SFist: American Apparel Protest on Saturday, 1/31

travin

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:44:14 -0800

Walgreens probably gets a pass from most people due to prescription medication availability for the sick and disabled. I tried pulling up a google map to illustrate the point, but was unsuccessful. I'm willing to wager that near each location there is a senior center, hospice, hospital or free clinic in close proximity.

Jeremy_ofSF

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:01:45 -0800

I don't want to get into a debate about the condos at Mission and Cesear Chavez and whether making 15% of them affordable units is enough. That's a complex and nuanced debate. What isn't complex and nuanced is THIS MAP. If I'm at Mission and Cesear Chavez and I need a Walgreens, I think it's reasonable to walk to the one at Mission and 23rd, or the one at Mission and 30th. Or maybe the one at 24th and Potrero. Or the one at 24th and Noe. Or the one at . . . .

travin

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:55:10 -0800

And the reason I mentioned that this group of folks are more organized and verbal group than that of the latino community, but got shouted down for being reactionary, absurd and offensive--which in and of itself speaks volumes of the criticism, but that's another issue. At any rate, facts is facts. Now if the two groups would play nice and coordinate on common goals, not matter if they agree or even speak the same language, they'd be golden. Why that's not happening is as unfathomable as it is disappointing.

aj

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:27:26 -0800

Also, American Airlines.

the default attorney

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:08:49 -0800

Could you guys stop calling it "AA"? You're giving alcoholics anonymous a bad image.

aj

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:53:44 -0800

To some of these guys the violence is a good thing, so long as it happens to someone else. Keeps rents cheap.

RinconHillSF

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:42:35 -0800

I thought I'd stick within the realm of San Francisco problems that are worth protesting.

manys

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:19:16 -0800

Or a protest about the bank welfare going on right now, while the banks are using those tax dollars to lobby the government to go easy on them. I mean, it appears the only thing you're willing to protest is "something else," so maybe you should just march against "difference itself."

manys

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:15:07 -0800

Yes, and what about the moon? Isn't anybody else concerned about it crashing into the Earth? What exactly is wrong with the condos at Kelly Moore? You hoping for another "Out Of The Closet" or something? Lemme guess, you think the Hollywood Video should become a Blockbuster.

markroquet

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:09:49 -0800

yeah that is pretty awful.

markroquet

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:00:25 -0800

my thoughts exactly.

Jeremy_ofSF

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:54:36 -0800

There were large, sustained protests about Walgreens and condos replacing the Keely Moore paints at Mission and Cesear Chavez, but that was mostly the Mission Anti-displacement Coalition people--mostly latino folks who were fighting gentrification back in the 90s. That crowd isn't involved in American Apparel, and this new AA crowd mostly wasn't involved with Walgreens. Exhibit 4397 of the cultural segregation of the Mission and San Francisco.

RinconHillSF

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:21:54 -0800

But when are folks going to get together and march against the random violence that seems to be picking up steam (or at least being reported more often) in San Francisco? Maybe that's what some of these early birds filing to run for Supervisor in 2010 should consider ...

Xenu

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:54:31 -0800

But that's idiotic. If you can't afford to live here, you should move somewhere you an afford. Or get a better job and stay.

mac9

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:08:20 -0800

wait, so when are residents and business that are up in arms about AA going to get as upset and organize against the condos and lack of affordable housing in the mission and the rest of SF? where were you when the old kelley moore parking lot was being turned into "market" rate condos?

travin

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:01:17 -0800

providing that's actually the case, way to be out with your douchebaggery.

travin

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:59:29 -0800

aka most anywhere.

Brock Keeling

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:34:13 -0800

Come now. PCR is a part of SF. I would hate to seem it off the air.

Jeremy_ofSF

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:29:50 -0800

And while the USA remains at war, it seems to be legal for Pirate Cat to stay on the air: http://www.piratecatradio.com/about.php "We believe that Title 47 Section 73.3542 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations currently allows Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm to legally broadcast with out a formal licence from the FCC." Title 47 Section 73.3542 states: "Authority is granted, on a temporary basis, in extraordinary circumstances requiring emergency operation to serve the public interest. such situations include . . . the continuance of any war in which the United States is engaged."

