Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco
by enoreyes on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:35PM
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It feels a bit misleading to immediately attack Boudin for his work in Venezuela. He was a translator there between undergrad and law school. His leftist background is certainly quite interesting but I felt that the early attempt to attack his character by associating him with Chavez comes across as a bit of a stretch that I think hurts the credibility of the author.
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Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco
by refurb on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:52PM
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You can read the article he wrote called "Chavez for Life"
Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco
by bosswipe on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:40PM
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Yea that was my hint that this is just an ideological rant.
Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco
by trowawee on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:46PM
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I was curious what the City Journal was, so I looked it and the Manhattan Institute up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy.... Worthwhile reading for anyone wondering where the original piece is coming from.
Personally, looking over their history, I think their interest in publishing a piece like this is likely rooted in ideological issues rather than actually looking at anything meaningful. (I also think they've been wrong about...very nearly everything they've ever offered a position on, so I'm skeptical about this claim that SF is on the brink of tipping over into a Mad Max set.)