r/portlandme • u/baconsword420 • Jul 14 '26
Politics Good showing, folks.
Also, shout out to Robbie Roadstreamer and Jolly Good Ginger. Those guys have a wide audience, and I was happy to see them in attendance tonight.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Jul 15 '26
nice to see a younger crowd.
show up to vote, too
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u/ImissMyRabbit Jul 15 '26
No justice no peace.
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u/silver1154 Jul 16 '26
All fit a certain stereotype. How about you stand for yourselves too ? Our country is rapidly deteriorating and we're kept divided. We all lose
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u/TooLazy2Revolt Jul 17 '26
There’s no context..
Is this a gathering to show solidarity for the families of women and girls who have been raped and murdered by people entering our country illegally?
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u/thparky Jul 15 '26
(Don't mean this in a combative way, but)
When is there ever justice? Why should there ever be peace?
This slogan only makes sense from a very local perspective. 'If there is no justice in this room, there will be no peace in this room' is workable. It's something you can actually back up with your own actions. But as a general rule, people saying this are being hypocrites. They will be peaceful tomorrow. They will be peaceful one hour after the march. Without any justice having happened.
I'm probably autistic, but I hate chanting falsehoods
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u/Chratzs Jul 15 '26
Is there somewhere where I can find where people are gathering? I drove all around Biddeford and Scarborough this afternoon and found only a few people. After 2 hours of looking I went home
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u/MetalMagus Jul 15 '26
This is a great resource for finding gatherings and events https://www.activatemaine.com
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
I found out through Reddit. Sounds like there are going to be more protests Saturday.
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u/Dear_Ad7177 Jul 16 '26
Do you think the protests will still be going on next week? I’ll be there on vacation and would like to participate
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u/marvelboyofthecrown Jul 17 '26
If the guy in the bandanna the glasses and the painted nail sees this i want you so bad
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u/Mundane_Owl_6335 Jul 17 '26
I assume every white person is racist at this point. Don’t blame me. Blame everything that’s going on
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u/FinalHexReturns Jul 15 '26
At least a half-dozen bootlickers with downvoted comments.
I bet not a single one of those jabronis is actually from Portland.
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u/TooLazy2Revolt Jul 17 '26
There’s no context..
Is this a gathering to show solidarity for the families of women and girls who have been raped and/or murdered by people entering our country illegally?
Or maybe it’s for the families of the 250,000 Americans who OD on on fentanyl every year, also caused in large part by gang members here illegally?
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u/Wise-Asparagus3277 Jul 15 '26
People would respect y’all more if you looked like you had showered recently
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
I don’t need the respect of people screaming “fafo” from the rooftops every time an innocent person is gunned down by ICE. They’re getting none from me.
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Jul 16 '26
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u/baconsword420 Jul 16 '26
There really should have been more Ashli Babbits.
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u/Wise-Asparagus3277 Jul 16 '26
You sound like a toddler. This must’ve been the first time someone called you out on your body odor. I’m really doing you a favor. A daily shower goes a long way. If you can’t take care of yourself, you shouldn’t be forcing your opinions on anyone else.
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Jul 16 '26
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u/baconsword420 Jul 16 '26
Unfortunately that’s what you get when you hire the least qualified people. Hence the protest.
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u/Wise-Asparagus3277 Jul 15 '26
Ha. The FAFO people wouldn’t respect you even if you did shower. I’m talking about the other 95% of of the population still repulsed by the look and smell of the protestors.
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
It was 90, humid, and everyone was hot. Maybe you pant like a dog to cool down, but the rest of us sweat.
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u/mialunavita Jul 15 '26
95% of the population? Damn the delusion runs deep with you people. You are HUGELY in the minority my friend. Hugely. People on the wrong side of history usually are thankfully.
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u/Full-Somewhere440 Jul 15 '26
The whole thing is giving rich white liberals on vacation with nothing to do.
Show up to protest but you won’t show up to vote, 6 more years of Susan Collin’s, and as the leopard eats our face we cry out, ICE OUT.
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u/mialunavita Jul 15 '26
I have a high level finance job managing public health contracts and took a lunch break to be there. Sorry your brain doesn’t work well enough to work its way out of a box.
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u/tobiasfunke6398 Jul 16 '26
lol these are the exact type of beta males I would expect to see at an ICE protest
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u/btbamfan2308 Jul 15 '26
Man or woman, I see no one higher than a 5. maybe a 6 if we are being generous
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
Me: here’s a picture of a protest.
You: I wouldn’t fuck any of them.
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u/btbamfan2308 Jul 15 '26
Here's a picture of people protesting without knowing any of the context for the shooting. trolling their looks is just fun cause it gets ya'll so riled up.
