Encinitas CA protesters were NOT majority "right wingers"!

[MyUncle]

The label of "right wing" is bogus for the protest at Encinitas, California. It is one of the more liberal cities in America, look it up. The people who live there, had enough and they protested specifically, intelligently and loudly. Yeah there were some Trump trolls, they were very few and far between. You can recognize Trumpers by their expensive, professionally printed signs.

https://www.kusi.com/encinitas-residents-hold-freedom-rally-to-protest-san-diego-countys-overreaching-shutdown-orders/

[demmiblue]

1. Lol... nice try.

Next!

[brush]

2. Still idiots.

[HAB911]

3. LOL

[rzemanfl]

4. Yeah, okay-

[5X]

5. I wonder how far these Encinitas protesters traveled to get there. n/t

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. So there are no rightwingers in liberal cities?

I was also unaware that travel between towns is banned under "Nazi California".

Thanks for stopping by.

[Blues Heron]

7. Fucking spreaders

American zombies is what they are. They can't lay on the beach wahh. Don't just call a wahmbulance call a real one, these whack jobs are going to need it if they keep freedumbing

[msongs]

8. events coordinated by fox news and trump campaign. all of them are nt

[MyUncle]

13. You can call them stupid, ignorant, selfish and wrong headed but,

These people were very much not Trump and Fox trolls. You can over simplify this but there were two live feeds and extensive coverage here in San Diego. You can say they are idiots, but these are citizens who were protesting the closures in their community.

The protest was prompted by a closure of a wide walking trail next to a rail line on Wednesday 4/15 . It is a pedestrian thoroughfare between Encinitas and Cardiff. It was a breaking point for many people who just wanted to take a walk on a wide trail or beach.

This is not all Trumpers, here is another link no editing on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=Hal6FXJifBY&feature=emb_logo

[Demsrule86]

22. They are worse in my opinion and are supporting Trump ....fuck them.

[Blues Heron]

27. walk in your neighborhood - there's hardly any traffic right now.

Disperse yourselves, don't gather, congregate, etc. It was closed because too many people were using it. Find somewhere else, get creative. Don't be a spreader zombie.

[Bad Thoughts]

9. Some truth to this guy

He identifies himself as Jan Schnitzer, who appears to be a resident of Encinitas who works at UC San Diego. He's a registered Republican.

He's also full of bullshit. The notion that we will get herd immunity is not clear, and the notion that the mortality rate will decline to the point of the common flu is wishful thinking.

ETA: He is an adjunct faculty at an Institute supported by UCSD. His bio claims that he is a professor in another department, but I can find no record supporting that fact.

[RockRaven]

10. Suburban areas of southern CA, especially Orange and San Diego counties, have plenty of RWNJs

including Encinitas specifically. And the nearby rural areas are positively FULL of right wingers.

[procon]

26. Yes, that's a fact.

I have two cousins in the trucking biz who live in rural areas around there and they are 100% rabid Trump Republicans. It wouldn't surprise me if they were at the protests with pro-trump banners on their trucks, and themselves all decked out in their Trumpian bling finery.

[MyUncle]

34. San Diego county is the same size as Connecticut

You might be surprised to know that San Diego county is about the same size geographically and in population as the state of Connecticut. Saying people near there is very subjective as El Cajon and Lakeside are in the same county but are very different in every conceivable way.

[RhodeIslandOne]

31. By the OP's logic there should be no protestors in Lansing, Madison, Columbus...

It's nonsense.

[lunasun]

11. I won't say what I thought of the area when visiting . Icky but maybe liberals I'll leave it at that

So what? Plenty of stupid assholes that aren’t righties

[greenjar_01]

12. Oh boy

[Coventina]

14. .

[rusty fender]

15. I saw this meme on Twitter:

You can’t fix stupid and you also can’t quarantine it either.

[Baked Potato]

16. I always look at the teeth. The snow white, perfectly shaped teeth.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Useless there's a purity test and a local law to keep RWers out of

Encinitas, then they're a small minority in that city.

[DBoon]

18. Encinitas - hotbed of revolutionary socialism!

Who knew?

[haele]

19. Use to be Darryl Issa's district.

Also Tom Metzger (Aryan Brotherhood) headquarters we're about 40 minutes away. They're dying off, but there's still a nasty streak of racist anti-government "suburban wanna-be cowboy" types in the area.

Hippy punching was a sport with a lot of those residents back in the early 80's. Along with abusing the migrant farmworkers they hired for their orchards and small ranches.

Haele

[MyUncle]

35. 40 minutes is a long way in San Diego

You might be surprised to know that San Diego county is about the same size geographically and in population as the state of Connecticut. Saying people near there is very subjective as El Cajon, Fallbrook and Lakeside are in the same county but are very different in every conceivable way. If you were able to drive 40 minutes away (no traffic) from any major American city, you can find all sorts of people.

