Comments on: Right Wing Berkeley http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/ news and views from uc berkeley Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Hov http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-116 Hov Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:50:49 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-116 The author is full of shit. Berkeley is no better than in terms of "livability" than most other places, at least in terms of the word's analytical meaning. He's just some arrogant elitist asshole who (I'm assuming) is trying to perpetuate some idealist view of "progressive" Berkeley. I don't think my assumption's too far off, though, considering the perspective of the piece; Freedberg spends his time trying to argue that Berkeley and the Bay Area are still the nation's "progressive" leaders. Arguments about fast food and chain stores shouldn't play too much a part of this discussion since it's highly personal. Normative preference will decide what's "livable", in the superficial sense, for each person differently. What I think the failure of the measures signifies is that most people in the city have some degree of common sense. Not every spending proposal is a good idea. "Progressivism" aside, some things are just not worth their cost. The author is full of shit. Berkeley is no better than in terms of “livability” than most other places, at least in terms of the word’s analytical meaning. He’s just some arrogant elitist asshole who (I’m assuming) is trying to perpetuate some idealist view of “progressive” Berkeley. I don’t think my assumption’s too far off, though, considering the perspective of the piece; Freedberg spends his time trying to argue that Berkeley and the Bay Area are still the nation’s “progressive” leaders.

Arguments about fast food and chain stores shouldn’t play too much a part of this discussion since it’s highly personal. Normative preference will decide what’s “livable”, in the superficial sense, for each person differently.

What I think the failure of the measures signifies is that most people in the city have some degree of common sense. Not every spending proposal is a good idea. “Progressivism” aside, some things are just not worth their cost.

]]> By: patr http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-115 patr Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:11:19 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-115 Obviously I was exaggerating, but those are nice things to have. I wonder what the author was referring to then. Because I really can't see what makes Berkeley so livable compared to other cities. Could it be the crowded & confusing streets; the bums sleeping outside your apartment; the gloomy weather; the overpriced everything... I could go on, but maybe some of other readers can share what they like about Berkeley. Obviously I was exaggerating, but those are nice things to have. I wonder what the author was referring to then. Because I really can’t see what makes Berkeley so livable compared to other cities. Could it be the crowded & confusing streets; the bums sleeping outside your apartment; the gloomy weather; the overpriced everything… I could go on, but maybe some of other readers can share what they like about Berkeley.

]]> By: Donald http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-114 Donald Tue, 21 Dec 2004 03:58:54 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2004/12/20/right-wing-berkeley/#comment-114 "Berkeley… livable??? Without fast food chains or mega shopping centers, life is almost not worth living." What a sorry life you must live. “Berkeley… livable??? Without fast food chains or mega shopping centers, life is almost not worth living.”

What a sorry life you must live.

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