Why Isn’t The Media Interviewing Portland’s Rioters?
July 23, 2020 By David Marcus
Among the many confusions beset upon our boondoggled society at the moment is the question of just who the protesters, or rioters, or whatever you want call them, wrecking havoc in Portland are. To many on the left they are mostly peaceful protesters calling for an end to police violence. To most on the right they are violent anarchists who want to destroy America and have hijacked the Black Lives Matter movement to pursue their own agenda.
While the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle and also likely includes some young people just suffering from lockdown boredom, it would be extremely helpful to hear from the people who are engaged in violence or vandalism. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, radical groups that employed violence also spoke with a clear voice about their goals.
In this 1970 news clip an audiotape from the Weather Underground’s fugitive leader Bernardine Dorn is played. She makes her intentions and that of the group quite clear. The previous night they had blown up a statute of a policeman in Chicago. She announces an upcoming “Fall Offensive†and says among other things they will bring the helpless giant of the government to its knees and “guard your planes, guard your colleges, guard your banks, guard your children…â€
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