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useapen
Dec 24, 2023, 3:56:54 AM12/24/23
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The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of
observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and
America’s independence.
An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
voted against the action.
Gavin Newsom in West Sacramento, California, in August.
California governor signs bills boosting protections for LGBTQ+ people
Read more
This means that monthly programming meant to acknowledge and teach the
history of historically marginalized groups such as Black Americans and
LGBTQ+ people will be replaced by “content” about local railroad and
surfing history and a monthlong tribute to the discovery of oil in
Huntington Beach called Black Gold Jubilee, according to the agenda item’s
language. It’s still possible that the city can establish a day of
observation for marginalized groups, Moser adds.
“I was really disappointed to see it on the agenda but wasn’t surprised
given the past year,” said Moser, who is from Huntington Beach. “I want
Huntington Beach to be seen as a welcoming and inclusive community.
Instead, we are thrust into this war and I think that this council
majority is trying to make a name for itself as a model or symbol of the
extreme-right side of that war.”
This is the latest action in a series of local actions that mirror
national culture wars over the past year, since four conservative council
members were elected on anti-housing development platforms. In the year
since their elections, mayor Gracey Van Der Mark, mayor pro tem Pat Burns
and councilmembers Casey McKeon and Tony Strickland have voted to disallow
Pride flags from being flown on city property, declared itself a “no mask
and no vaccine mandate” city and created a review board for children’s
library books.
“This traces back to a larger systemic apathy for what our libraries
provide and support of the new culture wars, it’s just continuing down
that path,” said Dan Kalmick, another Huntington Beach city council member
who voted against the agenda item. “This is just an ignorant attempt to
try to make the utopia that they accuse everyone else of trying to create.
This is all a hand-wave to distract from the fact that they’re breaking
the city.” Huntington Beach is a majority white community of nearly
200,000 in Orange county.
While the most recent moves by the conservative city council majority have
grabbed local and regional headlines, they did not begin with the November
2022 elections. The city and county have grappled with decades of racial
tensions and extremist demonstrations and actions including a stop the
steal rally in 2020, a white lives matter rally in 2021, and the
distribution of Ku Klux Klan propaganda that same year. Similar materials
were found in Newport Beach, just 5 miles south.
But Moser and Kalmick both argue that those on the far-right fringe do not
represent the majority of Huntington Beach residents, several of whom
voiced their disapproval of the agenda item via emails sent to council
members.
“I am deeply disappointed in many of your recent decisions that have
little to do with the real problems facing Huntington Beach,” one resident
wrote to the city council’s email address. “Enough with the attempts at
cheap headlines already! It would help if you were working to reduce
crime, address the homeless problem, pave our streets, and work on real
issues that the people of HB care about.”
“This proposal is a waste of time, money and resources since the city’s
schools, library, and arts programs already honor and provide awareness
about the rich historic heritage of the US, State of California, and City
of Huntington Beach. We should leave it to educators and professionals to
handle these types of programs, not citizen volunteers who have a
political agenda,” another resident wrote in opposition to the agenda
item. “Shame on you for designating We Love Our Libraries for August after
everything you’ve done to weaken and wreak havoc within our library
system.”
Van Der Mark, Burns, McKeon and Strickland did not respond to the
Guardian’s request for comment and clarification by the time of
publication.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/22/california-huntington-
beach-ban-diverse-celebrations
conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of
observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and
America’s independence.
An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
voted against the action.
Gavin Newsom in West Sacramento, California, in August.
California governor signs bills boosting protections for LGBTQ+ people
Read more
This means that monthly programming meant to acknowledge and teach the
history of historically marginalized groups such as Black Americans and
LGBTQ+ people will be replaced by “content” about local railroad and
surfing history and a monthlong tribute to the discovery of oil in
Huntington Beach called Black Gold Jubilee, according to the agenda item’s
language. It’s still possible that the city can establish a day of
observation for marginalized groups, Moser adds.
“I was really disappointed to see it on the agenda but wasn’t surprised
given the past year,” said Moser, who is from Huntington Beach. “I want
Huntington Beach to be seen as a welcoming and inclusive community.
