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In reply to the discussion: Portland antifa/right wing protests escalate to 'civil disturbance' [View all]quakerboy
(13,920 posts)113. If you go to the article
And scroll through the pictures..
Note the garb, gear, and stance of the police officers facing the wannabe Nazi imports (noting mentally that the RW around the nation are responsible for invading multiple cities, causing numerous assaults, and at least one death.
Then note the garb, gear, and stance of the officers facing Portland residents who are willing to stand up against Nazis.
Isn't interesting the difference.
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Portland antifa/right wing protests escalate to 'civil disturbance' [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jun 2019
OP
I vehemently disagree with you . A violent bag of assholesis just that, no matter what
CentralMass
Jun 2019
#4
I was planning to take the Max to the Moda Center shortly. Im thinking twice about it.
CentralMass
Jun 2019
#2
I'm sure police understand that you can crack a tRumpster over the head as hard as you can
yaesu
Jun 2019
#3
Do you unequivocally support their use of a chemical weapon that can cause significant bodily...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#20
So, it's okay to physically assault innocent persons based on their appearance?
Marengo
Jun 2019
#27
With that, you've proven to me Antifa blackshirts are no better than Proud Boy brownshirts.
Marengo
Jun 2019
#32
Yeah, I tend to judge anyone who thinks it's acceptable to physically assault someone based...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#44
Where are you from is what gang members ask strangers before they start shooting
ripcord
Jul 2019
#123
There's a self identified pacifist in this thread who says this incident is acceptable collateral...
Marengo
Jul 2019
#152
Thanks for the back up a Jedi Guy. Substituting one violent ideology for a another, as many of the..
Marengo
Jul 2019
#120
It's nice to know that there are other folks on DU who feel the same way I do.
Jedi Guy
Jul 2019
#121
I was referring to the assault on Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres by Antifa members. Who did...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#91
Hmmm. Let's see. They're wearing LARP armor, and have garbage lid shields with faesces on them...
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#95
You really don't have any credibility, do you? They were off-duty Marines in civilian attire...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#106
May I ask you what is so upsetting to to you I would support the Antifa?
The Liberal Lion
Jun 2019
#28
Oh please, peddle that propaganda elsewhere. You offer nothing more than same shit different...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#37
Ok, so we have you on record saying it's acceptable to physically assault individuals, innocent of..
Marengo
Jul 2019
#126
You are desperate arent you. Gotta find that strawman so you can get your dig in.
quakerboy
Jul 2019
#142
Thugs beating uninvolved persons based on their appearance while shouting racial epithets are...
Marengo
Jul 2019
#146
You're as much a pacifist as I'm the Queen of Egypt, and this conversation is a waste of my time.
Marengo
Jul 2019
#166
I take it then you would be okay with me splashing a "milkshake" of quickcrete slurry into the...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#70
You know that the "concrete milkshake" story is a neo-Nazi lie, don't you?
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#73
Is that a deflection attempt I detect? It sure is, and I wonder why you won't answer my question.
Marengo
Jun 2019
#75
And why should I answer a question about a wholly fabricated hypothetical?
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#93
Oh, it's obvious you do approve. Claiming otherwise is the only disingenuousness here. Once again.
Marengo
Jun 2019
#104
I'm sorry but the people who call themselves "Antifa" are sketchy as hell
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2019
#143
The tactic of these groups is to create violence, antifa allows them this
happyaccident
Jun 2019
#29
I'm talking about nazi marches where they try to create havoc for the media
happyaccident
Jun 2019
#51
Read up a little on the troll storms and harassment campaigns they have organized against
Downtown Hound
Jun 2019
#63
And just to add a little evidence to let you know that I'm not bullshitting
Downtown Hound
Jun 2019
#57
if you don't stand up to the Nazis it will spread. History has proven that.
rockfordfile
Jun 2019
#84
How many of these cops have swastikas, SS bolts, or "1488" tattooed under their uniforms?
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#60
UPDATE: Demonstrators clash in Portland, Oregon, throw 'concrete milkshakes'
brooklynite
Jun 2019
#10
ACAB. Half the cops in this country are wearing swastika tattoos under their uniforms.
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#56
You've got a citation to back up that assertion and you're gonna link it any second now, right?
Jedi Guy
Jun 2019
#90
Fuck yeah. When the right wing started throwing babies into concentration camps...
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#35
It depends on what you mean by "like these." Masked individuals attacking others?
eallen
Jun 2019
#42
They're already throwing babies into concentration camps. When does it become time?
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#49
The Neo-Nazi repulbicans support the death camps. They have a history of that
rockfordfile
Jun 2019
#87
They've got their panties in a bunch because an alt-right "journalist" tried to dox Antifa members..
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#101
Figured there was more to it. Alt-righties wouldn't have shown much care for a CNN reporter
Jake Stern
Jun 2019
#103
There's a hardcore advocate of doxxing participating in this thread. When given specific examples...
Marengo
Jul 2019
#150
The alt right is doing fine. Antifa did nothing about recent right-wing violence in Oregon.
eallen
Jun 2019
#59
Where were they when the 3%-ers were promising armed support to Republican legislators?
eallen
Jun 2019
#66
Again, the concrete milkshake rumor is literally fake news. Made up by the Nazis.
backscatter712
Jun 2019
#74
If you had anything substantive to back your claim you wouldn't need to fall back on the...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#82
Ahahahaha! That's it?? Your irrefutable proof is a tweet from a moron who thinks weaponized...
Marengo
Jun 2019
#107
Thanks for the thoughtful reply, I'll reply in kind when I have the time to give it the...
Marengo
Jul 2019
#153
Antifa may be called a movement but is made up of so may different political ideals
Everyman Jackal
Jul 2019
#129