You're being played by the right-wing media, Harry. You'll deny it, you'll scream and yell, but you're being played. They know your beliefs and they report what you want to hear, and in the way you want to hear it.
The two policemen murdered in California weren't killed by BLM protesters. They were killed by Boogaloo goons. Right-wing, pro-Trump neo-Nazis who want to trigger a civil war. They were Trump supporters AND cop killers.
I have relatives in Portland, and I've been there dozens of times, and I dare say I know more what goes on up there than you do. MOST of the violent unrest was caused by outsiders. Most all of it was in one section of town, whereas the peaceful BLM protests were in another. Throughout the riots, Proud Boys and Boogaloo right-wing nutters came in to foment the problem, and got into clashes with the more violent left-wing anarchists. It was civil war on a small scale, and to portray it as left-wing protesters is just plain ol' fashion BULLSHITE.
That you're blaming it ALL of the unrest on BLM speaks volumes, yet you write about "double-standards"? Are you wiling to equally condemn...here and now...the violence committed by Boogaloo and Proud Boys and other neo-fascist groups?
By a coincidence, I also have relatives in Milwaukie. They are lifelong GOP supporters and have no reason to lie. They saw, with their own eyes, four white men, short hair, get out of a car during the unrest, and start smashing windows.
The car had Texas license plates. Do the math. But I'll give you a hint: they weren't Biden supporters.
We've seen it before in the early days of Nazi Germany. Right wing goons smash up the city, knowing a large percentage of the population will blame the communists and the socialists. At the same time, there WERE communists also smashing up things.
Thus, in the same breath, I fully acknowledge that SOME of the violent protesters in Portland were what might be loosely called "anarchists," ie., the one's tearing down statues, etc. but this had NOTHING to do with the peaceful protests on the other side of town by BLM held in broad daylight. As always happens, a small number of discontents and freaks wanted to discredit any peaceful movement by turning it into a riot.
This is what happens. Its commonplace. Yet, you've fallen for it hook, line, and sinker.
In short, the unrest is far more complicated and uncertain than what you are portraying. It's not a matter of "right is good, left is bad," even though that's what you're being peddled by a partisan press, and gleefully repeating here.
But none of this has squat to do with Donald John Trump. He's just a grifter that ran for office in order to fill his own pockets. Like all grifters, he pretended to be a populist, because they are the easiest "marks" and wrapping yourself in the flag and carrying a bible that you've never read is by far the easiest way to make money and be successful politically with no questions asked.
The two policemen murdered in California weren't killed by BLM protesters. They were killed by Boogaloo goons. Right-wing, pro-Trump neo-Nazis who want to trigger a civil war. They were Trump supporters AND cop killers.
I have relatives in Portland, and I've been there dozens of times, and I dare say I know more what goes on up there than you do. MOST of the violent unrest was caused by outsiders. Most all of it was in one section of town, whereas the peaceful BLM protests were in another. Throughout the riots, Proud Boys and Boogaloo right-wing nutters came in to foment the problem, and got into clashes with the more violent left-wing anarchists. It was civil war on a small scale, and to portray it as left-wing protesters is just plain ol' fashion BULLSHITE.
That you're blaming it ALL of the unrest on BLM speaks volumes, yet you write about "double-standards"? Are you wiling to equally condemn...here and now...the violence committed by Boogaloo and Proud Boys and other neo-fascist groups?
By a coincidence, I also have relatives in Milwaukie. They are lifelong GOP supporters and have no reason to lie. They saw, with their own eyes, four white men, short hair, get out of a car during the unrest, and start smashing windows.
The car had Texas license plates. Do the math. But I'll give you a hint: they weren't Biden supporters.
We've seen it before in the early days of Nazi Germany. Right wing goons smash up the city, knowing a large percentage of the population will blame the communists and the socialists. At the same time, there WERE communists also smashing up things.
Thus, in the same breath, I fully acknowledge that SOME of the violent protesters in Portland were what might be loosely called "anarchists," ie., the one's tearing down statues, etc. but this had NOTHING to do with the peaceful protests on the other side of town by BLM held in broad daylight. As always happens, a small number of discontents and freaks wanted to discredit any peaceful movement by turning it into a riot.
This is what happens. Its commonplace. Yet, you've fallen for it hook, line, and sinker.
In short, the unrest is far more complicated and uncertain than what you are portraying. It's not a matter of "right is good, left is bad," even though that's what you're being peddled by a partisan press, and gleefully repeating here.
But none of this has squat to do with Donald John Trump. He's just a grifter that ran for office in order to fill his own pockets. Like all grifters, he pretended to be a populist, because they are the easiest "marks" and wrapping yourself in the flag and carrying a bible that you've never read is by far the easiest way to make money and be successful politically with no questions asked.
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