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quakerboy

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4. The elk is incidental

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:30 PM

Jul 2020

In this case, its location location location. The fountains below the statue made great firepits to dispose of some plywood. No one was particularly interested in the elk itself. And I'd rank the fire itself as pretty irrelevant to the metal statue or the concrete base. But removing the statue and pretending it was necessary gives police and their supporters a talking point.

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Portland Protesters Set Fire to Base of Elk Statue During 46th Consecutive Night of Demonstrations [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP

And not one reporter stopped to ask what the hell the vandals were thinking. OneBro Jul 2020 #1

W@hat is the back story to this? NoPasaran Jul 2020 #2

I did not get a lot on Thompson. LizBeth Jul 2020 #3

The elk is incidental quakerboy Jul 2020 #4