the alt-right

also a bunch of them parked in a Fred Meyer (Kroger) store lot and got towed, lol

<raises hand>

Are the demographics of the pacific north west conspicuously 'whiter' than elsewhere in the US and is that likely part of reason for the fascist obsession with Portland?

"<raises hand>

Er, fuck, I mean, not like *that*

xp yes to the first, not sure about the second, I think it has to do more with Portland's "radical hotbed" reputation that makes it an inviting target. but the demographics definitely play a role. I mean, they once wanted to kick all the Catholics out of Oregon (along with every other non-WASP group of course).

"they" being Oregon legislature, a long time ago

it's kinda funny one of my best friends moved up to portland a couple of years ago and we were exchanging texts saturday night about how these dorks would never try something on this scale in nyc or philly or chicago etc

this is from the Intercept, so grain of salt, but it makes the case that yes, Portland's demographics appeal to white supremacist orgs for recruiting purposes: https://theintercept.com/2019/08/16/portland-far-right-rally/

I would assume the point of going to Portland is that they want the story to be "leftist terrorists punched us" so they have to go where there's a large population of single young men with left politics and hope somebody takes the bait.

these dorks would never try something on this scale in nyc or philly or chicago etc

They did it in DC a month ago! I think they'll go wherever they think they can gin up a fight and get on Fox News and thence to Trump's twitter feed. That's the goal.

ah that's right! was it this big a deal though? i was thinking it was kind of poorly attended but might be misremembering.

they want the story to be "leftist terrorists punched us"

they'll go wherever they think they can gin up a fight and get on Fox News and thence to Trump's twitter feed

both otm

the straight pride parade in boston is coming up :/

do these people know about Gay Shame parades? There should def be a Straight Shame parade...

pride was here a couple weeks ago and i had just stopped drinking for a bit and wasn't quite ready to go out and be around other people partying, so i didn't go to a thing my gf and her friends were going to and stayed home and vaped weed and watched tarantino films. when i saw a couple of my buddies the next day and told them what i was doing the night before they said that was my "straight pride" night

relevant podcast episode

http://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/episode-27-a-history-of-white-nationalism-in-the-pacific-northwest

enjoy living in prison w yr aryan brotherhood buddies:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/neo-nazi-james-fields-life-181119153.html

victim impact statements are probably bad not good but I'm also glad someone got to call him scum from the stand

dude probably wishes he were a cop when he ran those people over right now tho

why do you think victim impact statements are bad?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/the-rise-of-the-victims-rights-movement

The Bryan Stevenson book 'Just Mercy' has a section on victims' rights. They've led to a disparity of sentencing between races and classes. I haven't read the NYer article yet but it seems to go into that.

see also: mandatory minimum sentencing, largely pushed by these groups iirc

Kind of related - mistrial was declared last week in the case of the alt-right shitheads who shot a protester outside a Milo appearance in Seattle, apparently a minority on the jury were of similar mind to the defendants. However a big factor was that the victim refused to testify due to not believing in a punitive justice system, afaik he just wanted to meet with the defendants but I don’t think they agreed.

I bought a copy of Hasbro's mean-spirited and woefully ill-informed "MONOPOLY: SOCIALISM" board game so you don't have to - a thread 1/ pic.twitter.com/YhZWDjkAnj

— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) August 21, 2019

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/08/26/27039560/undercover-in-patriot-prayer-insights-from-a-vancouver-democrat-whos-been-working-against-the-far-right-group-from-the-inside

This is great. If you haven't watched the video it's fucking surreal.

that Monopoly thing is even more ironic considering the game was originally designed to satirize landlords & capitalism, then was stolen by someone else and turned into a highly profitable board game, none of which made its way to the original creator. capitalism at its finest.

That Portland Mercury article is actually getting results: Andy Ngo has apparently been disowned by phrenologist site Quillette, where he was on the masthead until a couple of hours ago.

Andy Ngo just removed Quillette from his bio...

... the same day it was revealed that Ngo and the violent far-right group Patriot Prayer had an "understanding" that he would protect them and they'd protect him.

(h/t @Avi_Bueno) pic.twitter.com/WDJRST8EYJ

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) August 27, 2019

All traces of far-right provoceateur Andy Ngo have been wiped from the far-right phrenology website, Quillette. He doesn’t even have Quillette in his bio anymore. Rumor has it that Andy was fired for paling around with the white nationalist group Patriot Prayer. pic.twitter.com/lo1yC34WfA

— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) August 27, 2019

Glorious

Monopoly is also much like capitalism in that it sucks

great news

Do the phrenologists think patriot prayer are too extreme or not extreme enough? Not enough head bearings or head beating getting the lumps to appear in the wrong places?

Quillette's editor is claiming that he actually dropped out of service because of his oh-so-traumatic brain injury, but she would.

she was the one that published the fake DSA takedown piece a couple of weeks ago right?

he only did about 15 live interviews after that brain injury, let the man rest

Re: that Ijeoma Oluo about her house getting swatted she wrote something on it, link below. (she wrote one of my favorite pieces from 2018)

https://medium.com/@IjeomaOluo/the-thing-about-safety-a3e4cac767c2

argh
that Ijeoma Oluo tweet from above about her house getting swatted... that should've said.

There's saying the quiet part out loud, and then there's this fucknut (Modesto, CA):

white supremacist tryna form a straight pride parade accidentally lets truth slip at city council meeting pic.twitter.com/c8fWtOwORT

— bhad phag (@hebaddie) September 1, 2019

old video, but still refreshingly honest.

Milo reveals just how much the far right are struggling after being deplatformed from the main social media sites. pic.twitter.com/oB3T94J89B

— Roanna 🧙‍♀️ (@witchofpeace) September 9, 2019

looooooooool

pic.twitter.com/7CGV3qxfMH

— Fintan Hennessy (@FintanHennessy) September 9, 2019

rip big man, heaven needed another small businessman crushed by the free market

looool

honestly i don't get their beef w Gab. too many "teen racists", you say? yeah no shit homeboy. it's operating exactly as an online FREEEZZE PEACH zone should be expected to.

Similar thing with Rave Dubin, going to The Blaze(?) whatever that is, so he can have free speech and also remove the trolls and their right to free speech

going to brag a little here and divulge that I Was Banned from Gab last year for (probably) relentlessly trolling Torba, his mother, and Ben Garrison. so much for the tolerant 'free speech warrior' right i guess.

thank u for yr service

it was my honor to serve. telling Andrew Torba I was going to call the cops if he didn't wash his dick was my viet nam.

A really good article on Andy Ngo.

Have you been waiting for a 1500 word treatise from the Claremont Institute making the intellectual case for calling David French a cuck? pic.twitter.com/tqM9HuJNkm

— Adrenochrome Harvester (@ClenchedFisk) September 13, 2019

Downtown Portland in the rain, some fun is happening against the Patriot Prayer types. Thread here:

A satanic ritual (?!) is happening in the square now. I think this is a strategy to distract from Patriot Prayer’s march, in which case: mission accomplished. pic.twitter.com/OIsVxmdDxG

— Blair Stenvick (@BlairStenvick) September 15, 2019

Milo in a crowd of fully disguised and anonymous people sounds like a bad combo.

Milo Yiannopoulos is a disgraced right wing troll who thrives on attention. This warning will be the only mention of him here. Do not allow him into MFF. Do not give him attention. Do not talk about him. Do not spread anything he says. He turns kids into Nazis. Stay away. pic.twitter.com/F87DU3YLls

— Furry Takes (@SpicyFurryTakes) September 15, 2019