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Why SFist pisses me off. Alternatively...

Brant: why is sfist pissing you off?
me: because while their bent is ostensibly liberal they manage to be about as ignorant, racist, stereotypical and conservative as they can possibly be within that label
they do nothing but gripe and perpetuate damaging stereotypes about Muni
outright insulting drivers collectively as a group
argh
it helps nobody to continue to insult the entire body of operators (most of whom are skilled and professional) for a few overly-publicized transgressions by the minority
"Muni drivers are ALWAYS on their cell phones"
not true
"Unlike Muni drivers, who time their runs according to their own personal whims, The PresidiGo departs every half hour on the dot; and even though it has to contend with the same traffic as Muni, it's really reliable."
that's just insulting
also, they know little about the city outside of the yuppie core
http: //sfist.com/2008/06/23/sfist_blotter_75.php
in no way is Maynard & Congdon "Bernal Heights" and if any of them had ever set foot outside the north half of town they might know that
oh and this is RICH
http: //sfist.com/2008/06/20/vile_firstfloor_turk_and_hyde_onebe.php
first they perpetuate a really gross, ignorant stereotype about the Tenderloin "In a space where people are sure to kick in your window and sexually assault you twice a day."
Brant: Umm
me: and then they COMPLAIN that they can't find a suitable apartment in the TL!
me: kicking in the windows twice a day is unlikely.
why are these assholes looking for a place in the tenderloin if they're clearly inimical to its native population??
just to slum it?
garner some cred?
score a cheap rent deal because they're privileged and white and landlords should rent to them?
in a neighborhood they clearly consider "vile"
I'm just really sick of this kind of urban imperialism
like, we will pass judgment on your social ills because we are moneyed and educated and coming to use your city as our personal playground
without regard to the underlying causes of the "problems" we identify and bitch about
like, if any of these assholes spent a week at Central City Hospitality House on Turk, or at the city clinic at 50 Ivy, or at SF General, they might have a perspective on homeless people that is not sportingly condescending: http://sfist.com/2008/06/17/reason_why_the_homeless_totally_rul.php
anyway that's my rant, feel free to ignore
mostly just using this chat as a draft of some later indignant letter or blog post, sorry

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