Hang on.... just because "no one is telling" it doesn't mean it's false.
I grabbed that one because I was guessing that's the random story you were talking about. You really have to be more specific than "old man beaten by antifa".

Incorrect... All of what you just said... All of it...

You need to get your news from places other than snopes and Jezebel...

I watched the video of it. Guy sucker punched him, then got a second punch in. After that, the guy went elsewhere and the crowd threw milkshakes and silly string. 2 punches.... 1 was a good one, the other just a weak follow up.

I don't bother reading news reports of a video if I can actually watch the video. Did you watch it?

Um... opel. You're gonna have to get your story straight (or be more specific).
The link I posted was an old dud who was theoretically "Defending someone in a sundress" with no mention of driving.
You're trying to talk about someone who was driving and got out of their car? That wouldn't be this instance?

Start with what specific instance of an old man being beaten you want to discuss. Then let's get into what did or did not happen. Because this is going to go down a dumb rabbit hole of us talking about two different instances real quick.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/portland-antifa-protesters-caught-on-video-bullying-elderly-motorist-woman-in-wheelchair.amp

Very unproud to link to fox but as you said, so many of these stupid attacks its hard to sift through...

I think the snopes link was to a different story, I apologize... Not to you... To snopes... Still not following their links though...

I'm not giving you my opinion on what happened and I'm not interested in yours... Go look into it further... Even the prominent people on Twitter who initially laughed at the attack have apologized... Try to be as smart as those morons at least....

"prominent people on twitter apologized"!!! oh ... my ... god.... it must be serious. If "prominent people on twitter" (a very well known site of individuals with knowledge of medicine and trauma) apologized.

Dear lord... dude got hit. It's illegal and wrong... but it is not nearly as serious as you drama queens want to make it. He had zero fractures on his face or head. Sure, getting punched is disconcerting... it dazes you... I'm not going to pretend that it was a savage beating though.

Savage...


And by prominent people i meant the liberal journalists you worship... Snopes writers and Jezebel people and such...

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/454128-comedian-says-he-was-punched-in-face-by-audience-member-after

This comic should probably check in to a hospital overnight and then start tweeting about the savage beating....

Mhmm.... is "snopes writer" even a thing?

"mob taking over a street" is a protest march. It may not have been licensed or whatever... but they're marching in the street. How would you differentiate a "protest march" from a "mob taking over the street"?

I read the fox take on the police response... that's the current right wing "and the police in portland aren't doing anything!!" talking point. I don't know what they should do... or what their efforts are best spent doing. I don't even know what the march was for or in response to.

Statements I saw were "we are monitoring the situation to make sure it doens't get out of hand" or something to that effect.

Oregon is an... odd state. I visited portland a couple times a year growing up... and went back through my 20's maybe once a year. Given the state's very strange history, and the modern shift to goddamn hippies... I'm not surprised there are a lot of problems.

It looks like you didn’t read what you quoted. When you originally said it with no ill intent you were good. Upon finding how it was taken by him you are still good. But if you then repeatedly do it again knowing how it’s taken your intent changed. And if you encourage others to do so, particularly if you know they mean it differently than you originally did and feed off it then you should take a look at yourself.

Cries of racism like cries of wolf dilute things. They can be over used. I’m not saying you have to walk on egg shells or even that people are not overly sensitive and it isn’t over used.

But in this example I’d say you were not acting in a racist way until you continued and encouraged once you found out he found it racist. Simple. Even though you may have just wanted to be a deek you used racism to do it.

Easy peasy. Just be decent. Make America Decent Again.

I’m not trying to convince tail. It wouldn’t work if I wanted to. Just giving my opinion. He’s clear who he is and where he stands.

What the hell are you talking about?
I didn't "continue" to use or say anything.
I asked the question once: Do you understand English?

You really want this to be something it isn't. Don't you?

We are talking about trump. You provided a personal example. I agree what you did was fine. Clumsy maybe but foot in mouth more than racist. But had you continued...... like trump....

From your previous post:
"But in this example I’d say you were not acting in a racist way until you continued and encouraged once you found out he found it racist. Simple. Even though you may have just wanted to be a deek you used racism to do it. "

This reads awkwardly but I now understand how it's meant to read.

And yet I find it disheartening.
You are clearly saying that repeating a question that is NOT racist will result in it becoming racist simply based on the audience.

Thanks dstieger. Once you realize someone finds something offensive and you continue anyway, especially if it is BECAUSE you know they find it offensive then you’ve crossed a threshold. Call it whatever you like but I’m glad I’m not the one trying to defend or normalize that.

He’s just repeating what he heard.

Not directed at tail

I told this story to someone earlier today. It’s absolutely true. Prior to this I’d not thought much about the go back home mantra. It does help me understand why my wife might see it differently than me.

Once I ran in to a Quick Trip and left her in the car with the two kids. They were around 6 and 8 years old. When I came out there was a nasty lougie on my passenger side windshield. Apparently someone screamed at her to go back home and spit at her.

This is common. The phrase means something to my wife that it may not to you. Maybe you are clueless about it. I don’t believe Trump is. And if he was he isn’t now. He is using it. Sorry. Threshold crossed.

Even if you think you should be able to tell everyone that, knowing what you know now maybe you should be more selective. Or maybe it’s more important to you to continue even knowing how it’s received. Your choice. You are what you are.

Trump knows exactly what he is doing and it’s a conscious tactical choice. I don’t know anyone pretends to defend it.

I didn't know he said it, or twerked it, more than once...

You fell for the old "I can't explain it I'll just have to show it you" huh?

That was you and Bloody..

No way man... that would be gay....

Not if there is no penetration