By Luke Thomas
October 8, 2008
A new Proposition H video features PG&E executives walking around San Francisco pointing to residents and saying “I want to f**k all these people.”
According to the video, PG&E is failing to meet California’s minimum targets for renewable energy and wants a 7 percent increase in rates while spending millions of rate payer dollars against Proposition H.
Sad, but true.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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October 10, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Bay Area “feminist” and JackyB4 go everywhere this video is posted and leave the same comments calling this video sexist, but they have never actually explained how the video is sexist.
clearly the video is not sexist. the sleazy, greedy PG&E execs in this video want to fuck EVERYONE male, female, transgender, gay, straight, etc. they do not single out any gender identity.
BAF and JB54, did you actually watch the video!? there is no discrimination whatsoever in the characters’ behavior. just as there is no discrimination in how green-washing PG&E screws our entire city (and planet) year after year after year.
the fact that you are more offended by this silly video than the deplorable business practices of PG&E and the fact that they are literally destroying our planet with greenhouse gases and global warming — is sad and ridiculous.
wake up people. we must convert to clean energy immediately. global warming is not joke. seriously, wake up.
October 9, 2008 at 7:40 am
Great ad! Those calling it sexist are clearly PG&E shills. PG&E is a company that has poisoned women and given them cancer. The ad was simply showing PG&E’s true attitude towards people.
Those opposing prop K haven’t even bothered to talk to real women sex workers about the issue. They just get up on their high horse and pretend they know what it best, just like those who said women didn’t need the right to vote.
October 9, 2008 at 5:26 am
Campers,
Kudos to the ‘Yes on h’ campaign and to Luke for publishing edgy material the mainstream bought-off rags won’t touch. Way to f**king go!
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October 8, 2008 at 5:36 pm
This is the most sexist spot I have ever seen. But I would expect no less from the ilk of the Guardian, Daly, Peskin et all — those who support no only Prop h, but also Prop K, which is the legalization of sex trafficking in San Francisco. This disgusting misogyny has to stop. Women and children will continue to be degraded and victimized as long as these pigs are in power.
October 8, 2008 at 4:54 pm
This video was posted by a campaign supported by Fiona Ma, Susan Leal, Beth Yee and Carole Migden. Please call and ask them directly why they approve of such sexist and demeaning language.
Unbelievable.