Joe, thank you for this public service. Mitch is the poster boy for elitist progressives who ignore the fact that we have access to not only their statements but we can also recognize whose character is suitable to our values.
Step back a bit. The All Cops are Bastards and Death to Cops were familiar tags downtown during the Pandemic. Why is dehumanizing a whole group of people ok? Creating a stereotype that makes us believe they don’t share the same emotions we do. As a liberal I try not to do that to any group. Society has basically three options to maintain order to assure that our actions we do to benefit ourselves do not result in serious harm to others doing the same. Those are Guilty, Shame and Coercion. Guilt is certainly the best because a shared set of values regulated us most of the time. The population self regulates itself most of the time and when it fails, Shame ignited by others takes over. Those of us who have traveled to Japan can see this in action. It is our attempt to use Shame that led to the rise of Trump and MAGA. Us “woke” folk became the problem. Unfortunately, we have become more divided than ever and our value system has taken second seat to our political affiliation. In Trump’s world Democrats are evil. We have completely lost track of a value system. Now we have new means of coercion: attempts to substitute shared human values with persistent social propaganda combined with self inflicted surveillance.
I do not see the Portland Police as a negative. I see them as the best hope we have at this moment in time while we work to rebuild a value system we can share again.
And violence is violence, even against property. Once you start it it has a life of its own with many unintended consequences.
Perkins is on to something. Baby Boomers have grown up under the idyllic notion that we could and should live without guilt and shame. We have created a society where coercion plays a larger role and public behavior is more often disrespectful of social norms. We don't police ourselves, so someone has to do it.
What's wrong with Portland, and what's going to keep the city mired in this far-left dystopia, is that unvarnished critiques like this one aren't in The Oregonian and other local mainstream media as editorials, and the business community have abandoned the fight on the front lines of electoral politics.
How to get this info out there more broadly? Why isn't The Oregonian covering this? What about local news channels? Why isn't this being mentioned in every interview and debate? While we all love the NW Examiner, sadly it's hard to imagine that a large percent of voters are reading this. The reasons to "Ditch Mitch" need to be widely understood.
McAvoy's run-down of Green's past stances and activities is revealing, but fear-mongering about socialists can't get much more hilarious than this (unless I misunderstand it), "How is that Bill Maher isn’t highlighting Green’s tweets as but another example of the far left’s desire to turn this country into a vassal state of Putin’s Russia?" Thanks for the rebound humor!
Joe, thank you for this public service. Mitch is the poster boy for elitist progressives who ignore the fact that we have access to not only their statements but we can also recognize whose character is suitable to our values.
Step back a bit. The All Cops are Bastards and Death to Cops were familiar tags downtown during the Pandemic. Why is dehumanizing a whole group of people ok? Creating a stereotype that makes us believe they don’t share the same emotions we do. As a liberal I try not to do that to any group. Society has basically three options to maintain order to assure that our actions we do to benefit ourselves do not result in serious harm to others doing the same. Those are Guilty, Shame and Coercion. Guilt is certainly the best because a shared set of values regulated us most of the time. The population self regulates itself most of the time and when it fails, Shame ignited by others takes over. Those of us who have traveled to Japan can see this in action. It is our attempt to use Shame that led to the rise of Trump and MAGA. Us “woke” folk became the problem. Unfortunately, we have become more divided than ever and our value system has taken second seat to our political affiliation. In Trump’s world Democrats are evil. We have completely lost track of a value system. Now we have new means of coercion: attempts to substitute shared human values with persistent social propaganda combined with self inflicted surveillance.
I do not see the Portland Police as a negative. I see them as the best hope we have at this moment in time while we work to rebuild a value system we can share again.
And violence is violence, even against property. Once you start it it has a life of its own with many unintended consequences.
Generalizations dealing with our president are not helpful. Politics is not relevant.
Anyone who does not respect the need for the Blue Line is not a citizen who should live in a community.
Perkins is on to something. Baby Boomers have grown up under the idyllic notion that we could and should live without guilt and shame. We have created a society where coercion plays a larger role and public behavior is more often disrespectful of social norms. We don't police ourselves, so someone has to do it.
What's wrong with Portland, and what's going to keep the city mired in this far-left dystopia, is that unvarnished critiques like this one aren't in The Oregonian and other local mainstream media as editorials, and the business community have abandoned the fight on the front lines of electoral politics.
I am grateful we have three very respectful and competent and successful individuals in Arnold, Zimmerman, and Clark! Thanks for the post.
Apropos of crude political moves;
In the last election , between September 15 and November 04, a pop up negative campaign that challenges the honesty of ranked voting was promoted.
ORESTAR : 23990 campaign PAC "Dont Rank Rene"
$406,000 donated and spent
Major Cash contributions by:
Progressive Voice $$$$
SEIU locals 49 $$$
Youth Pac
Citizen Action
Stephen Gomez
Major Expenditures
Empirical Media...Portland OR
Pivot Group .........Washington, DC
ORESTAR is a great tool understanding Oregon Politics...
Thank you for outing Mitch - via Max - thanks Max! Green is a pariah on the evolution and recovery of Portland. GO ELI!
How to get this info out there more broadly? Why isn't The Oregonian covering this? What about local news channels? Why isn't this being mentioned in every interview and debate? While we all love the NW Examiner, sadly it's hard to imagine that a large percent of voters are reading this. The reasons to "Ditch Mitch" need to be widely understood.
McAvoy's run-down of Green's past stances and activities is revealing, but fear-mongering about socialists can't get much more hilarious than this (unless I misunderstand it), "How is that Bill Maher isn’t highlighting Green’s tweets as but another example of the far left’s desire to turn this country into a vassal state of Putin’s Russia?" Thanks for the rebound humor!