SF - the clothing optional city

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/djsaunders/detail?entry_id=97587&tsp=1

UPDATE: Reader Kevin Keyser sent me an email about this exchange between KRON video journalist Stanley Roberts and a naked guy who called him the n-word. This video gives you a good idea about who these naked guys are. Warning: Ugly stuff.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Translation: "News outfit with an agenda harrasses naked people

and -surprise!- the naked people get irritated."

Oh, I know, they're just making it impossible for families with their children to enjoy the Castro :nopity:

If you or your family is going to melt upon seeing a naked human, go to Des Moines, then.

[xchrom]

2. +1 - if you don't want the weird, the off beat or the naked - stay out of sf. Nt

[Luminous Animal]

4. Debra J. Saunders (linked in the OP) is vile right wing propagandist.

The racist in the video is vile also and, true to form, Debra uses him to smear all the naked guys.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Yes, I'm familiar with Deb Saunders.

right-wing, pro-war, Bush apologist, etc.

[Xithras]

3. There are assholes in every group.

Funny thing was, when I was watching the video, the moment it flashed onto that old guy I just knew he was going to be the one to go off. I don't know why, but I could tell right away that he was an asshole. A split second later, he proved me right.

As for proving "who these naked guys are"...I counted four nudists, and one naked asshole. Four of the five people without clothing had nothing but smiles on. The fact that one apparently got off by proving that his ass doesn't stop at the top of his crack is hardly an indictment of the rest.

[Luminous Animal]

5. "proving that his ass doesn't stop at the top of his crack" !!! Love it!

[Nye Bevan]

6. It should be banned for reasons of hygiene.

People who may not have wiped their butts properly wandering around town and sitting on park benches? Gross.

[Luminous Animal]

8. To quote a wise DUer, "if you don't want the weird, the off beat or the naked - stay out of sf."

[Warren DeMontague]

23. Meh. No offense, but as an ex-Bay Area resident, SF's vaunted weirdness is overrated.

Honestly, when I think of San Francisco these days I think of Lexus-driving yuppies fighting over the last parking space in Noe Valley.

You want REAL weirdness, come to Portland.

[Luminous Animal]

25. SF has participated in the World Naked Bike Ride since 2004.

As has Portland.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. still no parking, though.

I've done both places, now. Trust me- as an impartial observer, Portland is weirder.

[Tesha]

21. Think of the pigeons!

By the way, did you read the story in New Scientist
about a month ago that was describing how, in winter, most
of the bacteria city folk breath in comes from dog shit?

Tesha

[demosincebirth]

9. That's why I live across the bay. Beautiful city. I visit every now

and then or when friends or relatives from out of town come to visit. They always want to go to the Castro.

[ljm2002]

10. I haven't read the column...

...and I'm not particularly fond of the idea of naked people prancing around outside, largely due to health issues.

However, Debra Saunders is not only a right-wing shill but is rarely able to form a coherent argument for or against anything at all. A real lightweight. I've never understood why she is able to keep her job at the Chron. Seems they'd be able to get someone with a bit more intellectual firepower. She's not even worth rebutting most of the time, she's so weak.

Just FYI.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. I don't mind if they walk, run, skate, rollerblade, bicycle, but NO PRANCING!

Seriously. None of those dudes was doing anything even remotely resembling a prance.

[ljm2002]

14. This is in the Castro, right?

And you're telling me there was no prancing going on??? I find that hard to believe!!!

[greytdemocrat]

11. My 2 cents

Just a bunch of attention w's.

[Gin]

15. ya seen one ya seen em all....just sayin!

[PoliticAverse]

13. "But the thing you don't realize is that there's good naked and bad naked." n/t

[MedicalAdmin]

16. I have no problem with public nudity ...

... racist asshats on the other hand ....

[Lyric]

19. Yep. Apparently even nudists can be assholes.

And I agree with you. The nudity is fine with me. The racism? Definitely not fucking fine.

[KamaAina]

17. "Please note, I resisted the urge to write yet another pun about the supervisor's name."

Guess we should have run him in NY09. :P

[KamaAina]

18. Talk about your naked bigotry!

:wow:

[KamaAina]

20. Don't most stations bleep out the N-word?

It was kind of jarring to hear it right after the symphony of "bleep -- bleep -- bleep".

[MikeW]

22. sorry but this is ridiculous

The way "some" people bathe today leaves a lot to be desired.

I don't want some guys dirty bare arse on some chair Im going to sit in later.

[Starry Messenger]

24. Being naked doesn't make you a saint.

Just unclothed.

[Odin2005]

26. I find public nudity outside of private nudist hang-outs to be disgusting.

If that makes me a backward knuckle-dragger to some folks I don't really give a damn.

And it seems that most nudists are the kind of people that one does NOT want to see nude. :puke:

[Major Nikon]

27. This would never happen in Texas

Sitting on a metal seat out in the sun in 105 degree weather is a good way to cook your eggs.

Don't ask me how I know these things.