The San Francisco city and county board of supervisors are voting on their first nondiscrimination ordinance. Dan white is the only opposing vote, ok? So he's on the right side of the debate at the state level, but on the wrong side at the city level. There will be a number of times in this story where you're like, oh, i kind of sympathize with dan white, ye. But that's good. History is supposed to make you feel weird. That's straight. It could totally be a publicity opportunity, right? Rin and sort of say something stirring and that sounds a galatarian, without actually having to have that on your voting record."
The Twinkie Defense has become a shorthand for disingenuous legal defense strategies. But was it disingenuous? (Yes, but not in the way you think!)
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