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[grumpyduck]

1. Like somebody said on Twitter,

the American spirit at work.

[Bev54]

29. I also read they would put traffic cones over the cannisters n/t

[triron]

66. Good idea. Seems other things may work as well.

[Captain Zero]

68. Seems like old blankets would work as well.

nt

[bluewater]

63. +1000

[soothsayer]

2. Yes!

[Thekaspervote]

3. Good for them!

[Nevilledog]

4. Yup. And a guy had a hockey stick to hit the gas canisters away from protesters.

[LiberalArkie]

5. I think they are using the Hong Kong tactic.

[Mme. Defarge]

9. I did not see this before posting my comment.

[2naSalit]

6. Protesters in Hong Kong were doing that.

[Maru Kitteh]

53. Good! We all need to learn from each other. These are desperate days. nt

[Mme. Defarge]

7. If I owned a leaf blower I would lend it to the cause!

This makes me proud to be an American and a Portlander!!!

KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD.

[plimsoll]

26. Do I still have to get a passport and rent a VW Microbus to visit.

I don't want to be breaking the law.

[klook]

35. No, a Subaru

[SoCalNative]

8. I'd be willing to contribute to a GoFundMe

to buy them rocket launchers to use

[triron]

10. Me too.

[nolabear]

11. YES!! I saw that suggested a few days ago and thought "Brilliant!"

What a great, creative solution!

[Fullduplexxx]

12. How long before blowers become illegal

[Bettie]

15. Nah, the gestapo will just

say "It looked like a gun, I was afraid, so they're dead".

[bluestarone]

13. AWESOME!

I fully support these protesters against these Gestapos!!!!!!!

[stillcool]

14. Good for them...

[Hekate]

16. This makes my day!

[sarge43]

17. Hand salute, protesters.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. Leaf blowers and hockey sticks on video....

(second video, below)

Link to tweet

Text:

Erica Lynn @SurfingBlue2020

Protesters in Portland are using leaf blowers to blow the tear gas cans back at the gestapo.

3:15 AM · Jul 20, 2020

Leaf blower graphic....



KY........

[Nevilledog]

19. PDX Dads!!!

[triron]

21. Bravo Portlanders!

[ffr]

40. The antifa leaf blower violence against the gas is too unbearable. Free citizens must be stopped.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

43. They better watch out - Trump will send in Weed Eaters!

KY.........

[Ferrets are Cool]

46. The AntLifa Blower...someone needs to copyright this

[ffr]

56. You got dibs.

[DBoon]

54. "This machine kills fascists"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

55. Thanks! Is that Woody?

I noticed the Portland protesters have music performed regularly along with lots of food in the park.

KY

[DBoon]

78. Yes, it is Woody

Someone should Photoshop this so he is carrying a leaf blower with the same slogan on it

[KY_EnviroGuy]

79. That's a brilliant idea and would be so symbolic of Portland.

KY

[triron]

81. Origin?

[DBoon]

82. Google images?

[triron]

83. Not familiar.

[Laelth]

20. Excellent! n/t

-Laelth

[berni_mccoy]

22. Brilliant!

[flibbitygiblets]

23. So proud of people in my city. And so glad this is getting national attention.

[JudyM]

24. It is excellent. Resist!

[Beringia]

25. Portland and Seattle greenies are major

[Initech]

27. Finally! Leaf blowers are useful for something!

[McKim]

28. Getting Clear on What is Happening at the Nightly Confrontations

As a third generation Portlander who loves her city and who supports BLM and the reconstruction of our police force, I have to ask what we should call these nightly confrontations. Are they anti Trump Administration Fascism or pro BLM or both? Many respected long time Black leaders And clergy have called for an end to violence, saying it is not helping their cause. Our notorious police force needs to be completely reconstructed. What it looks like to me is that now that the Trump Guardia Civil are here, the confrontations are about that: Portland vs. the unlawful use of Border Patrol on the streets of our city. I support this! The nation is watching to see if we will tolerate this fascist more by Trump. We must hold the line for the whole country’s sake.I am proud of the Moms! We should keep up the creative non violence which shows these thugs for who they are and who they represent unlawfully.

Also I worry about the long term economic consequences of this street fighting on our city center.
We have worked long and hard to make it a great and interesting city by good planning, event planning, activity planning and its a great downtown. But it is a downtown that has struggled and is struggling even more with the lack of tourism and a bad rap about our large homeless population. We finally passed a huge levy to help the homeless and things are going to get better, but now COVID and the 52 days of rage are hurting our city. I do not mean that BLM is trivial or to be shunted aside. Indeed we as a city and a state are making rapid progress on ensuring that Black Lives Do Matter! Every time I go downtown to see what is happening I shop or buy a take out dinner to support downtown. The boarded up windows make me sad. I photograph the wonderful murals that are there and I see the empty buildings. I can’t go to demonstrations for health reasons but I donate to BLM causes and the ACLU to bring unlawful actors to heel. I just wanted to share my anguish about the city I love.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

38. It's trumps border patrol.

I was listening to your mayor. Portland PD are working to de-escalate, and it was working. 45 send his BP goons and it all went to poop.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

44. Thanks for sharing. We need to hear your prospective and that of other Portlanders.

Few of us here understand all the storied history behind the Portland movement and every piece of input helps.

I've been searching for sites explaining some of that history and hope to share that as I find it. I found a neat source last night in the Portland Mercury paper and there's much to learn.


KY..........

[Grasswire2]

51. google "Little Beirut"

Portland's nickname for oh, about sixty years now.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

57. Got it. There's a lot to learn.

When I first read your post, I assumed it meant there's a heavy Lebanese presence in Portland.....

