Liberal Utopia

[gotbeer]

12 hours ago, Redondo said:

 

Eventually those anti theft tags will have exploding dye attached to them.  

Those guys are lucky they weren't shot.  Counting them, there are probably 3 black people in La Canada.  

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/dangerous-time-portland-oregon-sees-record-homicides-80655866

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/dangerous-time-portland-oregon-sees-record-homicides-80655866

Tragic.

Now compare that number to homicides in major cities in red states.

[Jason]

10 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Tragic.

Now compare that number to homicides in major cities in red states.

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_affiliation_of_the_mayors_of_the_100_largest_cities
 Majority of major cities run by Dems 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Cities with the highest murder rates so far in 2021 https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/cities-with-most-murders

FBI figures showing the biggest increases YOY in 2020 https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/09/29/new-fbi-figures-show-portland-is-way-above-average-in-its-increased-rate-of-homicides/

Unfortunately rates have trended up in some cities across the US regardless of left/right blue/red.  The point about Portland (or any other city in a similar situation) is that they've allowed people to act like assholes with few or no repercussions and unsurprisingly its escalated.  

 

[Kotchman]

17 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Tragic.

Now compare that number to homicides in major cities in red states.

The state may be red but the areas of violence are blue voters and blue elected politicians.   

[Kotchman]

Let’s be honest. Dems don’t win elections without maximizing the criminal vote

[Taylor]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_affiliation_of_the_mayors_of_the_100_largest_cities
 Majority of major cities run by Dems 

So if a mayor is responsible for homicide rates in his or her city, a president is responsible for homicide rates in the country, correct?

[Jason]

Just now, Taylor said:

So if a mayor is responsible for homicide rates in his or her city, a president is responsible for homicide rates in the country, correct?

Neither are directly responsible other than what policies they’ve implemented. 

[Taylor]

Just now, Jason said:

Neither are directly responsible other than what policies they’ve implemented. 

Cool, so the party affiliation of the mayor (or president) shouldn't matter.

[Kotchman]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So if a mayor is responsible for homicide rates in his or her city, a president is responsible for homicide rates in the country, correct?

You could say that if the local governments weren’t defunding the police and running interference against federal action. Now the Governors of these states could certainly do more. Libs were releasing criminals and bailing them out of jail for votes. 

[Taylor]

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Tragic.

Now compare that number to homicides in major cities in red states.

why does it have to be compared to other cities? what purpose will that serve?

we've watched for 20 months while portland has tried to destroy itself from within. they've cut back on police services, issued tickets to appear instead of using a bail system, and allow antifa to run amuck unchecked. this is a commentary on the consequences of how poorly governed this city has become. trying to make this a blue vs. red issue isn't the point.

[Taylor]

Just now, Tank said:

why does it have to be compared to other cities? what purpose will that serve?

we've watched for 20 months while portland has tried to destroy itself from within. they've cut back on police services, issued tickets to appear instead of using a bail system, and allow antifa to run amuck unchecked. this is a commentary on the consequences of how poorly governed this city has become. trying to make this a blue vs. red issue isn't the point.

I keep hearing about how Portland is a warzone, and nobody other than cals and Ian Miles Douche on Twitter claim they've been there and seen it. I looked up a few of our favorite downtown spots on Yelp, and all had tons of reviews in the last year, none mentioning riots or being unsafe.

I think many locals are hesitant to go to downtown because of an increase in crime. But the idea that it's some kind of post-apocalyptic antifa cesspool is a Fox News narrative.

[Kotchman]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

I keep hearing about how Portland is a warzone, and nobody other than cals and Ian Miles Douche on Twitter claim they've been there and seen it. I looked up a few of our favorite downtown spots on Yelp, and all had tons of reviews in the last year, none mentioning riots or being unsafe.

I think many locals are hesitant to go to downtown because of an increase in crime. But the idea that it's some kind of post-apocalyptic antifa cesspool is a Fox News narrative.

I mean if yelp gives it two thumbs up that ends the argument. 

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I keep hearing about how Portland is a warzone, and nobody other than cals and Ian Miles Douche on Twitter claim they've been there and seen it. I looked up a few of our favorite downtown spots on Yelp, and all had tons of reviews in the last year, none mentioning riots or being unsafe.

I think many locals are hesitant to go to downtown because of an increase in crime. But the idea that it's some kind of post-apocalyptic antifa cesspool is a Fox News narrative.

cool. sounds like you have a nice out of state road trip looming in your future. send us a post card.

[Taylor]

[Taylor]

Just now, Tank said:

cool. sounds like you have a nice out of state road trip looming in your future. send us a post card.

I wish. Probably won't do any traveling in the near future for obvious reasons.

 

 

 

 

 

No, I didn't get put back on the terrorist watchlist.

[Kotchman]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/benefit-were-not-anymore-obama-083016708.html
 

Obama giving back

[gotbeer]

46 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I wish. Probably won't do any traveling in the near future for obvious reasons.

 

 

 

 

 

No, I didn't get put back on the terrorist watchlist.

You should check your diaper bin again.  It's a WMD.

[Kotchman]

47 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I wish. Probably won't do any traveling in the near future for obvious reasons.

 

 

 

 

 

No, I didn't get put back on the terrorist watchlist.

Are you really that ashamed of breast feeding in public? You have the opportunity to be a trend setter 

[gotbeer]

47 minutes ago, Kotchman said:

Are you really that ashamed of breast feeding in public? You have the opportunity to be a trend setter 

 

[Kotchman]

18 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

 

Don’t bring rally into this

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

You should check your diaper bin again.  It's a WMD.

Colin Powell's last bit of intel.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Kotchman said:

Are you really that ashamed of breast feeding in public? You have the opportunity to be a trend setter 

The breast apparatus I wear doesn't fit well in the stroller basket, so it's inconvenient.