08-21-2020, 12:19 PM
(08-21-2020, 10:10 AM)GMDino Wrote: I thought you were for more of what you propose there: criticizing a "position" versus criticizing the "person" as Sunset said he was doing.
You can absolutely criticize a person for their position as well. If someone came on here and claimed that "X" ethnicity was inferior do you not think that people would question their character?
Quote:Anyway nice to see the Proud Boys have their defenders around here still.
Oooo, you little rascal, I see what you did there. I'll defend anyone's right to peacefully protest (although we know I'm not big on that outside someone's private residence). I'll also defend the right of anyone who is physically attacked to defend themselves.
But back to your "topic"
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Quote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calm/
Trump ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests. But the chaos ended as soon as they left.
It did? This article is from 07/31. it's almost a month later and the riots continue on a nightly basis. Loks like your article is insanely biased and demonstrably false.
Quote:[url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/oregon-state-police-to-step-in-for-federal-officers-at-portland-protests/283-19c8fc98-5be1-479e-a9f3-07eb76000450]https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/oregon-state-police-to-step-in-for-federal-officers-at-portland-protests/283-19c8fc98-5be1-479e-a9f3-07eb76000450
Calm night of protests in Portland after Oregon State Police step in for federal officers
This article is from 07/30. You're really staying current here. This reeks a bit of desperation.
Quote:Just a couple of the article about the actual peaceful protests.
Sure, the protests are "largely peaceful", except when they aren't on a nightly basis.
Here's something a bit more current than almost a month ago, it's from last night.
https://www.koin.com/news/protests/ongoing-portland-protests-fanning-out-across-the-city/
Then on Tuesday, the Multnomah County Building on SE Hawthorne, which is, as Chair Deborah Kafoury said, “the place where people get married, come to get their passports, and come to celebrate their cultural traditions,” was vandalized during another riot.
There are also reports of planned clashes at different parts of the city this weekend.
I thought the riots stopped after the Feds left? You just told us this. What happened?
Quote:But I get where you are coming from. If the only tool you have is a hammer then you think everything looks like a nail. If you are trained to handle the worst of people you start to see only the worst.
I get it Dino, you're painted into a corner here. You can't defend the rioting and attacks that occur every night so you have to divert to the more "peaceful" protests that occur during the day. What was your logic about always posting about negative behavior by LEO's? Something about shining a light on the bad behavior and hoping that the good officers would turn in the bad or curtail them. Yet, for some reason, you don't like when the same type of spotlight is turned on the "largely peaceful" protesters and their nightly felonious activity. I guess priorities and all, eh?
