My reaction to the OC beaches being shut down is mostly barely stifled laughter. I'm cynical, I don't particularly like Orange County or many people in it, I have a mostly unreasonable chip on my shoulder toward wealthy people that don't use their wealth to speak out for others. You know, standard issues SJW snowflake, right?
But I guess it sucks and feels unfair when the government uses its power to single you out, make rules that limit your access to otherwise free or beneficial services, gives preferential treatment to others, and tells you where you can and can't go. I wonder if they will stop granting you access to the loans you take out to live where you want, regulating you farther and farther from the sand. Maybe we'll call it "white-lining", but that might have other connotations from most of the Echo Beach crew. Drugs are bad and should be punished kids, just not when me or my kids did them.
But when Ferguson, Flint, Baltimore, (sh!t, we're less than 30 years and 30 minutes from the South Central Riots, folks) try to tell you what purposeful, discriminatory practices do to a community and that enough is enough...... it's crickets from the Newport Trustafarians and the HB neo-skins. If it's not crickets, it's some "all lives matter", just stop resisting and do what you're told, energy. But take away the beach and it's, "look at the brutality we have to endure, my rights are being violated, woe is me, we must defy these unjust laws". It's about justice! I'm prepared to go to war for my Social Just..., er.. sh!t....Who's the SJW now?
So while I empathize with the feeling of being overly scrutinized, I don't feel bad for you (That being said, if you start burning down Balboa Peninsula or Downtown HB, I support you and I promise I'll try not to ask why you're burning down your own community in outrage). Remember: We support your intentions, we just can't support your methods. You have to do things the (w)right way. Just comply and everything will be ok. stop resisting.
News Flash for the OC.
You're not being threatened with bodily injury or death. The local governments and police still back you. You still enjoy a concentration of riches and resources that many don't. Call me when heads are bashed in during your "Occupy the Pier" rally,
or you are at least tackled, punched, and ground in to the ground like you're a 14 year old in Sacramento (no beaches there. I forgot) kid fishing for for a pack of smokes who has the nerve to say "Why the fuck are you putting handcuffs on me".
So see you all at the May Day rent strike demonstrations, right?