Instead, we are thrust into this war and I think that this council
majority is trying to make a name for itself as a model or symbol of the
extreme-right side of that war.”
This is the latest action in a series of local actions that mirror
national culture wars over the past year, since four conservative council
members were elected on anti-housing development platforms. In the year
since their elections, mayor Gracey Van Der Mark, mayor pro tem Pat Burns
and councilmembers Casey McKeon and Tony Strickland have voted to disallow
Pride flags from being flown on city property, declared itself a “no mask
and no vaccine mandate” city and created a review board for children’s
library books.
“This traces back to a larger systemic apathy for what our libraries
provide and support of the new culture wars, it’s just continuing down
that path,” said Dan Kalmick, another Huntington Beach city council member
who voted against the agenda item. “This is just an ignorant attempt to
try to make the utopia that they accuse everyone else of trying to create.
This is all a hand-wave to distract from the fact that they’re breaking
the city.” Huntington Beach is a majority white community of nearly
200,000 in Orange county.
While the most recent moves by the conservative city council majority have
grabbed local and regional headlines, they did not begin with the November
2022 elections. The city and county have grappled with decades of racial
tensions and extremist demonstrations and actions including a stop the
steal rally in 2020, a white lives matter rally in 2021, and the
distribution of Ku Klux Klan propaganda that same year. Similar materials
were found in Newport Beach, just 5 miles south.
But Moser and Kalmick both argue that those on the far-right fringe do not
represent the majority of Huntington Beach residents, several of whom
voiced their disapproval of the agenda item via emails sent to council
members.
“I am deeply disappointed in many of your recent decisions that have
little to do with the real problems facing Huntington Beach,” one resident
wrote to the city council’s email address. “Enough with the attempts at
cheap headlines already! It would help if you were working to reduce
crime, address the homeless problem, pave our streets, and work on real
issues that the people of HB care about.”
“This proposal is a waste of time, money and resources since the city’s
schools, library, and arts programs already honor and provide awareness
about the rich historic heritage of the US, State of California, and City
of Huntington Beach. We should leave it to educators and professionals to
handle these types of programs, not citizen volunteers who have a
political agenda,” another resident wrote in opposition to the agenda
item. “Shame on you for designating We Love Our Libraries for August after
everything you’ve done to weaken and wreak havoc within our library
system.”
Van Der Mark, Burns, McKeon and Strickland did not respond to the
Guardian’s request for comment and clarification by the time of
publication.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/22/california-huntington-
beach-ban-diverse-celebrations
NoBody
Dec 24, 2023, 9:48:57 AM12/24/23
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
<your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of
>observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and
>America’s independence.
>
>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>voted against the action.
I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching of
<your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of
>observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and
>America’s independence.
>
>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>voted against the action.
history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are doing
is just driving poltical division.
pothead
Dec 24, 2023, 11:07:52 AM12/24/23
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Absolutely.
I agree.
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robert
Dec 24, 2023, 2:25:21 PM12/24/23
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pothead <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote in
news:um9l0l$2k1q0$1...@dont-email.me:
Divide and conquer. Oldest trick in the book. Dem and Repub voters
have huge common areas of overlap and agreement. Together they are an
undefeatable force. Fragmented by silly "lets pretend" gender
misappropriation, abortion, and invading hordes of illegal immigrants,
they both lose to a tiny minority of nuts driving the social wedges.
Both political groups need to rise up and crack the nuts.
news:um9l0l$2k1q0$1...@dont-email.me:
have huge common areas of overlap and agreement. Together they are an
undefeatable force. Fragmented by silly "lets pretend" gender
misappropriation, abortion, and invading hordes of illegal immigrants,
they both lose to a tiny minority of nuts driving the social wedges.
Both political groups need to rise up and crack the nuts.
Governor Swill
Dec 25, 2023, 12:33:24 AM12/25/23
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor of
>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history and
>>>America?s independence.
>>>
>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>>>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>>>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>>>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>>>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>>>voted against the action.
>>
>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching of
>> history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are doing
>> is just driving political division.
