Rampant Crime, Public Drug Use, Vagrancy Are Part of 'Basic City Life,'

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Rampant Crime, Public Drug Use, Vagrancy Are Part of 'Basic City Life,' Democrats Argue

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/basic-city-life-crime-democrats/

What's happening: Democrats are beginning to lash out at people who think crime is bad by insisting that having your car burglarized and riding the subway next to a fentanyl-smoking vagrant are "basic city life experiences."

John Hamasaki, a former San Francisco police commissioner and the failed Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for district attorney following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, recently lashed out at a tech CEO who lamented that two of his colleagues will be "scarred forever" after having their laptops and passports stolen from their parked car.

"Is this what the suburbs do to you?" Hamasaki wrote on Twitter. "Shelter you from basic city life experiences so that when they happen you are broken to the core?"

Do Democrats even care about crime? Not really. (See: San Francisco.) The Democrats in charge of Los Angeles, for example, have allowed the city's metro system to be overrun by fentanyl-addicted vagrants. Some liberal experts are adamant that enforcing the law "isn't a solution," which is even more bizarre given their insistence that more people use public transportation to save the planet or whatever.

What are Democrats saying about crime? They tend to ignore the issue or pretend it isn't real. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D., N.Y.) suggested rising crime in New York City was a "conspiracy" invented by Republican "manipulators." She changed her tune somewhat after barely winning reelection (in New York!) against a Republican challenger who ran almost exclusively on crime.

Who's to blame? Everyone but the criminals, as far as most Democrats are concerned. This week California attorney general Rob Bonta (D.) blamed car manufacturers for the spike in vehicle thefts on his watch. "Families shouldn’t have to worry that manufacturers are cutting corners that could put their purchase at risk," Bonta wrote in a letter signed by 22 other attorneys general attacking auto firms Kia and Hyundai for making vehicles that are too easy to steal.

What's the bottom line? Democrats are ill-equipped to address rising crime due to their inclination to believe that criminals are the real victims, whereas actual crime victims are a bunch of Karens who should just shut up and take it.
 
Major League Baseball,
live theater,
opera,
ballet,
museums,
great universities,
excellent hospitals,
outstanding restaurants,
historic architecture,
fancy nightclubs,
friendly neighborhood taverns and pubs,
diverse shopping,
luxury hotels,
and many more things not available in the hinterlands
are right there in MY city and several other of this nation's great cultural centers.

Of course, if you're a fucking goober with pig shit on the soles of your feet
you don't care about any of this stuff.

There's always the church social bean supper, right?
Enjoy your fucking shack.
,
 
I looked out my window, and all I could see was two ducks in my Koi Pond. Not a bum in sight. Go fkgure.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Major League Baseball,
live theater,
opera,
ballet,
museums,
great universities,
excellent hospitals,
outstanding restaurants,
historic architecture,
fancy nightclubs,
friendly neighborhood taverns and pubs,
diverse shopping,
luxury hotels,
and many more things not available in the hinterlands
are right there in MY city and several other of this nation's great cultural centers.

Of course, if you're a fucking goober with pig shit on the soles of your feet
you don't care about any of this stuff.

There's always the church social bean supper, right?
Enjoy your fucking shack.
,
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I agree with everything except opera and ballet. Too highbrow for me.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Major League Baseball,
live theater,
opera,
ballet,
museums,
great universities,
excellent hospitals,
outstanding restaurants,
historic architecture,
fancy nightclubs,
friendly neighborhood taverns and pubs,
diverse shopping,
luxury hotels,
and many more things not available in the hinterlands
are right there in MY city and several other of this nation's great cultural centers.

Of course, if you're a fucking goober with pig shit on the soles of your feet
you don't care about any of this stuff.

There's always the church social bean supper, right?
Enjoy your fucking shack.
,
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Amen. Minneapolis, which is where I spent most of my life had a thriving downtown, wonderful ethnic neighborhoods, art, theater, major league sports, we were downtown almost every weekend. I don't think Smart guy has left Bumbfuck.
 
Concart said:
Amen. Minneapolis, which is where I spent most of my life had a thriving downtown, wonderful ethnic neighborhoods, art, theater, major league sports, we were downtown almost every weekend. I don't think Smart guy has left Bumbfuck.
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He probably still has plenty of VCR tapes of Andy Griffin and Petticoat Junction to revisit his fantasy
 
I can speak to San Francisco because that's what I know (and I read the interview in our local paper with John Hamanski from earlier in the week where his comments of blowing off crime did not go over well).

Everyone knows the natural beauty of SF. It also offers some of the most amazing activities, sights, etc. etc. in the world. It also has a horrible homeless, drug and crime problem. As to the latter part there are people who want to overlook it for ideological reasons but what really stands out is listening to people not from here when they come to visit and how much it shocks them. Nor is it a situation of 'well just don't go to that neighborhood and you'll be alright'. It is all over the City. And for a City that gets a large part of its tax revenue from tourists its a major major problem.

