{"id":430093,"date":"2026-08-11T21:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430093\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:18:45","slug":"the-push-to-cancel-piedmont-shows-just-how-loony-the-far-left-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430093\/","title":{"rendered":"The push to \u2018cancel\u2019 Piedmont shows just how loony the far left is"},"content":{"rendered":"

The T-shirt says “Cancel Piedmont”<\/a> on the front.<\/p>\n

Does it say “I’m a lunatic” on the back?<\/p>\n

Some agitators in Oakland dislike their city’s neighbor<\/a>, Piedmont. The latter is just too white, too rich \u2014 and for those reasons, too annoying.<\/p>\n

\"Oakland<\/p>\n

Oakland advocate and transit planner Jesse Rosemoore is selling “Cancel Piedmont” T-shirts. Instagram\/@jesseseriousdude<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The push to “cancel” California’s Piedmont for the sin of white wealth shows just how loony the far left has become. Nathan Weyland<\/p>\n

So they’ve called for the cancellation of the independent, incorporated city with 11,000 residents.<\/p>\n

Cue the clown music.<\/p>\n

The push to “cancel” Piedmont for the sin of white wealth shows just how loony the far left has become. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Where would the people of Piedmont go, if the city were canceled?\u00a0<\/p>\n

No one, least of all the agitators \u2013\u2013 led by Oakland advocate<\/a> and transit planner Jesse Rosemoore \u2014 seems sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But still. Rosemoore & Co. can’t stand a genteel, prosperous, law-abiding neighbor. Apparently, they’d prefer to live next to a basket case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smart.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An encampment is seen in Oakland, a neighborhood that surrounds Piedmont in the Bay Area. (Bloomberg) Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"Debris<\/p>\n

Debris is cleared at a homeless encampment along East 12th Street in Oakland, California. (MediaNews Group RM) MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled in 2024 and faces federal corruption charges. (Hearst Newspapers) San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But seriously, why not look to orderly, well-governed Piedmont for inspiration, rather than with envy?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh, right. It’s easier to grandstand and demonize a successful neighbor than it is to reform Oakland \u2014 which suffers from a range of woes including blight, homelessness and abysmal local governance. (Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled by voters in 2024 and faces federal corruption charges<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

It almost seems like Roosemore et al. want to pull Piedmont into similar dysfunction in a “misery loves company” sort of thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is the logical conclusion of the class-envy “equity” rhetoric: Agony for everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the left in California wants to be taken seriously, it needs serious people with serious ideas \u2014 not abject lunacy.<\/p>\n

The agitators could drop the silliness and focus attention on something constructive.<\/p>\n

But then, who would buy the T-shirts?<\/p>\n

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