On June 1, 2020, the date when people planned to gather in Granada Hills to protest George Floyd's killing, fearful rumors began flying early. The protest was certain to be violent. The claims that it was planned as a "peaceful" protest was certain to be cover for looters. Some started spreading the rumor that "the organizers have cancelled the event," presumably with the hope of making that come true. I spent that afternoon trying to debunk the myths that seemed designed to suppress the event from happening. Myth debunking has, at times during 2020, seemed like a full-time job for me, starting with my pointless and overmatched efforts to argue with "the pandemic is a liberal hoax" theorists. I still find it difficult to believe that my pleas for evidence-based reasoning would so often be dismissed as radical. Yet I stubbornly cling to my insistence that without evidence to support them, beliefs are worthless. On social media, I pled with fear-sprea
Terrible idea What about theater, Panera, sees candies, pho one, raw sushi, what about those businesses?
ReplyDeleteThere was a petition going around, maybe Change.org
DeleteI definitely do NOT want a Home Depot in that location. It is right in the middle of a nice, quiet neighborhood and is totally unnecessary. Losing all those nice shops, restaurants, See’s Candy and the movie theater will be devastating.
ReplyDeleteWe do not need another Home Depot. We have one close by on Balboa and Roscoe.
ReplyDeleteWhat is being done to stop it please tell ys
ReplyDeleteIs there anything the community can do
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