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steve2470

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56. when you get right down to it, the entire USA was founded as a racist utopia

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 05:51 PM

Jan 2016

Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a free white person, anyone ?

Slavery legal in the USA until December 18, 1865 ?

I think Oregon has nothing to apologize for, whatsoever.

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Oregon was founded as a racist utopia. [View all] sufrommich Jan 2016 OP

thanks for that bit of forgotten history. and to think that oregon has a bit of a progressive niyad Jan 2016 #1

I think a lot of us like to pretend this crap is sufrommich Jan 2016 #2

the sanitized version of "history" that most are taught in schools tends to bury these facts. niyad Jan 2016 #4

It is a "southern thing," but not exclusively so. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #27

No. From Wisconsin, Maine, to SoCal, there is no exception to... Anansi1171 Jan 2016 #30

No, it is not a "southern thing". Tipperary Jan 2016 #75

That's what I said. +1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #78

A well-deserved image, though. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #7

It's an odd article, and that's a charitable assesment. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #24

"And to think"... Yeah, the first openly LGBT governor in US history Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #18

please note that I am responding to the OP, and nowhere did I attack the state. try again. niyad Jan 2016 #66

The OP about an article which asserts that "Keep Portland Weird" is coded racism. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #69

do try again. nowhere was I responding to something called "keep portland weird". but keep niyad Jan 2016 #70

So you didn't read the article you were responding to, then? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #73

your responses have ceased to be even mildly amusing. you keep referencing some article niyad Jan 2016 #74

Uh, yeah, the paragraph in the OP is taken from a gizmodo article, which is also linked in the OP. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Jan 2016 #77

+1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #26

These assholes aren't from Oregon. This is about as germane as saying the KKK cali Jan 2016 #3

Yeah, I was puzzled by that comment. demmiblue Jan 2016 #9

It's the climate chalmers Jan 2016 #11

Racism in Connecticut Bucky Jan 2016 #15

you mean the weather? Or the people? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #28

Someone apparently has an axe to grind. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #19

Not for nothing.... Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #5

While you are correct about Oregon history, and we certainly have our share of bubbas, in general OregonBlue Jan 2016 #6

+1 I think it serves little to brow-beat the present because of the sins of the distant past...nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #8

well not overtly... NE portland comes to mind but then again thats being changed to Gresham with boomer55 Jan 2016 #13

Sun Down Towns in Oregon chalmers Jan 2016 #10

Important history... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #12

I can't wait for the episode of Portlandia mwrguy Jan 2016 #14

Sure, sort of like how you find so many Henry Hyde fans on LaSalle Street in Chicago. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #29

Here's an article that attempts to rank the states by racism. OR is 43rd Bucky Jan 2016 #16

Portland has a naked bike ride and they allow legal weed and strip clubs. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #32

huh? what? Bucky Jan 2016 #64

The idea that Oregon is some sort of hotbed of Right-Wing White Supremacy is ludicrous. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #65

Well by all means, then, don't move here. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #79

Fortunately everyone responsible for that debacle is dead now, and Oregon is a shining beacon Takket Jan 2016 #20

if vegan strip clubs, fair trade coffee and legal pot arent racist, I DONT KNOW WHAT IS! Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #22

The article also tries to assert that "keep portland weird" is somehow a racist sentiment. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #21

Listening to NPR interview with Steve Grasty, judge of Harney County OR, ucrdem Jan 2016 #23

Population of Harney County, Oregon: 7,146 Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #25

That may be but the point is that the locals aren't unsympathetic. ucrdem Jan 2016 #33

Actually, from everything I've read, the locals ARE unsympathetic. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #34

Okay the county judge was lying. ucrdem Jan 2016 #35

From the interview: Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #37

It is what it is. The cause is local and the locals aren't calling for the green berets. nt ucrdem Jan 2016 #41

The locals also said they would be the ones to have to collect the bodies and patch the holes. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #44

Not in this interview. nt ucrdem Jan 2016 #52

Oregonian: "Burns residents confront militia over fears of violence" Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #57

Is Michigan still ripping babies out of the arms of their mothers over medical marijuana? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #31

What the hell is wrong with you? You've been all over sufrommich Jan 2016 #83

"that simply points out that the anti government racist yahoos in your state" - why? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #84

But the people who did this aren't FROM Oregon. pa28 Jan 2016 #36

Oh, I'm sure there's a reason. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #38

The burning need to feel superior? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2016 #40

Interestingly enough, Oregon is the most secular state in the Union. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #59

Actually I understand the reasoning. Here is a political rally in Portland not long ago. pa28 Jan 2016 #42

Yep. I have no doubt that's part of it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #46

Are all the people in the federal building actually from Oregon? LittleBlue Jan 2016 #39

The OP seems to have posted the thread and then left. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #49

Oregon is a racist utopia if I ever saw one! LittleBlue Jan 2016 #53

Keep Portland Weird means "white power", derp Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #55

That isn't nearly H2O Man Jan 2016 #43

There is an agenda at play here, I suspect. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #48

I have enjoyed H2O Man Jan 2016 #51

It's not hard to find fucked up shit if you dig into the history of anywhere in this country, Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #54

Isn't this true for most of the western states? apnu Jan 2016 #45

Yes, Oregon is exactly like Utah. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #47

Nor did I. apnu Jan 2016 #50

That would also be the description of the 13 colonies. former9thward Jan 2016 #63

when you get right down to it, the entire USA was founded as a racist utopia steve2470 Jan 2016 #56

i suspect Oregon is supposed to apologize for legalizing pot and supporting Bernie Sanders Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #58

+1 nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #68

As a proud Floridian annoyed by the broadbrushing of entire states via its worst citizens.... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #60

Oh, hell yes. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #61

There are jerks everywhere but eastern Oregon is changing. pa28 Jan 2016 #62

An oldie but a goodie. KamaAina Jan 2016 #67

Also worth remembering in this context (since Bundy is a Mormon): Spider Jerusalem Jan 2016 #71

No it wasn't. It was just that America's racists founding Oregon. Land grabbing isn't utopia. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #80

Wait until they discover Portland's a strip club capital. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #81

I think you're on to something, there. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #82