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Horror Image of War-Ravaged Portland (Original Post) MineralMan 21 hrs ago OP
Oh, Wait one... MineralMan 21 hrs ago #1
Post removed Post removed 51 min ago #28
Only the CONned believe 80 days of protests and one photo of teargas mean "devastation" Bernardo de La Paz 45 min ago #29
Message auto-removed Name removed 35 min ago #31
Congratulations on your first post Tribetime 38 min ago #30
Is manbaby krasnov posting this as a supposed image of Portland? niyad 20 hrs ago #2
DSNS Aviation Pro 20 hrs ago #3
can someone explain what this image is about? MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #4
Ditto - what did I miss while being away from the news for about 12 hours? Marie Marie 19 hrs ago #5
Error? BlueKentuckyGirl 19 hrs ago #6
It's Kiev, Ukraine after a Russian bombing IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #9
Add panicking snowflake dementia in the mix. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #15
Sorry if I need this spelled out MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #22
i just saw "sarcasm" on the OP MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #24
It IS Kiev Ukraine, BUT bluestarone 17 hrs ago #17
I think this is satire by Mineral Man OP peacebuzzard 19 hrs ago #7
The image. Ani Yun Wiya 19 hrs ago #11
Looks like Gaza, sans tanks. rubbersole 19 hrs ago #8
Kiev, Ukraine IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #10
Well, it does look like a blue ocean scene in the upper background. peacebuzzard 18 hrs ago #12
Or a blue sky IronLionZion 1 hr ago #26
When will Jared and hot Ivanka start construction? twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #13
As soon as Home Depot re-stocks their gold spray paint cans. rubbersole 17 hrs ago #16
Sounds like a threat, doesn't it? BurnDoubt 18 hrs ago #14
Omg! The HORROR!!!! Public Transportation!! LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #18
Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #19
I want to pass this along to my grandson. How can I get or generate a link? Hekate 12 hrs ago #21
Health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection sound like hell to MAGA Republicans IronLionZion 1 hr ago #25
The way Trump trashes blue cities is descending to more and more MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #23
This is a bad post Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #20
False. Thats not Portland. nt LexVegas 59 min ago #27
You are correct. It's obviously not Portland, too. MineralMan 29 min ago #32

Response to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,806 posts)
29. Only the CONned believe 80 days of protests and one photo of teargas mean "devastation"
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:02 AM
45 min ago

And the 80 days is a dubious claim. How many of those days was one guy with a cardboard sign?

Only CONNEDservatives in the Orange Manly Man cult would think protesting is illegal or bad bad bad like you

Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #29)

IronLionZion

(49,963 posts)
9. It's Kiev, Ukraine after a Russian bombing
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:29 PM
19 hrs ago

TACO was claiming "full force" on “War ravaged Portland” because he's a delusional idiot who hates Americans.

Justice matters.

(8,916 posts)
15. Add panicking snowflake dementia in the mix.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:04 PM
17 hrs ago

Scared of his pedophile years coming back to bite him in spite of his obvious cover up.

MadameButterfly

(3,581 posts)
22. Sorry if I need this spelled out
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:55 AM
4 hrs ago

Did Trump post the photo somewhere and caption it "full force on war ravaged Portland"?
Did he speak about it?

Is this a threat, and if so, in response to some specific event? or did he just start trashing Portland out of the blue?

MadameButterfly

(3,581 posts)
24. i just saw "sarcasm" on the OP
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:07 AM
4 hrs ago

was that already there or was it added?
This is a clue but still doesn't explain

bluestarone

(20,369 posts)
17. It IS Kiev Ukraine, BUT
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 05:13 PM
17 hrs ago

If TSF could do this in America THIS Supreme court would allow it!! (no doubt in my mind)

peacebuzzard

(5,665 posts)
7. I think this is satire by Mineral Man OP
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:20 PM
19 hrs ago

not sure where the image is from or what the image is about. But my guess is Kyiv,

peacebuzzard

(5,665 posts)
12. Well, it does look like a blue ocean scene in the upper background.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 03:52 PM
18 hrs ago

Kyiv is inland but on a river close by.

BurnDoubt

(1,054 posts)
14. Sounds like a threat, doesn't it?
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 04:23 PM
18 hrs ago

It's certainly violent ideation. Is there another way to explain why someone would post this?
"Bend over, or your City gets it!"
A Classic. It never ages!

IronLionZion

(49,963 posts)
25. Health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection sound like hell to MAGA Republicans
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:35 AM
1 hr ago

They think blue cities are ravaged by such things. They much prefer book bans and measles outbreaks in red rural areas.

MadameButterfly

(3,581 posts)
23. The way Trump trashes blue cities is descending to more and more
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:04 AM
4 hrs ago

infantile and so far from any kind of reality that it's hard to believe anyone listens to him any more.
Is this all some delusional demented rant, or is it a plot to prepare us for the occupation?
Is the dictatorship inevitable or is he just going to crash and burn when no one can defend him any more?
It's somewhere between 1984 and Alice in Wonderland.

MineralMan

(149,816 posts)
32. You are correct. It's obviously not Portland, too.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:18 AM
29 min ago

It's a satirical post. It is a photo of war-damaged Kyiv in Ukraine. That is a "war-ravaged" city. Portland looks nothing like that. There is no war in Portland. There is a war in Kyiv.

Satire is interesting. It uses things like wildly inaccurate depictions of something that is completely non-representative of the reality. That should trigger in readers a realization that something is up in the post. Then, logic comes into play. The reader realizes that Portland does not look anything like that. Then, a little thought goes into the process. So, if Portland doesn't look like that, what is the point of the post? Ah, it's playing off Trump's statement that "Portland is a war-ravaged city, so we have to send troops in to rescue Portland."

Then comes clarity and an understanding that the intent of the OP was to attack Trump's false claim about Portland.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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