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It’s implied the letter sender is a Garry Tan supporter when it very well may be a prog supporter trying to extend a pointless news cycle. Remember this is the

It’s implied the letter sender is a Garry Tan supporter when it very well may be a prog supporter trying to extend a pointless news cycle. Remember this is the town where Die Techie Scum was graffitied on sidewalks by a city grantee featured in a local art museum. None of the involved parties seemed too concerned about that.

duxup 3y ago
I can't imagine anyone false flagging a generic / anonymous "Garry Tan supporter" ... that doesn't make any sense at any level. The tweet itself is the most apparent and damning action. The letter even seems to try to tamp down on the threat, if you were falsifying this whole thing / trying to make a supporter look bad you wouldn't do that. I can't imagine anyone has a lot of interest in making some arbitrary concept of a "supporter" look bad when the tweet exists.
- shuckles 3y ago
  You can’t imagine the advantage to having your base read Local Shady Billionaire Cabal Wants To Kill Your Favorite Politicians headlines a month before an important election that will set Democratic Party endorsements for the next few cycles? The tweet is not particularly damning. San Francisco politics is characterized as a knife fight in a phone booth. Much worse things are said all the time without an immediate retraction and apology. This one gets news coverage because certain parties have stooges like Joe at Mission Local (Peskin mouthpiece) and Aldo at S.F. Chronicle (Preston mouthpiece) gassing up non-stories into media events. For example, it was well known that former school board commissioner Allison Collins was a huge bully. Eventually, the Chron placed a piece profiling a former SFUSD employee who literally moved to Mexico to escape the personal targeting she did. And yet this behavior was barely covered and progs got in line to endorse her in the recall campaign. Similarly, Supervisor Walton threatened a black security guard at city hall without everyone clutching pearls about it (he doubled down when probed).
  - duxup 3y ago
    That's not a false flag, you can say all that and point to the tweet. What was the false flag?
    - shuckles 3y ago
      The threatening postcards sent to supervisors with a copy of the tweet and Garry Tan’s face printed on it, which has revived the pointless news cycle.
      - duxup 3y ago
        Your conspiracy theory is over complicated. The entire end goal you describe can be done by pointing to the tweet and the owner of the account is known. No need for any letters to accomplish the same goal. I can't help but think you just didn't read the article and backed yourself in corner and for no reason keep at it.
        shuckles 3y ago
        I can’t help but think you don’t understand how politics in this town works and probably didn’t follow this story as it has unfolded over the last few days. This isn’t the first article about the incident, which is exactly the point.

duxup 3y ago

I can't imagine anyone false flagging a generic / anonymous "Garry Tan supporter" ... that doesn't make any sense at any level. The tweet itself is the most apparent and damning action. The letter even seems to try to tamp down on the threat, if you were falsifying this whole thing / trying to make a supporter look bad you wouldn't do that. I can't imagine anyone has a lot of interest in making some arbitrary concept of a "supporter" look bad when the tweet exists.

shuckles 3y ago
You can’t imagine the advantage to having your base read Local Shady Billionaire Cabal Wants To Kill Your Favorite Politicians headlines a month before an important election that will set Democratic Party endorsements for the next few cycles? The tweet is not particularly damning. San Francisco politics is characterized as a knife fight in a phone booth. Much worse things are said all the time without an immediate retraction and apology. This one gets news coverage because certain parties have stooges like Joe at Mission Local (Peskin mouthpiece) and Aldo at S.F. Chronicle (Preston mouthpiece) gassing up non-stories into media events. For example, it was well known that former school board commissioner Allison Collins was a huge bully. Eventually, the Chron placed a piece profiling a former SFUSD employee who literally moved to Mexico to escape the personal targeting she did. And yet this behavior was barely covered and progs got in line to endorse her in the recall campaign. Similarly, Supervisor Walton threatened a black security guard at city hall without everyone clutching pearls about it (he doubled down when probed).
- duxup 3y ago
  That's not a false flag, you can say all that and point to the tweet. What was the false flag?
  - shuckles 3y ago
    The threatening postcards sent to supervisors with a copy of the tweet and Garry Tan’s face printed on it, which has revived the pointless news cycle.
    - duxup 3y ago
      Your conspiracy theory is over complicated. The entire end goal you describe can be done by pointing to the tweet and the owner of the account is known. No need for any letters to accomplish the same goal. I can't help but think you just didn't read the article and backed yourself in corner and for no reason keep at it.
      - shuckles 3y ago
        I can’t help but think you don’t understand how politics in this town works and probably didn’t follow this story as it has unfolded over the last few days. This isn’t the first article about the incident, which is exactly the point.