Specifically, actions in Boston, Louisville, Berkeley, and Portland that happened in the wake of Charlottesville.
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These actions were more similar to pre-a12 actions than not, the difference being a much larger community opposition turnout than before...
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and much more intense media scrutiny as well. In these actions, we see a pattern so familiar that I play-by-played it in advance for PDX.
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That pattern is this: a small group of alt-right instigators uses "free speech" as a shield to try to entrap the left into violence.
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They know they can even take the first swing because the media won't catch it. In Portland, Proud Boys even drive-by pepper sprayed.
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Replying to @RealJLVD @EmilyGorcenski
The only thing she got wrong was that it happened in Vancouver, WA instead of PDX. It has been on local news.
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Yeah, I just kept to "Portland" in this thread to make it more manageable... it was the same group so nbd
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @RealJLVD
The culture in Vancouver is very different though. The fact that it happened here means that the problem is worse than if it was in PDX.
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Vancouver is way more conservative than Portland. I would expect more emboldened Alt-Right in Vancouver, to include drive by pepper spraying
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It has less to do with the political atmosphere, and more to do with creating a dynamic, mobile scenario
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