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Let's see. http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/escalating-violence.html http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/escalatin... https:/

Let's see. http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/escalating-violence.html http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/escalatin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LG... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unlawfully_killed_transgender_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unlawfully_killed_tran... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States Ah, but that pales into comparison because someone scrawled "Fuck your startup" in SF.

cwp 13y ago
No, it doesn't. Obviously, actual violence is much worse than graffiti, and antipathy towards tech workers hasn't reached that level. But the fact that other people have it worse doesn't make it right. Update: The root of the issue is that San Francisco has a political problem. The city's voters and politicians can't seem to enact policy to deal with the changes that the city is going through. The influx of tech companies into the city recently is the most visible part of those changes, but they're not the largest part. Rather than looking for scapegoats, San Franciscans should be talking about how to lessen the impact of growth on their way of life.