If you’ve paid attention at all to the right-wing discourse around milkshakes, the idea that the Portland police would suggest there was cement in theirs makes perfect sense.
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Anyone who’s been paying attention on an even longer time scale can also see how it connects to the past as well.
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Let’s start a decade ish ago. It was always “anarchists are collecting pee and poop to throw at folks” even though that was never substantiated, it was repeated at every major demonstration.
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With the milkshakes, it started off as “first milkshakes, next acid”. This is because of it happening in the UK, and particular phobias held by the right there.
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This transformed into “first milkshakes, then bricks” in the US.
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So, in the abstract, “the milkshakes had cement in them” makes no sense, but placed in context, the idea is to suggest bricks were thrown when bricks were in fact not thrown
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The truth of any of this never matters, it’ll be repeated as such by the right till the end of time
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Oh: if you don’t understand why this super secret plan to turn milkshakes into bricks makes no sense, it’s that when you add more than 1% sugar to concrete, it doesn’t set. Like, you cannot turn a milkshake into a brick. It’s chemistry.
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All of the Science and Logic defenders on here suggesting this story is true are, well... fascism isn’t coherent, so it’s not a problem for them, but if you believe them, you’re being duped
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Okay, so more, this email: 1. Reports on the ground said the milkshakes were vegan, but with coconut milk. Soy milk is a right-wing thing, again. 2. The “but even if it can’t harden it can cause chemical burns” is another right-wing talking pointpic.twitter.com/onv86yRA59
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I was like: "lol, Steve is memeing again". But yep nope, this is actually true. Bizarre.
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