>
>Absolutely.
>I agree.
They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always been America's
>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>>>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>>>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>>>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>>>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>>>voted against the action.
>>
>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching of
>> history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are doing
>> is just driving political division.
>
>Absolutely.
>I agree.
strength.
Swill
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NoBody
Dec 25, 2023, 11:30:57 AM12/25/23
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On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:33:20 -0500, Governor Swill
<governo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor of
>>>>observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history and
>>>>America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>>>>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>>>>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>>>>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>>>>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>>>>voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching of
>>> history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are doing
>>> is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
>They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always been America's
>strength.
>
You mistake diversity for divisiveness. I'm not surprised.
<governo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor of
>>>>observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history and
>>>>America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that
>>>>pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people
>>>>of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property,
>>>>including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as
>>>>social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who
>>>>voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching of
>>> history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are doing
>>> is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
>They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always been America's
>strength.
>
>Swill
Tom G.
Dec 25, 2023, 4:49:53 PM12/25/23
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Governor Swill <governo...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:205ioilu944qpibjb...@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead
> <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor
>>>>of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history
>>>>and America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming
>>>>that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for
>>>>women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on
>>>>city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in
>>>>city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie
>>>>Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching
>>> of history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are
>>> doing is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
> They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always
> been America's strength.
Invalid tactical assumption.
Diversity as proposed by leftists is never a strength. It's a visible
weakness and exploited in every conflict. The losers are never around to
acknowledge the failure. They're dead.
news:205ioilu944qpibjb...@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead
> <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor
>>>>of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history
>>>>and America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming
>>>>that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for
>>>>women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on
>>>>city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in
>>>>city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie
>>>>Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching
>>> of history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are
>>> doing is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
> They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always
> been America's strength.
Diversity as proposed by leftists is never a strength. It's a visible
weakness and exploited in every conflict. The losers are never around to
acknowledge the failure. They're dead.
Governor Swill
Dec 26, 2023, 1:18:43 AM12/26/23
to
the Chinese, Italians, Greeks, Spanish, French, Germans, Poles, Swedes, Irish, Scots,
Norwegians, Danes, Hungarians, Russians and Japanese and only allowed immigration from
England? Not to mention we should have banned the slave trade before the first African
arrived in the hemisphere . . .
portability
Dec 26, 2023, 3:35:03 AM12/26/23
to
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:07:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead
> <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor
>>>>of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history
>>>>and America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming
>>>>that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for
>>>>women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on
>>>>city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in
>>>>city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie
>>>>Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching
>>> of history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are
>>> doing is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
> They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always
> been America's strength.
Yeah, like the diversity of the American military in Vietnam. That was
> <pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2023-12-24, NoBody <NoB...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 08:56:52 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>>><your...@outlook.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of
>>>>conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong
>>>>celebrations of Black history, women?s history and Pride, in favor
>>>>of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California?s history
>>>>and America?s independence.
>>>>
>>>>An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming
>>>>that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for
>>>>women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on
>>>>city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in
>>>>city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie
>>>>Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
>>>
>>> I see absolutely no reason to carve out specially focused teaching
>>> of history. Teach history as a single subject. What the libs are
>>> doing is just driving political division.
>>
>>Absolutely.
>>I agree.
>
> They teach that way in order to instruct that diversity has always
> been America's strength.
progressive liberalism in action. Democrats refused to fight a war and
tried to bomb rice fields into submission wasting billions of $$$.
Democrats also demanded blacks be part of the action.
That worked out well between pseudofolliculitis barbae, shin splints,
shower shoes, pot smoking, Christmas lights strung over the lockers in the
coon corner of the squad bay. Blacks refused to fight, wrote their
congressmen and complained that white people and slants were picking on
them. Some strength, diversity in action.
Governor Swill
Dec 27, 2023, 3:56:37 AM12/27/23
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NoBody
Dec 27, 2023, 11:18:19 AM12/27/23
to
On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 03:56:34 -0500, Governor Swill
Oh look, Swill is trolling again.
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