http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/02/something-happening-downtown-that-has-to-do-with-the-superbowl Comments On: Something Happening Downtown That Has to Do With the Superbowl by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Pridge Wessea]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:23:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by HOT PUSSY]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:43:23 -0800 The Stranger
Civic pride is so funny to behold sometimes.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:08:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:06:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pat L]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:16:10 -0800 The Stranger
I think you're confused; it's the whitest city in America.
Posted by It's a liberal whitopia]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:09:02 -0800 The Stranger
I think you're confused; it's the whitest city in America.
Posted by It's a liberal whitopia]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:06:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pridge Wessea]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:35:39 -0800 The Stranger
@ 34, what does your subjective opinion have to do with the comparative levels of liberalism between SF and Seattle?
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:15:13 -0800 The Stranger The part of Cascadia that runs through WA state is therefore by definition the center of the universe.

QED
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:48:40 -0800 The Stranger
I think the state you're in also has a huge impact and to discount that out of hand blurs the full picture. Cities dont exist in a vaccuum. Marriage equality passed in WA because of Seattle. Also pot - we are the only state to have both and via a public vote no less. Seattle drove these changes and in the case of legal pot, helped pioneer them. SF doesn't have that power in Cali.

Neither city is perfect and we've got a lot of similarities, but SF isn't currently enabling and making leftward change on the level Seattle is.
Posted by Pridge Wessea]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:03:44 -0800 The Stranger California hasn't legalized same sex marriage. So that's a bad comparison right there. So is the pot thing. Pot's legal in Colorado, but I wouldn't say that makes Denver (which is pretty liberal) as left as either SF or Seattle. And general strikes are now illegal. The rest of the stuff you cite is about doubled in concentration in SF compared to Seattle.

Sorry, but wishing it were true doesn't make it so.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:11:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NotYourStrawMan]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:09:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jt]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:20:33 -0800 The Stranger
And I guess you could hang out with 53 homophobic helmeted dudes 8 times a year in SF or get kicked out of Safeco Field by homophobic ushers 81 times a year.
Posted by seatackled]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:18:53 -0800 The Stranger
I dunno that SF is more Left than Seattle. I mean, I can't get married in SF, can I? The Seahawks haven't attacked their gay fans. You can smoke pot while standing right out in front of the Space Needle and all you'll get is a verbal warning. The party that won the second highest number of cotes in the 43rd LD's house election wasn't the GOP-it was Socialist Alternative. You can't pick up a rock and throw it without hitting an anarchist or a musician. The two top contenders for the mayoral seat are a hardcore environmentalist and an out of the closet gay guy. There's so much public art everywhere that just walking around in this place feels like you're in a museum. If there's a rally or a protest of some kind anywhere, I guarantee you that Food Not Bombs is going to be there handing out food. There's free clinics and groups dedicated to providing free housing that spontaneously arise not from the top down but from groups of idealistic young people who've just had enough with seeing their fellow human beings in pain. There's vegetarian options at almost every restaurant.

FDR once referred to the "47 states of the US and the Soviet of Washington". The last successful General Strike in US history took place right here. The IWW maintains a presence here. The ILWU is respected and revered. The only statue of Lenin in North America is located in Freemont.

SF can suck it. Seattle is the most Left wing city in America. And when I die, if there is a heaven, it still won't be as beautiful as Seattle. I love this fucking place, and everybody in it.
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:56:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treehugger]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:40:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:11:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ryanmm]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:01:26 -0800 The Stranger
Anyway, your first post implied that the WTO was mostly protested by Seattleites. The protesters actually traveled to Seattle from all over America, and the world beyond. They would have traveled to Dallas if the WTO meetings were being held there. The only thing Seattle did to make them memorable was to forget to police them until after the shit hit the fan.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:52:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ballard Pimp]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:52:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by cracked]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Chris B]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:19:35 -0800 The Stranger
Anyone watching the made for Netflix original House of Cards? It's up there with the better cable series like Mad Men.

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Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:31:19 -0800 The Stranger
SF? Why on Earth would I want to go there? To experience homophobic bigots dressed up in helmets and jerseys telling me how terrified they are of sharing a locker room with a gay guy?

Look, SF isn't gay enough for me. Seattle is. I'm surprised Dan's not running for mayor. I love this fucking place, every goddamn inch of it. And if I could, I'd marry everybody between Bellingham and Olympia. Well, the guys, anyway. Even Mark Driscoll, I'd marry the shit out of Mark Driscoll. Right in his church from Planet Nine. That's how much I love this place. SF can kiss my ass. Seattle/Tacoma is my home and always will be.
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:14:58 -0800 The Stranger