Tuesday, July 02, 2019

The weaponization of words-----Alt-Right, Antifa, Cops, and Milkshakes Clash in Downtown Portland - Blogtown - Portland Mercury

Alt-Right, Antifa, Cops, and Milkshakes Clash in Downtown Portland - Blogtown - Portland Mercury
This propaganda, from the "News Editor" of Portland's major newspaper
Hello, milkshake U-Haul"It's officially summer in the Pacific Northwest, which means it's time for our first alt-right vs. left-wing clash in downtown Portland.
This afternoon, an estimated 300 members of left-leaning groups (including Portland's Democratic Socialists of America chapter, Rose City Antifa, and Popular Mobilization) met in Lownsdale Square to protest an expected visit from members of Vancouver, Washington's alt-right contingent, Patriot Prayer. 
Protest organizers danced to music and handed out homemade milkshakes to attendees. 
(Only in an update, at the end of article do they "clarify" how they weaponized the milkshakes. Throwing them at police and other opponents.) 
"...milkshakes thrown by protesters included a substance "similar to a quick drying cement." Despite perpetuating this allegation on social media, PPB has provider no evidence to substantiate this claim. (Yet!)
About thirty people showed up for the scheduled Patriot Prayer rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 1 pm—some identifying as members of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center..."
(The SPLC is a discredited, propagandist for left-wing lies.) 
Twitter Ads info and privacyAbout thirty people showed up for the scheduled Patriot Prayer rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square at 1 pm—some identifying as members of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist organization labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center..."
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