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by nxobject 507 days ago
Where on earth are you getting “burned and destroyed much of [Portland]” from? As a Portlander, the biggest effect of the Floyd protestors was boarded up buildings in the 10-block radius around the local county jail, in the middle of a moribund pandemic-era office skyscraper district. Please, if you believe an American city’s been destroyed, at least pause and double-check before making it the centerpiece of an argument.

(Many of those arrested were let off because of insufficient evidence. I think that requiring evidence to convict someone is a good thing.)
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likeabatterycar 507 days ago
"Uhm acksually, it was only 10 square blocks"

I know what I saw, it was repugnant behaviour, don't try and split hairs. The fact that the madness was contained to only 10 blocks is, on the whole, irrelevant.

Good luck with your future riots.

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nxobject 507 days ago
Oh no, I was disputing the "burned and destroyed" part – don't pick and choose what I said and ignore the rest.

I know what I saw: between 2020 and 2024 I worked at PSU and took a bus that went over the Hawthorne Bridge, went past the Justice Center, and dropped me off near City Hall. Once in a while I went to Pioneer Square to eat lunch. I worked late nights, and on the way back home after midnight I either walked back on Broadway or 4th, to City Hall, and took the same bus back. Those are the "10 blocks" you're talking about. The fact that they were all standing, not burnt, and were in use during business hours is fairly relevant to the conversation.

The worst I saw was the glass broken in the fancy glass entrance to the Oregon Historical Society. The best I saw was murals painted on the boards Apple had put up to protect their store in Pioneer Square.

So: what did you see?

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selimthegrim 507 days ago
Portland is the seat of government of the USA now? (I used to live in Kenton/St Johns when the latter was still called Tweakville, although I moved away well before 2020)
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nxobject 506 days ago
Homes there are going for at least 500k now, I think…
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selimthegrim 506 days ago
Ha! I lived on Pier Park Place across from a heroin dealer.
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