We're here. We surf. We're in your face!
But have you ever tried to surf San Francisco’s Ocean Beach? That stretch of sand and tired arms and swell line after swell line after swell line just hammering and hammering and hammering?
I haven’t but have stood in the parking lot there, alongside local and Maverick charger Taylor Paul, thinking, “How in the world do people do that? Put themselves on such a paddlewheel, multiple 100s of duck dives paddlewheel? For what? For why?”
So didn’t paddle out.
But God bless the San Francisco surfer. Bless her fortitude. Bless his pluck.
It is a proper hell out there and these same surfers, or at least some of them, presumably, tried to attend the caustic, surf hating rally of Democratic frontrunning candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s San Francisco. Were they welcomed with open arms? Thanked for being personally progressive and also likely slamming their heads into Ocean Beach’s unrelenting negativism? An apt metaphor for current American politics if ever there was one.
Yes?
No?
And we must turn to the New York Post for more.
Two queer activists unhappy with Pete Buttigieg’s “middle of the road” politics were kicked out of his San Francisco fundraiser Friday after interrupting him on stage with shouted questions, a report said.
The protesters peppered Buttigieg with questions at San Francisco’s National LGBTQ Center for the Arts, immediately drawing boos from supporters of the former South Bend, Indiana mayor, according to The Guardian.
“I respect your activism, but this is a gathering for supporters of our campaign and I just got a question about my husband and I’m really excited to answer it,” Buttigieg said in response to the activists, the report said.
After the event, a Buttigieg supporter confronted the activists.
“You’re homophobes, that’s what you all are, you’re homophobes!” the supporter yelled.
“We’re all gay!” a protester responded.
And we are.
Truly are. Surfers and Mayor Pete must not, should not forget that however much he hates us and Hillary Clinton hates us that we will not be silenced.
Is this our political moment?
Awakening?
More as the story develops.
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With great effort there must be as a minimum result, great reward. Unless… you are using very little effort combined the water movement within the huge channel to drop you back to the take off zone.
Little effort for a greater reward is very pleasing.
Not taking the bait Chas.
Bad at surfing and fishing Mr Smith.
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Surf media are always liberal fucjtards , can’t think for themselves.
As a surfer who voted for Trump before.
I’m just watching the democratic candidates self destruct and explain in detail why Ishould not vote for either of them?
pete is a head case with daddy issues.
his dad was a marxist proffesor at Harvard and now he doing everything he can to stop Bernie(daddy).
look at his eyes… he’s sick.
real soul surfers don’t vote or vote Bernie
There are soul surfers at BG.? But but, soul surfers aren’t into competition or contests–right frank?
Dude you need to relax.
She busy.
Sorry Chas, we knew you never surfed OB when you mentioned never ditching your board in big surf. Come ditch with us Chas. We will caress your frightened nooks and crannies.
That is obviously an unlicensed shaka, and clearly dangerous to anyone in the vicinity.
This deserves a penis fish.
Wiggolly is surfing against Weslley in the Semi’s of the Oi Hang Loose Pro (tomorrow).
How about that…
I bet Mama Dantas removes all acai bowls from the household this weekend.
I’m that fucken excited for it. It reminds me of collecting Karl and Pat Malone cards as a youngster.
The Mailman! Definition of a power forward
I’m soooo pumped on the QS this year!!!
Any str8 men here happen to catch the story about the woman who got bit by a seal in WA?
Picture is worth a thousand words. Just say’n
https://au.news.yahoo.com/t…
Like taking a bite from a ripe peach.
C’mon Chas, get onto it …
The only thing worse than these current useless Democrats is the paddle out at large ocean beach.
Find someone. Fast. Coz you’re gonna lose.
Oh yeah
The Dumocrats are just what we need right now.
Can Obama come back??
At least he’d make it a contest.
Why the fuck do you care about US politics ?
If you’ve got a vote, then sure.
But I bet you don’t so …. up to the US electorate.
What the fuk do you care what I care about?
I’ve got Fox News buddy!!
Who doesn’t like train crashes?
Are we back in the margins again? Or in with cool people?
I can’t keep up….
Hated!
I think the PC term is “down voted”.
I feel a new product gestating.
It’s funny how everything is a “hate word/term” these days except for the word “hate”.
Too many emotions, not enough dictionaries.
Don’t hate the player, hate the gamelan.
Oftentimes, it’s cool to be marginalized.
And marginalising to be cool. I mean, all the cool kids at school ended up as unsuccessful drunkards.