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She stepped right up and took the opportunity to fly a confederate flag THREE times - all to curry favor from the Democrats. Even worse, especially in the light

She stepped right up and took the opportunity to fly a confederate flag THREE times - all to curry favor from the Democrats. Even worse, especially in the light of current events, is that she attempted prosecution of the black activists that kept taking the flags down! https://lawandcrime.com/politics/feinstein-once-pushed-for-the-prosecution-of-black-activists-to-keep-the-confederate-flag-flying-in-san-francisco/ https://lawandcrime.com/politics/feinstein-once-pushed-for-t...

wahern 6y ago
The flag had been there for 14 years. The one witness account in the Snopes story says that the raising of the Confederate Stars and Bars was accidental, and occurred many weeks after Feinstein ordered the removal of the long-present Confederate battle flag upon a 3-day-long protest that ended with an official removal request which Feinstein immediately granted: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dianne-feinstein-confederate-flag/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dianne-feinstein-confedera... I don't think Feinstein is that politically craven. She has a spine, and a relatively rigid one at that. Rather, her poor judgment, such as it is, is all her own. The Koch brothers and other anti-government radicals bank on the political disaffection that such historical revisionism generates. If every politician is a stooge, then there's no virtue in politics or government. Feinstein is no stooge, and while I wouldn't vote for her in most years, IMO she deserves respect as a strong, steadfast, and effective leader who almost incidentally blew--and continues to blow--many stereotypes of women out of the water. (And you can be all of those things, BTW, while also having flaws and a history of mistakes.) She definitely doesn't deserve a cheap character assassination.
- NoNotTheDuo 6y ago
  Hey, thanks for the link. Sincerely. Clearly, there is more to the story than I first assumed and understood. I do think there is still some debate about the timelines involved, though. A 1984 article in the Harvard Crimson indicates that the Fort Sumter flag was raised prior to the California 100 flag: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alternative-pi-am-not/?page=single https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alterna... But the Snopes article indicates that Bradley brought down the California 100 flag in favor of the Fort Sumter flag. I didn’t intend to “revise history” by my post. Hopefully no one takes it that way.
  - wahern 6y ago
    I didn't mean to imply that you were trying to revise history; I was referring to the article you cited, and in turn the Bayview article cited by that article. For sure one wonders exactly what was going through Feinstein's mind during those 3 days. She's a deft, successful politician so I have little doubt there was some self-serving motivations at play. But her defiance and obtuse expression of authority in the face of a lawless action (however just) is textbook Feinstein. And it taking only 3 days for her to order its removal is fast even by today's standards, and even in San Francisco.

wahern 6y ago

The flag had been there for 14 years. The one witness account in the Snopes story says that the raising of the Confederate Stars and Bars was accidental, and occurred many weeks after Feinstein ordered the removal of the long-present Confederate battle flag upon a 3-day-long protest that ended with an official removal request which Feinstein immediately granted: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dianne-feinstein-confederate-flag/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dianne-feinstein-confedera... I don't think Feinstein is that politically craven. She has a spine, and a relatively rigid one at that. Rather, her poor judgment, such as it is, is all her own. The Koch brothers and other anti-government radicals bank on the political disaffection that such historical revisionism generates. If every politician is a stooge, then there's no virtue in politics or government. Feinstein is no stooge, and while I wouldn't vote for her in most years, IMO she deserves respect as a strong, steadfast, and effective leader who almost incidentally blew--and continues to blow--many stereotypes of women out of the water. (And you can be all of those things, BTW, while also having flaws and a history of mistakes.) She definitely doesn't deserve a cheap character assassination.

NoNotTheDuo 6y ago
Hey, thanks for the link. Sincerely. Clearly, there is more to the story than I first assumed and understood. I do think there is still some debate about the timelines involved, though. A 1984 article in the Harvard Crimson indicates that the Fort Sumter flag was raised prior to the California 100 flag: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alternative-pi-am-not/?page=single https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/5/9/a-viable-alterna... But the Snopes article indicates that Bradley brought down the California 100 flag in favor of the Fort Sumter flag. I didn’t intend to “revise history” by my post. Hopefully no one takes it that way.
- wahern 6y ago
  I didn't mean to imply that you were trying to revise history; I was referring to the article you cited, and in turn the Bayview article cited by that article. For sure one wonders exactly what was going through Feinstein's mind during those 3 days. She's a deft, successful politician so I have little doubt there was some self-serving motivations at play. But her defiance and obtuse expression of authority in the face of a lawless action (however just) is textbook Feinstein. And it taking only 3 days for her to order its removal is fast even by today's standards, and even in San Francisco.