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bluedye33139

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2. Portland and white supremacist history

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:56 AM

Jul 2016

Portland once housed the largest urban white supremacist community in North America, with ties to North Idaho's Aryan faction and other "anarchist" white supremacist enclaves. Oregon itself had the largest number of KKK members at the height of the organization's membership. Not surprising that white people there are unkind to BLM-related protests.

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Man pulls gun at Don't Shoot PDX protesting US police shootings [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP

Just the beginning. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

Portland and white supremacist history bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #2

I think that's a mischaracterization. LWolf Jul 2016 #3

I'm not claiming that all Oregonians are racist bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #4