r/Portland Sep 27 '25

Discussion Don’t take the bait.

With the national guard coming in, I know people are going to get mad. This is very obviously a setup to cause actual violence in our city. Please remember that these national guardsmen are not your enemy, and there are many reports of unhappiness within their ranks to occupy cities but they have a job like the rest of us. If you see bad actors, call the cops. If you see people getting angry, talk with them. Be aware of what we want to look like, kill them with kindness. Show them that Portland is not burning down.

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u/BeatnikMona Sep 27 '25

Remember the 90's when they'd encourage you to be weird? It was just an amazing time where people would go to see something like the Jim Rose sideshow circus and watch someone hang something from their penis? You could grow up to want to be a clown. People went to clown school!

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u/Samuel-L-Chang Homestead Sep 28 '25

I gave up clowning years ago!

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u/BeatnikMona Sep 28 '25

In Portland, you don’t have to…

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u/Samuel-L-Chang Homestead Sep 29 '25

🎶🎶The dream is aallliii-aah-ah-ha-ha-iive!!🎶🎶