Interesting, SureNot that I disagree, HH, but... As the author points out, San Francisco can be accurately described as a "progressive open-minded convoluted messed-up liberal bubble." In my interactions with a lot of people there (nowhere near as many as Bay Area residents ApeRobot and HH, but still) it has come to my attention that the liberal intellectuals of San Francisco live in a completely and totally different world than the rest of America. Quoting the article again, "No matter what the final outcome, this past week will go down as one of those defining moments, a seminal point in American history."
Don't want to bust the "liberal bubble," but that is absolutely untrue. While it is being run by major news outlets fairly regularly, it's hardly a topic of discussion outside of the dilletante community. Frankly, most people simply don't notice or care, except your wackos who are violently against it. Even my gay friends don't have much to say about it.
What may end up being historic about this whole thing is that one of those violently-opposed to the general interest of "the folks" (to borrow a Bill O'Rielly term) is doing a stint as President of the United States. While gay marriage really isn't something that matters much to me, stem cell reserach is. So does his assessment of global climate change studies as "pseudoscience" (particularly interesting in parallel with his interest in returning instruction on creationism to schools). So does "improving the economy" the old trickle-down way...which actually has demonstrated efficacy, when the jobs being created aren't trickling down and out to Mexico, India, etc.
People of America, regardless of your political leanings, you need to recognize that the Replubican party and its leaders no longer represent you (unless you are in the top 5% or so of finanical strata). Please vote accordingly, or don't vote at all. Ah, who gives a fuck.
My point, which I'm not making well, is that while San Francisco is in an idealogical bubble of sorts, so too seems to be the President of the United fucking States. Something's not right with that.