CNN last week sent reporters to SF to cover the crime issue (I think they wanted to offer an alternative to the Fox News narrative). Those CNN reporters got their car broken into and all their belongings stolen.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
Rampant Crime, Public Drug Use, Vagrancy Are Part of 'Basic City Life,' Democrats Argue

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/basic-city-life-crime-democrats/

What's happening: Democrats are beginning to lash out at people who think crime is bad by insisting that having your car burglarized and riding the subway next to a fentanyl-smoking vagrant are "basic city life experiences."

John Hamasaki, a former San Francisco police commissioner and the failed Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for district attorney following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, recently lashed out at a tech CEO who lamented that two of his colleagues will be "scarred forever" after having their laptops and passports stolen from their parked car.

"Is this what the suburbs do to you?" Hamasaki wrote on Twitter. "Shelter you from basic city life experiences so that when they happen you are broken to the core?"

Do Democrats even care about crime? Not really. (See: San Francisco.) The Democrats in charge of Los Angeles, for example, have allowed the city's metro system to be overrun by fentanyl-addicted vagrants. Some liberal experts are adamant that enforcing the law "isn't a solution," which is even more bizarre given their insistence that more people use public transportation to save the planet or whatever.

What are Democrats saying about crime? They tend to ignore the issue or pretend it isn't real. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D., N.Y.) suggested rising crime in New York City was a "conspiracy" invented by Republican "manipulators." She changed her tune somewhat after barely winning reelection (in New York!) against a Republican challenger who ran almost exclusively on crime.

Who's to blame? Everyone but the criminals, as far as most Democrats are concerned. This week California attorney general Rob Bonta (D.) blamed car manufacturers for the spike in vehicle thefts on his watch. "Families shouldn’t have to worry that manufacturers are cutting corners that could put their purchase at risk," Bonta wrote in a letter signed by 22 other attorneys general attacking auto firms Kia and Hyundai for making vehicles that are too easy to steal.

What's the bottom line? Democrats are ill-equipped to address rising crime due to their inclination to believe that criminals are the real victims, whereas actual crime victims are a bunch of Karens who should just shut up and take it.
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The Free Beacon is a questionable extreme right propaganda site, which needs to taken with a grain of salt.
 
cawacko said:
I can speak to San Francisco because that's what I know (and I read the interview in our local paper with John Hamanski from earlier in the week where his comments of blowing off crime did not go over well).

Everyone knows the natural beauty of SF. It also offers some of the most amazing activities, sights, etc. etc. in the world. It also has a horrible homeless, drug and crime problem. As to the latter part there are people who want to overlook it for ideological reasons but what really stands out is listening to people not from here when they come to visit and how much it shocks them. Nor is it a situation of 'well just don't go to that neighborhood and you'll be alright'. It is all over the City. And for a City that gets a large part of its tax revenue from tourists its a major major problem.

CNN last week sent reporters to SF to cover the crime issue (I think they wanted to offer an alternative to the Fox News narrative). Those CNN reporters got their car broken into and all their belongings stolen.
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Why San Francisco? Does LA have a major homeless problem also?
 
SmarterthanYou said:
Rampant Crime, Public Drug Use, Vagrancy Are Part of 'Basic City Life,' Democrats Argue

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/basic-city-life-crime-democrats/

What's happening: Democrats are beginning to lash out at people who think crime is bad by insisting that having your car burglarized and riding the subway next to a fentanyl-smoking vagrant are "basic city life experiences."

John Hamasaki, a former San Francisco police commissioner and the failed Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for district attorney following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, recently lashed out at a tech CEO who lamented that two of his colleagues will be "scarred forever" after having their laptops and passports stolen from their parked car.

"Is this what the suburbs do to you?" Hamasaki wrote on Twitter. "Shelter you from basic city life experiences so that when they happen you are broken to the core?"

Do Democrats even care about crime? Not really. (See: San Francisco.) The Democrats in charge of Los Angeles, for example, have allowed the city's metro system to be overrun by fentanyl-addicted vagrants. Some liberal experts are adamant that enforcing the law "isn't a solution," which is even more bizarre given their insistence that more people use public transportation to save the planet or whatever.

What are Democrats saying about crime? They tend to ignore the issue or pretend it isn't real. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D., N.Y.) suggested rising crime in New York City was a "conspiracy" invented by Republican "manipulators." She changed her tune somewhat after barely winning reelection (in New York!) against a Republican challenger who ran almost exclusively on crime.

Who's to blame? Everyone but the criminals, as far as most Democrats are concerned. This week California attorney general Rob Bonta (D.) blamed car manufacturers for the spike in vehicle thefts on his watch. "Families shouldn’t have to worry that manufacturers are cutting corners that could put their purchase at risk," Bonta wrote in a letter signed by 22 other attorneys general attacking auto firms Kia and Hyundai for making vehicles that are too easy to steal.

