One of the byproducts of being the dead solid center of the progressive movement in Amerika is becoming a target for the right-wing crazies. This has been true since the latter half of the 20th century. In the 50s, it was the Beatniks who were mocked and vilified. Then the hippies with their peace and love. Around the turn of the century, San Francisco values had its run on the national stage. And lately, it’s crime and homelessness. The spring after the Summer of Love an enterprising bus service offered Freak Tours of the Haight Ashbury and within days, the locals were holding up mirrors so the tourists could see who the real freaks were. And it’s happening again.
They’re all over town. The buzzards have landed. Excited, inappropriately dressed, red staters who have traveled long distances to the city of St. Francis to chronicle the devastation inflicted upon it by the twin liberal disasters of Gov. Gavin Newsom and even better, some Black female mayor. In Nancy Pelosi’s district no less, they’ve come to witness and chronicle the human suffering and kick through the garbage-strewn detritus to lick the doom. The cable news networks have showcased the rampant crime and homeless devastation. This is what happens when the snowflakes are allowed to run things. Joe Biden’s future legacy. The inevitable downfall of liberalism. They’re streaming out of the hotels, studying the sidewalks plaintively beseeching the heavens, “Where are the feces and needles? We were told there would be feces and needles. Yes, we’ve been to the Tenderloin. Big deal. We got that in Wichita. And we have actual winter.” The vulture tourists. Or are they hyenas? They say Portland has them too, but they’re hipper.
