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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

20 hrs ago

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 20 hrs ago OP

No roving gangs, but a whole lot of homeless people. Sneederbunk 20 hrs ago #1

it is disturbing how so many folk are SO easy to manipulate Skittles 20 hrs ago #2

I was in Portland a few weeks ago sdfernando 20 hrs ago #3

Same with San Francisco lame54 18 hrs ago #12

Oh, good. I'm going through Portland in 2 weeks. Turbineguy 20 hrs ago #4

A few years ago, I visited Sweden. My maga relative was full of stories about Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #5

That image is still pushed..that Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, UK are Muslim enclaves BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #9

And France. n/t ReRe 17 hrs ago #15

Yes... youtube videos paint Europe cities as Islamic hellholes, blue usa cities as crime filled ghettoes BlueWaveNeverEnd 12 hrs ago #20

And yet Finland, Denmark and Sweeden are the happiest countries. Norbert 8 hrs ago #22

They really do live in an alternate reality Tesha 20 hrs ago #6

Maybe they'll all get so scared they'll stop voting. yardwork 7 hrs ago #23

Tell her she needs to go onto the ANTIFA website and register for a special temporary membership. Xavier Breath 20 hrs ago #7

If she likes chicken, tell her she has to try The Gilt Club! Abolishinist 20 hrs ago #8

One of my favorite cities. I was up there for a flm festival last month. tinrobot 19 hrs ago #10

My daughter lived in Portland a few years ago... buzzycrumbhunger 19 hrs ago #11

Great!! She'll have the opportunity to find she's been lied to by her right wing media sources. aeromanKC 17 hrs ago #13

Ermergerd! The roving bands of hippies! They might give you flowers or someting! tclambert 17 hrs ago #14

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

Powell's Books is one of my favorite places in the world. hunter 15 hrs ago #18

Your neighbor would be absolutely terrified of the world my wife and I live and work in. hunter 16 hrs ago #17

Has the downtown area changed? Tree Lady 15 hrs ago #19

And here I thought Portland was famous for Voodoo Donuts and Powell's Book Store. sinkingfeeling 8 hrs ago #21

That's how they control people. When I was 13, we moved to GA Iris 6 hrs ago #24