https://theintercept.com/2021/08/23/portland-police-proud-boys-protest/
Portland's bizarre experiment, indeed. The Portland, OR Police Chief apparently is not aware of this: when protesters and counter protesters are in the same place at the same time, the job of the police is to keep the two groups separated. Hello.
Instead, there were multiple incidents of physical attacks, and even a bit of shooting at one another. So, what's all this hate, lack of civility, and idiocy about? From an email of mine (edited)--
The Criminal Childish Boys (AKA, proud boys) are not insisting on individual rights; they are insisting on totalitarianism - they expect everyone to believe & act as they do, even if it contravenes other peoples' rights (e.g., the right to wear a mask during a pandemic, or the right to voice an opinion, or the right to be in public without being attacked). The Left has a much milder version with something similar to totalitarianism - their "Political Correctness" and "Cancel Culture".
Intolerance spans the entire political spectrum. "Think & act as we do, or we'll denigrate & harass you... because we know what's best for everyone." On the one hand (the Right), "God told us"; and on the other hand (the Left), social evolution told us. In either case: "We're right, & you're wrong. Period.".
Both the Right & the Left are "True Believers" in the worst sense, although, the Right is a tad worse about it than the Left. Not too much worse, though. One thing is clear to me after being a keen observer of American politics since Mr. Benson's American Gov't class at HPHS in 1956: both the Right & Left are intolerant of "the other side", and almost totally so. Of course, that's a general statement; I'm sure there are a few exceptions. Those exceptions do not invalidate the general statement.
Until that intolerance is overcome, our country will continue to be divisive and often violent. What a genuine tragedy. The Big Picture is way beyond Right & Left, but it seems too few see it. The Media don't help. Whether corporate or noncorporate, ALL of them are slanted one way or another. Most likely, that's because of intolerance for "the other". There's no objective News at all anymore. Perhaps there never was.
Political prejudice reigns supreme (in general) among people on the Right & the Left, which means each views "the other side" as ALL (or at least, an overwhelming majority) having the same characteristics as the few who are running the show on each side. As long as that continues, we will not have a civil society. Ever.
The truth is, no group ever has been as homogeneous as what the Right & Left say the other side is today. I've known some super fine people in my life. About half were on the Right, & half were on the Left. They all were civil to each other. The younger folks of today could take a lesson from that.
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Not only my opinion. Be Well
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