What's the bottom line? Democrats are ill-equipped to address rising crime due to their inclination to believe that criminals are the real victims, whereas actual crime victims are a bunch of Karens who should just shut up and take it.
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Look here idiot! Do you honestly think that you or anyone else are ever going to be able to create a perfect world?

There are no two people in the world that would even agree on what a perfect world would even be!

So, all you are doing is just keeping yourself all upset about things you cannot change!

When you get tired of smelling shit, you may want to consider pulling your nose up out of the stink pile!

Flailing your arms up into the sky, and constantly bitching has a horrible impact on your own physical and mental health!

Learn how to enjoy your life, AND HAVE A NICE DAY!
 
cawacko said:
I can speak to San Francisco because that's what I know (and I read the interview in our local paper with John Hamanski from earlier in the week where his comments of blowing off crime did not go over well).

Everyone knows the natural beauty of SF. It also offers some of the most amazing activities, sights, etc. etc. in the world. It also has a horrible homeless, drug and crime problem. As to the latter part there are people who want to overlook it for ideological reasons but what really stands out is listening to people not from here when they come to visit and how much it shocks them. Nor is it a situation of 'well just don't go to that neighborhood and you'll be alright'. It is all over the City. And for a City that gets a large part of its tax revenue from tourists its a major major problem.

CNN last week sent reporters to SF to cover the crime issue (I think they wanted to offer an alternative to the Fox News narrative). Those CNN reporters got their car broken into and all their belongings stolen.
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The degradation of SF has saddened me for several years now. I'm not convinced it's a political problem. I think it's a population problem (among a lot of other things). Denser communities attract more people. More people attracted to cities are more liberal than conservative. That's a lot of correlations without an obvious causation.
 
Those things are certainly PRESENT in most cities but that does not make them part of whatever city life is.
They are more a side effect of the welfare hammock cities hang out.
 
cawacko said:
LA is also really bad but SF seems to draw the most attention nationally and we recalled our D.A. because of crime issues so we get more attention.
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I'm surprised that the SF homeless wouldn't be happier further south where the weather is warmer. Is it true that the average temp in August is only 64 degrees? That's even colder than Pittsburgh!
 
christiefan915 said:
I'm surprised that the SF homeless wouldn't be happier further south where the weather is warmer. Is it true that the average temp in August is only 64 degrees? That's even colder than Pittsburgh!
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Haha, it can get cold but it’s definitely not East Coast cold!

The other issue I left out is fentanyl. Many, understandably, tend to think of it as a Midwest/rural problem (because it is). But it is massive here as well. We’ve had a huge number of deaths. People have told stories of walking down the street and passing a dead body. (We see so many people passed out you’re used to it so you don’t think to check on them or anything like that.)

You get two types of responses from the public. The first are people who are more ideological and don’t really want to acknowledge the depth of the problem because they think it will play into the right wing view of the City. Then you have those who say they are on the left and hate Trump, but that our problem is inhumane and unacceptable.

This problem adds to why we get so much attention.
 
For now yes, at some point when the chaos of the cities and the driving of fear by crime promotion is no longer beneficial for the Revolution then they will shut it down.
 
Diesel said:
The degradation of SF has saddened me for several years now. I'm not convinced it's a political problem. I think it's a population problem (among a lot of other things). Denser communities attract more people. More people attracted to cities are more liberal than conservative. That's a lot of correlations without an obvious causation.
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I’d argue there’s a definite political element to it. For example, we passed $1 billion bond measure a couple of years ago for homeless services and housing. But because of NIMBYism and restrictive building regulations we can’t actually build the proposed housing.

I could go into the weeds on several other issues as well (should people who are clearly mentally ill be forced into some type of treatment or be free to be on the street?). To be sure though, there’s not just one (easy) snap your finger policy solution. A lot of factors involved but it’s really really sad to see such a great (global) City in this condition.
 
cawacko said:
I’d argue there’s a definite political element to it. For example, we passed $1 billion bond measure a couple of years ago for homeless services and housing. But because of NIMBYism and restrictive building regulations we can’t actually build the proposed housing.

I could go into the weeds on several other issues as well (should people who are clearly mentally ill be forced into some type of treatment or be free to be on the street?). To be sure though, there’s not just one (easy) snap your finger policy solution. A lot of factors involved but it’s really really sad to see such a great (global) City in this condition.
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That sounds like more a social problem than a political problem to me. If people don't want subsidized housing on their block, then they shouldn't vote for it.

SF is truly a world class city, but it's not pretty anymore. I think dangerously mentally ill people might need to be admitted. We also need readily available treatment programs, housing, and job placement assistance.
 
Diesel said:
That sounds like more a social problem than a political problem to me. If people don't want subsidized housing on their block, then they shouldn't vote for it.

SF is truly a world class city, but it's not pretty anymore. I think dangerously mentally ill people might need to be admitted. We also need readily available treatment programs, housing, and job placement assistance.
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The problem is not cosmetic ...this is a once great city that is being destroyed on purpose....why we are not told.

I suspect that the Chinese are behind it.
 
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