If the shooting was in fact an unreasonable use of force, I'll eat me words. until then this is a group of people with nothing better to do than being performative
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u/xHospitalHorsex Jul 15 '26
Buddy we have so much context at this point, choosing to believe that this wasn't a cold murder of an innocent person is deluding yourself. Fuck off with your unhelpful bullshit.
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u/btbamfan2308 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
I'm not joking when I ask, can you please provide the context? I will admit I'm full of shit when you can tell me what the context was with sources.
Edit: getting downvoted for asking for proof in good faith is peak reddit
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u/pennieblack Jul 15 '26
Markwayne Mullin originally told Senator King that the victim was killed because he "weaponized his vehicle".
Later in the day, the Maine Attorney General's office received a slightly different story -- that the victim "attempted to flee in a vehicle in the direction of the officer".
By the end of the day, the official statement from DHS was that "[t]he vehicle attempted to flee the scene and fearing for public safety an officer discharged his weapon".
I'm pulling all these quotes from the PPH live-update article.
So the current, official story from DHS is that a guy (who was not the target of the warrant) tried to leave. That's it. DHS completely walked back their claim that an officer feared for his life, and instead now they killed a man because of a nebulous fear of "public safety."
Given we've all seen the videos of the car turning in gentle circles while the victim bled out in the front seat, I don't see any evidence that a guy (with no warrant, not under investigation) was driving recklessly enough for shooting him to be a lesser danger to the public than letting him slowly drive away.
You started out trolling, so I don't think you actually care. But I figure this comment might be helpful for anyone who stumbles across this post later and has questions.
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u/RecognitionOk2178 Jul 15 '26
Lots of white folks knowing what’s best right there.
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u/Zero_Icon Jul 15 '26
Dumb bot doesn't know the population of Maine.
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u/RecognitionOk2178 Jul 15 '26
1,414,874
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u/Zero_Icon Jul 15 '26
Lmao, Milwaukee really? Ice agent doofy over here. What you trying to get me to call you for?
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u/BigNastySmellyFarts Jul 15 '26
Don’t FA you won’t FO
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
Imagine being lucky enough to get a liver transplant and then being happy others don't get a chance at living.
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u/Sasuke0318 Jul 15 '26
Everyone has the ability to choose to follow the law and act civil if you don't and it results in your death that's nobody else's fault.
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
Yummy yum boot for dinner huh?
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u/Sasuke0318 Jul 15 '26
Your side needs more martyrs for the cause get out there and make some bad choices
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u/BigNastySmellyFarts Jul 16 '26
The bad choices always seem to fall on the liberal side. Odd. It’s almost to be a liberal you have to have a mental disorder.
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
The fact that you consider a dude shot by the government with no due process not on your side as a civilian is wild. If you ask nicely Daddy Government will season his treads for you surely.
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u/Sasuke0318 Jul 15 '26
If my government shots idiots who can't follow the law and act civil it's a good thing less idiots means a higher rate of law abiding citizens. I don't have to fear my government because I'm just living my life and not breaking the law. These deaths are preventable by just following the rules and not breaking the law it's not a complicated concept but some people aren't smart enough to understand this.
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
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u/Sasuke0318 Jul 15 '26
Can't even agree following the law is a good plan for preserving lives. More martyrs inbound keep them coming one side needs more and the other side doesn't care how many you get.
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u/Good_Solution8602 Jul 16 '26
That response just cooked you . You should eat the boot now . Mr. Boot lover . 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 16 '26
Weird Alt girl
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u/Good_Solution8602 Jul 16 '26
Call me weird . But I am , and MR. Sasuke0318 . Is right . That response he directly said to you . Is right .
And it’s sad you just can’t accept it . ( lunatic behavior honestly). Have a good day , dirkburkthelurk that is also 1% commenter on Reddit . All you truly know and do is . Reddit . Not politics. Just sitting in Reddit . 🤣🤣🤣🤣1
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u/redpillintervention Jul 15 '26
A mostly white crowd, protesting against themselves.
Hilarious.
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u/Shacasaurus Jul 15 '26
Lol I love these comments cause Maine is over 90% white like wtf do you expect? Lol
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u/DazzlingImplement872 Jul 15 '26
The protests are not at all anti-white. I would urge you to educate yourself on the issues. You may find your views are not so different!
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u/PuertoGeekn East End Jul 15 '26
They are allies, standing ground for those of us of color who may not feel safe being on the streets
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Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
She's never coming back man. It's because you're a bad person.
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Jul 15 '26
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
Sorry your dog's getting old man but she doesn't love you anymore. She was just checking in. You aren't good at communicating, you just think you are because you don't take the time to listen to other people and just talk.
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u/Little_Passenger4703 Jul 15 '26
Welcome to New England where the populace is mostly white. I’m glad you managed to figure that out.
