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Tesha

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6. They really do live in an alternate reality

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:02 PM

Sep 21

I was at a gathering for better teacher’s pay and I stood, as I do, next to the opposition.
Chatting he said his wife had wanted to join him, but he told her no!
Unions are violent, he said, and he didn’t want her to get hurt.

Teachers.
Violent.

He didn’t want to discuss, he was positive that he was right

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Had a somewhat disheartening convo with next door neighbor this morning [View all] Coventina Sep 21 OP

No roving gangs, but a whole lot of homeless people. Sneederbunk Sep 21 #1

it is disturbing how so many folk are SO easy to manipulate Skittles Sep 21 #2

I was in Portland a few weeks ago sdfernando Sep 21 #3

Same with San Francisco lame54 Sep 21 #12

Oh, good. I'm going through Portland in 2 weeks. Turbineguy Sep 21 #4

A few years ago, I visited Sweden. My maga relative was full of stories about Scrivener7 Sep 21 #5

That image is still pushed..that Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, UK are Muslim enclaves BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 21 #9

And France. n/t ReRe Sep 21 #15

Yes... youtube videos paint Europe cities as Islamic hellholes, blue usa cities as crime filled ghettoes BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #20

And yet Finland, Denmark and Sweeden are the happiest countries. Norbert Monday #22

They really do live in an alternate reality Tesha Sep 21 #6

Maybe they'll all get so scared they'll stop voting. yardwork Monday #23

Tell her she needs to go onto the ANTIFA website and register for a special temporary membership. Xavier Breath Sep 21 #7

If she likes chicken, tell her she has to try The Gilt Club! Abolishinist Sep 21 #8

One of my favorite cities. I was up there for a flm festival last month. tinrobot Sep 21 #10

My daughter lived in Portland a few years ago... buzzycrumbhunger Sep 21 #11

Great!! She'll have the opportunity to find she's been lied to by her right wing media sources. aeromanKC Sep 21 #13

Ermergerd! The roving bands of hippies! They might give you flowers or someting! tclambert Sep 21 #14

Go to Powell's Books and the nearby 24 Hour Church of Elvis. Got arrested for only time in life in Portland. PufPuf23 Sep 21 #16

Powell's Books is one of my favorite places in the world. hunter Sep 21 #18

Your neighbor would be absolutely terrified of the world my wife and I live and work in. hunter Sep 21 #17

Has the downtown area changed? Tree Lady Sep 21 #19

And here I thought Portland was famous for Voodoo Donuts and Powell's Book Store. sinkingfeeling Monday #21

That's how they control people. When I was 13, we moved to GA Iris Monday #24