Washington Post: Anarchists and Increase In Violent Crime “Hijack” Portland’s Social Justice Movement

Antifa rioters set the monument honoring Oregon trail pioneers on fire. They say it is a statue of colonialism and white supremacy. pic.twitter.com/rsQeriDFon

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 3, 2020

This is a simple case of cause (the indoctrination of suburban White children in critical race theory in Portland metro area public schools) and effect (the explosion in violent crime and terrorism).

Washington Post:

“PORTLAND, Ore. — The church, on the edge of this city, was built to hold thousands, and on this drizzly day the pews of Mannahouse were filled with hundreds of mourners, scattered throughout the broad, high-ceilinged chamber to comply with pandemic rules.

Nearly all of them were Black.

They had gathered to memorialize Jalon Yoakum, 33, whose body lay in a clear casket at the front of the stage. The wounds on his face had been brushed over; a blue suit and white open-collar shirt hid the rest of the scars from the daylight gunshots that killed him in a pizza restaurant parking lot this month. …

Portland’s once-vibrant downtown, the heart of a world-class food scene, is still marred by boarded-up windows and closed businesses, the aftermath of a year of pandemic and fear of random assault and vandalism often committed under the name of the police reform movement. …

A poll conducted by the Oregonian newspaper this month found that three-quarters of Portland-area residents did not want police officer levels to decline more than they have. Just more than half said they favored an increase in the number of officers. …

Wheeler, the mayor, said he believes that the city has begun to recover, at least from the demonstrations that have left downtown largely empty on most days. Over the past year, he said, the city has recorded an 85 percent decline in downtown foot traffic. The result has been economic despair and more crime. …”

This is not a perversion of the progressive understanding of “social justice.” The actions of these people only make sense in this framework. This is what happens when you teach young people to hate themselves, to hate their country and to hate their own illegitimate civilization.