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The push to ‘cancel’ Piedmont shows just how loony the far left is

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The T-shirt says “Cancel Piedmont” on the front.

Does it say “I’m a lunatic” on the back?

Some agitators in Oakland dislike their city’s neighbor, Piedmont. The latter is just too white, too rich — and for those reasons, too annoying.

So they’ve called for the cancellation of the independent, incorporated city with 11,000 residents.

The push to “cancel” Piedmont for the sin of white wealth shows just how loony the far left has become.  

Where would the people of Piedmont go, if the city were canceled? 

No one, least of all the agitators –– led by Oakland advocate and transit planner Jesse Rosemoore — seems sure. 

But still. Rosemoore & Co. can’t stand a genteel, prosperous, law-abiding neighbor. Apparently, they’d prefer to live next to a basket........

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