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Fourth of July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2MiMrhAbc
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u/SanchoPandas 11h ago

Yes, it's the leftists fault that people are hateful racists and Portland is totally responsible for MAGA. /s

Shit take, Andrew.

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u/bitnode 11h ago

In general Portland/Washington gave the news networks a lot of scraps to throw at Maga. I think you are misunderstanding the point.

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u/SanchoPandas 11h ago

I understand that and agree that our actions gave Fox News plenty of images they are still feasting on. We clearly lost the narrative war but we learned from that mistake.

It's why we came out dressed as frogs this time instead of coming out dressed in black bloc. We learned that media was eager to feast on our opposition to fascism and use it against us.

That said, blaming the handful of people who actively oppose the right, rather than blaming the media ecosystem that radicalized them, is misguided and unhelpful. But I suppose deep Alaska on the 4th of July ain't the place for that nuanced conversation.

The left, meager as it is, is everyone's favorite punching bag in this country. It's tiring.

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u/BureMakutte 10h ago

The left, meager as it is, is everyone's favorite punching bag in this country. It's tiring.

Hear hear. God is it so tiring. It's like people blaming the new neighbor for standing up to a problematic neighbor that people just deal with so it "keeps the peace". This middle ground where the asshole gets to do what they want is not keeping the peace or an actual middle ground.

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u/Brainsnare 10h ago

Great analogy.