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You know what you don't see? Moderates, Dem or Repub riot violence. That in


You know what you don't see? Moderates, Dem or Repub riot violence. That in  

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Author: TheCrow   Date: 8/25/2021 3:16:45 PM  +3/-0  

You know what you don't see? Moderates, Dem or Repub riot violence. That includes, I would imagine, those of us who are merely anti-Trump but otherwise independent. ANd, probably, the Trump supporters who admit Trump's failures as president.

Frog boy fascists? Yeah, they're gonna get their cause in the papers, somehow. There's no such thing as bad publicity is Trump's motto, after all. He hates it when he's not the center of attention.

And the left is going to get their cause public. Revolutions only work when they're revolutionary, even if they have to hurt some of their own to get press.

Nothing makes one feel better than others recognizing your righteous indignation. You have causes!

If one says "Well, we tried a Trump presidency and it got us hundreds of thousands of dead Americans; a short sharp recession and record unemployement rates and international insecurity as Trump questioned international involement.

 

Is Biden better? I'm disappointed but not surprised. He's pretty much the lack of active focus consensus builder I expected. Not too radical left but not extreme rightist either. Maybe America is getting over the thrill of fevered confrontation and will start to look for why the opposition exists and consider there may be blind spots in their approach.

 

PORTLAND, Or., Aug 22 (Reuters) - Protests by rival far-right and left-wing groups in Portland descended into violence on Sunday, as the opposing sides engaged in clashes and at least one man was arrested for firing a gun at demonstrators.

Nobody was hurt in an exchange of gunfire - and by Sunday evening there was no word on any injuries in numerous other skirmishes that saw opposing sides brawling, dousing each other in what appeared to be bear spray and breaking car windows of rivals.

Police Chief Chuck Lovell said during a briefing on Friday that officers would not necessarily intervene to break up fights between the groups.

But he added that "just because arrests are not made at the scene when tensions are high, does not mean that people won't be charged with crimes."

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Members of the far-right Proud Boys clash with counter-protesters during rival rallies in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 22, 2021. REUTERS/David Ryder 

Portland has become a magnet for clashes between political extremists since last year.

As recently as Aug. 7, a black-clad antifa group and a group wearing the colors of the far-right Proud Boys exchanged shots of pepper spray and paint balls after an open-air religious meeting led by a conservative pastor, local media reported.

Sunday's competing protests came on the anniversary of a clash that grew violent between right-wing and leftist crowds in downtown Portland, where a succession of street demonstrations last year followed the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020.

The clashes resulted in the shooting death of a right-wing protester, 39-year-old Aaron Danielson, on Aug. 29.

The suspected shooter, Michael Reinoehl, a 48-year-old self-declared anti-fascist activist who provided security for Black Lives Matter protesters, was shot and killed by police in Washington state last Sept. 4 as they sought to arrest him.

Reporting by David Ryder in Portland; Additional reporting by Peter Szekely in New York and Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; Editing by Jacqueline Wong

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.


 
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