How Portland's liberal utopia became the center of a rightwing war in the US

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Saturday will see the latest in a long line of far-right gatherings that has plagued the city over the last few years as groups including the Proud Boys descend on the area

During the Obama years, Portland was widely seen as a redoubt of crunchy, progressive, west coast liberalism. Much of the world saw the city through the lens of Portlandia, a TV sketch show that lampooned hipsters, cyclists and fussy diners. The city was viewed as a liberal, cultural centre of the US – and a sharp contrast with more traditional conservative parts of the country.

 

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Here's a crazy idea - how about when the right are having their little congregations people from the left just stay at home that day. The left can have their march a different day. There would be less violence and everyone gets their day in the sun.

Portland is a leftist utopia

Liberal utopia. Couldn't have said it any better

“Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.” & you're good at it.

this is 100% on the mayor

White on white violence? A society too dumb to realize that a coin having two sides is still the same coin.

They started beating up protestors?

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