This is why we can't have nice things:Portand Rose Parade canceled amidst threats of ANTIFA violence

[Henry Krinkle]

This shit is getting out of hand.

It's only a matter of time before someone is killed.

Portland rose parade canceled after ‘antifascists’ threaten GOP marchers

For 10 years, the 82nd Avenue of Roses Business Association has kicked off the city of Portland’s annual Rose Festival with a family-friendly parade meant to attract crowds to its diverse neighborhood.

Set to march in the parade’s 67th spot this year was the Multnomah County Republican Party, a fact that so outraged two self-described antifascist groups in the deep blue Oregon city that they pledged to protest and disrupt the April 29 event.

Then came an anonymous and ominous email, according to parade organizers, that instructed them to cancel the GOP group’s registration — or else.

“You have seen how much power we have downtown and that the police cannot stop us from shutting down roads so please consider your decision wisely,” the anonymous email said, referring to the violent riots that hit Portland after the 2016 presidential election, reported the Oregonian. “This is nonnegotiable.”

The email said that 200 people would “rush into the parade” and “drag and push” those marching with the Republican Party

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/27/portland-rose-parade-canceled-after-antifascists-threaten-gop-marchers/?utm_term=.30f92195434b

[JustAnotherGen]

1. It is what it is

[NurseJackie]

2. That really is a shame.

[cbreezen]

3. Just an FYI...

The parade being referenced is a parade to bring attention to 82nd Avenue retailers and East Portland neighborhoods. It is not the official Rose Parade.

That being said, the reporting over this is being hyped and used against "the left", in general, rather than the disruptors.

[gratuitous]

4. Other missing details

The Multnomah County Republicans haven't released the threats they allegedly received, so it's difficult to evaluate their seriousness or provenance. I have heard that these alleged threats were made in response to a rumor that the Republicans were planning to fill out their parade contingent with latter day nazis.

But because this small parade happens in a Portland neighborhood that is routinely underserved by the city (full disclosure: I live there), the parade was canceled and gives the appearance of knuckling under to threats, something the City would never do in other parts of town.

[Kittycow]

7. outer Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood here :D

I read a comment on the Portland sub-Reddit that last year the gop contigent was a bunch of old white guys marching along and yelling Trump! Trump! to the heavily diverse immigrant families lining the sidewalks. And that this really brought the happy mood down.

So if that's true, the seeds of the alleged threats may have been planted then.

[cbreezen]

9. Thank you.

It's becoming more and more difficult to find unbiased reporting on these issues.

[old guy]

5. Yup. Who knows the identity of the perpetrators?

Could be the repubs themselves. Wouldn't be the first time this game has been played.

[cbreezen]

10. I wouldn't be surrprised...

I've become way too cynical, of late.

[Henry Krinkle]

12. You know, you're probably right.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Trump personally sent that email himself.

[ck4829]

6. Can't have an anti-fa without a pro-fa

Will Republicans do the right thing and stop this nonsense by coming out against the alt-right AKA Dylan Roof Faction?

[Initech]

8. Nope.

And the "alt right" version of Antifa has a name - they're called "The Proud Boys":

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/04/25/new-alt-right-%E2%80%9Cfight-club%E2%80%9D-ready-street-violence

And if you can guess that their goal is getting drunk and acting like animals at protests, you are right!

[fun n serious]

11. I can not imagine all those

Asian-American business owners on SE 82nd ave wanting anything to do with "Proud Boys." Sounds like they injected themselves to me.