https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/portland-business-alliance-puts-out-report-on-damages-during-riots/283-927c8812-0010-4561-921a-f0556a5b1a2b

old but still accurate

Yep, from June. Crazy stuff. Do you know any business people downtown affected by it?

not personally

They stupidly call it "community outrage"--I hazard the guess there are hardly actually Portland citizens or Oregonians for that matter among them. Or are there? What's your take on it?

and from this, it's clear they actually want more destruction

For black rights that already exist

well i only talk to people on the internet for like the last 6 months <:ee:623022947220586507>

so idk

Heh heh! Right, I understand ya

I agree, these black rights have existed already for decades

What are they fussing about??

if they keep voting in 🅱️heeler and 🅱️rown

they will keep getting the same thing

If it hasn't already occurred to you, let it sink in, but apparently black lives matter publicly only every four years...

🅱️ruh

not to mention the city council thinks that the riots are started from "white supremacists" which is a false conspiracy theory

Dumb dumb dumb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXt7MDOYQTY

i think there was a slight error. the idiot admitted that BLM is white supremacists

It sure seems like they are 'just the KKK with a tan'...

and discord is censoring me again. great

It is my personal belief that a large portion of the BLM supporters have good intentions, and think that they are simply fighting for racial equality, not understanding that they're being lied to and manipulated by it's corrupt leadership.

a lot of them are wackjobs, like the ones who riot and it's leadership, but it's really sad because a lot of the supporters are good people fighting for the wrong thing

Granted, there could always be misguided people among them, thinking they are doing something right. But, the moment they depart from peaceful protesting to violence they are responsible for their actions, no matter how confused they are.

I agree with that completely

Where is personal responsibility for one's own actions these days??

Blm influences cancel culture

It's always blame everyone else

Twitter is chaos

So is FB

twitter is worse

This whole 'reparations' thing is frivolous at least. Such a bunch of garbage, we can loot and that's our 'reparations'....

@BitsBytes Upper management at the state level and municipal levels are fucked in Portland and Oregon as a whole

these leaders are corrupt or incompetent

or both

@Aletro Zaphod Beeblebrox, is that you?

the police officers of that city are so downtrodden

@Porcupioneer dunno who that is XD

People cancel people cuz of edgy jokes yet planned parenthood was made by slave owners to kill black babies

@Aletro He *IS* the mayor of the galaxy!