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Why Portland now ? 🤔 (Original Post) dweller 14 hrs ago OP
Why Trump is lying about Portland LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #1
Why Portland now? Gimpyknee 13 hrs ago #2
George Floyd protests for social change Blue Full Moon 13 hrs ago #3
What about the date? FoggyLake 12 hrs ago #4
A tiny area of Prtland was a mess during his first term Warpy 12 hrs ago #5
I remain convinced that the most destructive damage during the Floyd protests was from cop or agent provocateurs. NBachers 12 hrs ago #6
I think his secret army MAGATS invaded Portland the first time around. 1WorldHope 11 hrs ago #11
I know, I had anonline friend who was at the demos Warpy 11 hrs ago #13
YES!!! DO NOT give them ANY excuse to grab you. calimary 11 hrs ago #12
Because Portland likes protesting. tinrobot 12 hrs ago #7
I believe he wants to provoke unrest Mtnmama 12 hrs ago #8
He's been trying to dweller 11 hrs ago #9
Because Steve Miller told him to. pfitz59 11 hrs ago #10

Warpy

(113,955 posts)
5. A tiny area of Prtland was a mess during his first term
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:36 PM
12 hrs ago

Demonstrators were gassed and worse,many were scooped up on bogus charges, there was vandalism to some gonvernment buildings.

He's so fucking stupid he thinks it never stopped, that the intervening 5 years didn't force demonstrators to get jobs and stop demonstrating. Portland made him look bad so Portland must be punished. Besides, he thinks violating Posse Comitatus makes him look strong. If there is any justice left here, it will make him look like a jailbird.

Pro tip: if you see military deployed, just stay out of their way.

NBachers

(18,916 posts)
6. I remain convinced that the most destructive damage during the Floyd protests was from cop or agent provocateurs.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:48 PM
12 hrs ago

1WorldHope

(1,652 posts)
11. I think his secret army MAGATS invaded Portland the first time around.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:14 PM
11 hrs ago

I remember vans were showing up with thugs dressed for hunting taking people off the street in his first term. Am I mistaken?

Warpy

(113,955 posts)
13. I know, I had anonline friend who was at the demos
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:24 PM
11 hrs ago

and said everything was peaceful until the MAGAts showed up to start shit and that they were responsible for the vandalism. If any of them got hauled in, there was no arrest record (sounds familiar to this old 60s relic), and that after the MAGAts started shit, the peaceful demonstrators got arrested.

Lesson: cops are right wing and they're not our friends. If MAGAts show up to start shit, LEAVE. If it was a good demo, you made your point. Leave the cops and violent thugs staring at each other.

calimary

(87,928 posts)
12. YES!!! DO NOT give them ANY excuse to grab you.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:20 PM
11 hrs ago

We Oregonians are, in a VERY large part, fair-minded, friendly, peaceful, helpful, congenial, nonjudgmental, nonviolent, law-abiding, and warmly welcoming to newcomers.

Mtnmama

(101 posts)
8. I believe he wants to provoke unrest
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:52 PM
12 hrs ago

So he can respond with a show of force. Cause the unrest, then use it to crack down on "far left extremists", which he believes is anyone who doesn't support him. A distraction, too, from the Epstein files.

dweller

(27,201 posts)
9. He's been trying to
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:02 PM
11 hrs ago

and no one is responding with anything actionable .

But it will eventually , everywhere all at once



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