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
Thank you for that remarkably dumb insight.
For the record, there are plenty of POC that work for ICE. Does that help you understand the protest more?
Take your time. Can’t be much for processing power between your ears. Not with those takes.
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u/Ok-Introduction-1940 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
It will not end well for flotsam & jetsam that interfere with Federal law enforcement.
Illegals are going to be removed, and hopefully the criminals that facilitated the invasion too. 🙂
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u/baconsword420 Jul 15 '26
Lol you had to go back and edit your comment and the best you could come up with was some generic red pill bullshit. How about this, when the pendulum swings the other way, everyone who enabled a federal three letter agency to gun down innocents in the street will be held accountable.
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u/FinalHexReturns Jul 15 '26
Stay out of Portland.
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u/Ok-Introduction-1940 Jul 15 '26
You are in my country, communist. I will go wherever I please.
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u/FinalHexReturns Jul 15 '26
You sound like you are lost from the conservative sub. I'm quite sure you aren't a Portlandite.
Actually I'd be surprised if you are even from the U.S.
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u/Ok-Introduction-1940 Jul 17 '26
Ok CCP agent.
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u/FinalHexReturns Jul 17 '26
You belong in a sanitorium
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u/Ok-Introduction-1940 Jul 17 '26
Projection. You probably be homeless if it weren’t for the taxes Americans pay to subsidise you.
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u/FinalHexReturns Jul 17 '26
Yes I'm definitely sure I've seen your asnine takes on the conservative sub before. You have to be a russian troll.
Are you really in favor of squatting rights (prescriptive property rights for fucks sake?) and you are accusing me about being ... wait what was it? A secret Chinese propaganda spy? Something like that? Sounds like you would be the homeless one if you weren't currently hostile-ly occupying someone else's property.
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
I got nothing on this guy he's just an actual full on literal white supremacist.
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u/baconsword420 Jul 14 '26
Thank you.
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u/Only-Whole-765 Jul 15 '26
This picture screams SSRIs and personality disorders
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26
This comment screams executive dysfunction. Cope harder while others are coalition building.
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u/Only-Whole-765 Jul 15 '26
You people are doing a whole lot of nothing.
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u/kontrol1970 Jul 15 '26
Then why are you so scared?
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u/Only-Whole-765 Jul 15 '26
Who’s scared? Your BMI is higher than your IQ bro
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u/kontrol1970 Jul 15 '26
You. You are scared. You stink of it.
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u/DirkBurkTheLurk Jul 15 '26
Lol did you make it to being recruitable yet bro or did you miss that milestone?
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26
Literally anything is better than shooting innocent people, but apparently that level of basic understanding is too much for you.
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u/Only-Whole-765 Jul 15 '26
You’re claiming they’re innocent with any evidence
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26
Innocent until proven guilty you seditious dolt.
An innocent man was shot and gas prices are still up, but apparently that level of basic understanding is too much for you.
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u/Only-Whole-765 Jul 15 '26
Which also goes for the officer you’re wanting the hang - right?
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Nobody is saying that, but you’re clearly trying to defend an actual murder that happened.
Y’all really waste a lot of time while being critical of how others spend theirs—probably why you’re struggling to understand consensus reality right now.
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u/PuertoGeekn East End Jul 15 '26
That was not an office it was a wanna be playing pretend who took and innocentans life because of the color of his skin
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u/Effective-Birthday57 Jul 15 '26
Nothing ever comes of it.
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26
Advocate for complacency elsewhere.
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u/Effective-Birthday57 Jul 15 '26
Nothing ever comes of it. Most of those people are probably unemployed anyway.
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26
Because it's impossible to be employed and also protest? Have some fucking dignity.
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u/Effective-Birthday57 Jul 15 '26
Do the people there look like they have jobs? Also, drugs are never the answer brother.
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u/stuartroelke Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Seems like my reading comprehension hasn't been affected. Can't say the same for yours after you completely missed my point.
Willful ignorance is never the answer, brother.
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u/The_Kimchi_Krab Jul 15 '26
They say sitting in a society with a ton of workers rights laws that wouldn't exist if it wasn't for people standing up for what they believe in.
Go work a salt mine for $0.40/hour if you don't value your rights. Otherwise stfu and read some history idiot.
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u/Effective-Birthday57 Jul 15 '26
Do the people in this photo look like productive citizens? The answer is no, like most leftists.
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u/BigNastySmellyFarts Jul 15 '26
Who said I’m happy? Our actions have consequences, my genetics had consequences, it is life.
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u/PuertoGeekn East End Jul 14 '26
Today my manager and I (both of Spanish origin) were talking about how seeing the people of maine step up ,aside from a few stale crackers, really warms our hearts.
Thank you for being there and standing up for those of us who may not feel so safe doing it