Jeremy_ofSF

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:26:45 -0800

Jesus, there's a lot of haters on the Internet. Why wasn't I told?

sfperson2000

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:55:01 -0800

Maybe if the CIty bans/block AA -- they can open an illegal Pirate AA! Why is it Pirate radio is trying to use law to control others? What jerks! Get them off the air FCC!

spysea

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:05:18 -0800

Just filed a complaint with the FCC and 89.7 PIRATE DOUCHE RADIO!

beets

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:48:18 -0800

yeah. hi. duh. thats the joke. that whole area has been on the development uprise for the past 5 years. so. good job to you.

mamcart

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:28:52 -0800

Gentrification debate? Yeah, I live in Pac Heights and I can't afford to shop on Valencia as it is. So good job, there.

beets

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:01:54 -0800

My show (yes, I'm a DJ there) runs from noon to 2 (It's called A Novel Sound *cough*shamelessselfpromotion*cough*). So you should come hang out with me and listen to good music while the gentrification in the mission debate rages outside the studio.

hubcap

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:59:19 -0800

find something better to protest, like the bart service hours trimmings or any number of galaxies

markorkram

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:57:47 -0800

I was too ardent, that can is call...

markorkram

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:55:43 -0800

If AA had tried to put this store on the same block on Mission Street, some 500 feet away, all of these ardent protesters wouldn't have given a shit. What do we can that?

BlueFairlane

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:20:20 -0800

touche

manys

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:10:00 -0800

hipster vs. hipster? it's like stalinist russia all over again. :(

bluecanary

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:07:28 -0800

It could be worse. The place could be filled with people who simply couldn't give a shit about anything.

sf_bikebike

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:49:35 -0800

me to.

hillarys_quivering_lip

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:35:01 -0800

> see! and I even misspelled it but you just HAD to look. Still looking. damn you, Travin!

travin

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:28:26 -0800

see! and I even misspelled it but you just HAD to look.

markroquet

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:26:41 -0800

it's funny how first it was the "hipsters" that allegedly wanted american apparel to be here and now it is allegedly the "hipsters" fighting it. san francisco's favorite pejorative is close to meaningless already, and this controversy is pushing it further and further down that road.

Angrybat

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:24:17 -0800

Awesome. Brock should totally do an SFist ur-post with all these elements. Then he can run that on a slow news day.

The Angry Young Man

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:23:02 -0800

Christ. I hate people.

travin

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:12:56 -0800

...while critical mass passes quietly by, like a scene from bladerunner.

oskarv

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:12:45 -0800

there are definitely AA customers in the mission. no doubt about it.

wsanders

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:09:56 -0800

Why am I thinking this is all moot; slutty teenagers with money seem to stay within a 1/2 km radius of the Powell St BART - Union Square corridor. How many of them could actually find Valencia St? Or do I have the AA demographic all wrong?

aj

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:03:54 -0800

That and an owner not picking up dog poop. And arrests not being made.

travin

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:01:46 -0800

If someone takes a photo of the protest with Frank Chu wearing the bart/pistol tshirt, then we'd be in bidnez.

aj

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:58:34 -0800

This so calls for a counter-protest. In American Apparel briefs and/or panties, and nothing else.

periqueblend

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:51:03 -0800

I just hate hipsters! don't you?

sf_bikebike

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:36:53 -0800

seems like there is a protest every week in SF these days. OH MY GOD the side walk has a crack in it! PROTEST PROTEST!!

Angrybat

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:31:26 -0800

WHEW. I was scared we weren't going to have an American Apparel post today.

hillarys_quivering_lip

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:28:33 -0800

> Everytime I see their ads I think of luriddiggs /googles luriddiggs /washes eyes out with bleach

Jas

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:20:00 -0800

Will there be soup?

travin

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:19:51 -0800

Everytime I see their ads I think of luriddiggs

oskarv

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:15:20 -0800

their silly ads will definitely be featured on VH1's 2000s retrospective.

Brock Keeling

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:14:11 -0800

Good point. I mean, while the anti--AA folks don't admit it, I think that's a part of their furor, or at least what sparked it.

bluecanary

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:11:10 -0800

They should organize a rally to protest the sheer tackiness of these clothes and the company's ad campaign.

sfbs

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:08:53 -0800

This is the most pressing cause that Pirate Cat Radio can organize a protest for? What a progressive station! I am imagining the station's logo as the Hello Kitty logo with a pirate patch on one eye. Total douchenozzles.

megang

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:59:23 -0800

AMEN!!

WagonMonster

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:53:37 -0800

Oh get a life, you hipster douchenozzles.