I'm sure they were very fine people

Graylight · 2020-08-23T06:59:05-04:00

Politics - I'm sure they were very fine people (Quote) (11 replies).

Federal authorities intervened after clashes between armed far-right groups, some with "ties to fascist" organizations, and anti-racism protesters near the Justice Center in downtown Portland, Oregon, saw rocks, mace and paint balls used, per the Oregonian.

Of note: Portland Police officers "remained at a distance ... even as people beat others with sticks, and at least two right-wing activists brandished handguns," the Washington Post reports. The police blamed limited resources in a statement on "why the events downtown were not declared a riot and why police did not intervene."
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Anon066 · 31-35, M

Can you demonstrate any of those fascist ties? Did you watch the streams of the event?

Northwest · M

@Anon066

Can you demonstrate any of those fascist ties? Did you watch the streams of the event?

You don't read the local paper?

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/dueling-demonstrators-clash-sometimes-violently-in-downtown-portland-as-police-issued-repeated-warnings.html

Anon066 · 31-35, M

@Northwest i'm well aware of what the media has been saying about them for years. Have you actually seen any evidence of it?

Northwest · M

@Anon066 Read the Oregonian article.

Anon066 · 31-35, M

@Northwest i just read it, where did you see evidence of those claims? They referenced the splc for the proud boys and that's it. The splc has been sued multiple times for slander and is not a reliable source at all. They claim the proud boys are racist but they have an afro-cuban leader and some chapters that are majority minority. They have a rule against "nazi shit" as they call it and have kicked people out for finding out they were affiliated with white nationalists in the past.

Northwest · M

@Anon066 You want evidence backing up what the Oregonian is saying? 🤣

They claim the proud boys are racist

That's what the Oregonian is saying? Where?

I would say quite a few Proud Boys are racist, based on first hand experience in Seattle, but that's just incidental, you know, haters looking to hang out with other haters.

They are an extreme right wing criminal group that's also proudly misogynist.

The leader you're talking about? Right wing Miami Cuban, who served a year in jail for selling stolen medical equipment. He found a new gig with the Proud Boys.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@Anon066 Proud boys aren't definitively racist as a group (but of course, full of racists), but goddamn are they fucking retards.

luckranger71 · 51-55, M

@QuixoticSoul 😂. Yes. And assholes. So they break two of the cardinal rules of life: dumb and mean.