[haele]

36. Not surprised to know this, I live in San Diego. Since 1984.

45 minutes drive is less than the average morning commute.
Thing is, while Encinitas itself is marginally blue, there's still a lot of little red pockets in the area between I-5 and the 15, and traffic isn't that difficult to get down to Pacific Highway.
If it wasn't for fair redistricting, that area would probably still be under Issa.
I wasn't saying all the fine folks in Encinitas are right wing idiots, but that there are a significantly larger number of ex-burb white nationalist sympathizers than normally would be expected still living in the area dreaming of past GOP glory.

Haele

[MyUncle]

37. I moved to San Diego in 1984 as well.

I moved to Oahu for 7 years in 2001. I hope you love it here as much as I do. No place is perfect, but I get to live in my favorite city in the world. I can't ask for much more than that.

[procon]

20. The article you like to doesn't support your opinion.

You made at lot of unsubstantiated assertions. You concluded that protesters were "Intelligent" because they were complaining about not being allowed to enjoy their favorite outdoor activities and spread the virus vs complying with stay home orders and not infecting it to others.

That illogical thinking lands you squarely in the camp of these Darwin Award candidates, and not a rational person. Save your money, if not your life, you definitely don't need a "professionally" printed sign for identification.

[Demsrule86]

21. Don't care who they are...they endanger lives and are super stupid.

[FreeState]

23. Encinitas is +2.3% Dem - which is LOW for CA

Also KUSI is a joke and about as right wing as you can get.

[zackymilly]

24. Here in NC, most of the protesters are business owners.

They don't care about their employees getting sick, they just want to open back up and make money.
Most of the business owners I know will still sit at home where it's safe, while their employees have to deal with the virus.

[The Magistrate]

25. Nonesense, Sir --- Right Wing Shit-Heels Can Be Found Everywhere

That they are a decided minority in some places does not mean they are absent.

People who turn out to stand beside christo-fascist adherents of the cheap thug with the hairspray crown in any case come under the old 'walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, is seen in a flock of ducks' standard....

"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[obamanut2012]

28. lolz

[mnhtnbb]

29. My Trumpster brother and his wife live in Solana Beach

next door to Encinitas. We both went to high school in La Jolla in the 60's. There was always a mix of hippies and right wingers in the area back then, and I don't think it has changed much over the years. Tremendous growth since 1965 when we moved to the area, but still a range of political opinions.

[Cha]

39. Aloha, mnhtnbb.. my son and daughter

graduated from La Jolla High in 1985 and '86. They are Dems.. but their father, who still lives in La Jolla, is sadly a magat.

[mnhtnbb]

41. Aloha, Cha!

My 50th high school reunion (Class of '69) was last fall, but I didn't go. Just couldn't bring myself to fly cross country from NC to CA at the time. Only went to school at La Jolla High for 2 years as I grew up in New Jersey and moved to CA in 1965.

It has changed so much. Do your son and daughter still live in the area?

[Cha]

42. You've been all over.. interesting you landed at La Jolla

High for 2 years.

My son has lived on Kauai since 1985 since he graduated. . went for surfing. My daughter lives in Portland Oregon. She met her husband at the University of Oregon, he's from Australia.. and they settled in Portland after graduation.

It has changed so much.. I used to work at a Natural Food store close to Windansea Beach for 5 years from '74 to '79.

Good times!

[MFM008]

30. There is no

Excuse for being a moron.
For thinking its "ok"
To go out in a plague get sick
And kill essential workers
Or we who quarantine when we have
To get food.
Your "rights" for that end at your front door.

[maxrandb]

32. Remember how they tried to say T-Baggers were just chock-full of "liberals and independents?

Nice try to mainstream this shit.

Like my dad used to say; "I was born at night, but it wasn't last night"

[maxrandb]

33. LOL

https://m.

[onethatcares]

38. there aren't going to be

enough go fund me jars on the convenience store counters to pay for the funerals.....nope,

[rufus dog]

40. So the District that kept reelecting Issa is liberal?

A district that has elected one Dem, and that was in 2000, this century!

Yes you said liberal cities, but damn, SoCal has this major transportation network of freeways, the entire district could access Encinitas within a 30 minute drive.

The proof is in who they elect to congress, and calling a district in CA that elects Repukes a liberal district? All of fucking Orange County is more liberal than that district. California has 51 members of the House, 45 are Democrats! Math is simple, that means six are not Democrats, but they are all Republicans, and one is from the District that includes Encinitas.


Finally,

[stuffmatters]

43. Mike Levin (D-Ca) has represented Encinitas since 1/2019