But then I found this...

The nickname "Little Beirut" has stuck to Portland since it was first coined by the staff of former President Bush after violent protests during his visits to Oregon in the early 1990s, and the reputation remains strong.....

From: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030819&slug=protests19e

From Wikipedia's entry on Portland, I see there's quite a history of racism there with the business and political classes but mixed with a strong liberal presence.

KY

[soldierant]

72. "Willamette Weekly" is good also.

nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

74. Thank you, it's excellent!

KY..........

[cstanleytech]

30. Very creative of them and the police and feds will have a difficult time claiming leaf blowers

are weapons.

[warmfeet]

31. Oh, I love that!

Fuck the gestapo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the fucking pathetic nazis, tiny penis bois, they will rue the day they fuck with us.

I may have violated some rules here with my choice of language. Oh well!

I hate nazis and I don't care who knows it.

[47of74]

37. Same here

I don't care who the fuck knows I hate Nazis. The originals. Illinois ones. Iowa ones. And Fuckmuppet's brown shirt wearing piece of shit fucksticks.

Anyone who doesn't like my attitude you won't hurt my feelings if you just put me on ignore here on out.

[Gilbert Moore]

32. Hong Kong Lessons

A good review of some of the video out of Hong Kong would be interesting. They used tennis racquets, pot holder mittens, umbrellas, laser pointers and roofing nails/tacks in their defensive plan.

The arrival of 150 agents in Chicago will be interesting as I wonder if the Windy City Po-Po will welcome or hinder the Feds.

[OMGWTF]

41. Shitler wants to put that "uppity" mayor in her place.

[Rorey]

33. I love my leaf blower

I didn't even imagine using it in self defense.

Perhaps I should buy a stronger one.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Be sure to search for "Gestapo" on Google, YouTube, and Twitter

Make them trend to show Americans are concerned!

[yuiyoshida]

36. omg that's so rich!!

[ffr]

39. It would only take identifying and shaming one of tRump's gestapo crew

to put names to these constitution breaking goons.

No we will not comply to your orders because you have no authority.

[FakeNoose]

42. Awesome! This is good info for the people in Chicago too

The Orange Gestapo is already planning their next excursion to Chicagoland. They should be there by the weekend according to Chump. Stock up on leafblowers, and have a few hockey sticks handy.

[Wednesdays]

45. Leaf blowers. Hockey sticks. Pah! So lightweight.

Use a trebuchet and send 'em flying 500 yards!

[DinahMoeHum]

47. Here's Bugs Bunny using a leaf blower of sorts. . .

. . .it's what this news make me think of.






#newrostrong

[wnylib]

48. Today's well-prepared American protesters

need to arrive on the scene with the following equipment:

Mask against coronavirus

Helmet (bike helmet would do) against gestapo bullets

Goggles or wraparound eyeglasses against tear gas

Umbrella which could double as instrument to block tear gas when fully open, or to push cannisters away when closed.

Hockey stick to knock cannisters away

Leaf blower to blow gas back at the gestapo

A sign, of course, to say what you are protesting

Phone to take videos and stills to post

Ingenuity and courage.

Good job, Portland. The rest of America is watching. Getting ready for our turn. The world is watching, too.

[niyad]

62. For a second there, I thought I would have to get a bigger purse. Thank goodness

they will all fit.

[wnylib]

64. You need a Hermione Granger purse

like the one in Deathly Hallows.

I typed this before reading a twiiter link about Portland in another thread. Several tweets there suggested that people bring similar items with them.

Gotta protect youself from the Amerikan Gestapo.

[niyad]

67. You are absolutely correct. It would certainly make things much simpler

[triron]

69. what is that?

[wnylib]

75. What is what?

[triron]

49. Rachel interviewed the Oregon AG tonite.

[triron]

50. knr

[Maru Kitteh]

52. Farking brilliant!

[JonLP24]

58. This idea comes from Hong Kong

[irisblue]

59. Portland,

Link to tweet

?s=20

[love_katz]

60. Love, love, love this!

[Texin]

61. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

These mercenaries - and I really do believe they're paid goons in the guise of Dept. of Homeland *Security* enforcement, but I truly think that they are quite likely Eric Prince's employees who Barr as contracted with.

[Grasswire2]

65. He wants cities to be TERRORIZED, not ENTERTAINED!

This is some fine kind of Art of War Portlanders are using!

[triron]

70. knr

[triron]

71. kick again

[ProfessorGAC]

73. Germans, In WW1, Learned This Lesson

The second time they used gas, they fired shells into the wind.
The cloud blew back at them, and more German soldiers got incapacitated than British or French.
These protestors are just controlling the wind.
Good idea!

[triron]

76. Thanks for the history lesson.

[ProfessorGAC]

77. One More Note

That event was the reason why both sides switched from chlorine gas to mustard gas (bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide) & phosgene (COCl2).
These have lower vapor pressure, hydrogen bond to water vapor, so the hang in place and are less susceptible to rapid movement by wind.
They're all really toxic but, as someone who has used phosgene & chlorine as reactants, it's much safer to work with the former. Still in a hood, wearing PPE, including clearing the lab just to carry it through the room. But, easier & safer to work with.
My interest in this whole WW1 thing came from actually working with these dangerous compounds.
Man, what were they thinking?

[ecstatic]

80. I love what I'm seeing from Portlandians

I don't think I'll ever get over Naked Athena and her impromptu bodyguards (especially the guy with the shield!!).