
- TomMckenny 8y ago
  >They sure sound like bay area people to me. They do don't they. Almost as if one sentence form several different people were compressed into the perfect stereotype. And from the article's opening, we're to believe these opinions are why land is overvalued and homelessness exists. >Interesting you assert [the friends are] fake. The friends who prefer progressive taxes and called hypocritical for opposing the new regressive tax bill? The friends ranted about on the web? The author also spends allot of time with welfare families living in luxury apartments, feasting on food stamps and enjoying "at least $160,000 per year pre-tax"[0] Perhaps they all have dinner together. Naturally in the welfare recipient's luxurious home. [0]http://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2015/06/01/book-review-the-redistribution-recession/ http://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2015/06/01/book-review-the-...

nailer 8y ago

Interesting you assert they're fake. > "the U.S. (is) the world’s most evil nation currently, committing acts comparable to what the Germans and Japanese did during the very darkest parts of World War II. " > "Children don’t need two parents" > "The future is female" They sure sound like bay area people to me.

LyndsySimon 8y ago
I live in a city of ~10k people about two hours east of Bentonville, AR. Interestingly, to my ear, they sound like something someone from Bentonville would say :) I've lived in other, larger places, and it's interesting to me how much the differences between "us" and "them" are magnified to fit the scale of the discussion.
- TomMckenny 8y ago
  This is the critical problem. Hyperbole mixed with invented anecdotes whose falsehood is excused because they "illustrate an deeper truth" But unfortunately facts presented in an objective way don't get clicks or compulsive repeat visits from the morally outraged.
  - nailer 8y ago
    I still haven't seen any evidence these are faked, or anyone reasonably assert they're unusual sentiments.
TomMckenny 8y ago
>They sure sound like bay area people to me. They do don't they. Almost as if one sentence form several different people were compressed into the perfect stereotype. And from the article's opening, we're to believe these opinions are why land is overvalued and homelessness exists. >Interesting you assert [the friends are] fake. The friends who prefer progressive taxes and called hypocritical for opposing the new regressive tax bill? The friends ranted about on the web? The author also spends allot of time with welfare families living in luxury apartments, feasting on food stamps and enjoying "at least $160,000 per year pre-tax"[0] Perhaps they all have dinner together. Naturally in the welfare recipient's luxurious home. [0]http://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2015/06/01/book-review-the-redistribution-recession/ http://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2015/06/01/book-review-the-...