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MineralMan

(150,311 posts)
32. You are correct. It's obviously not Portland, too.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:18 AM
Sep 28

It's a satirical post. It is a photo of war-damaged Kyiv in Ukraine. That is a "war-ravaged" city. Portland looks nothing like that. There is no war in Portland. There is a war in Kyiv.

Satire is interesting. It uses things like wildly inaccurate depictions of something that is completely non-representative of the reality. That should trigger in readers a realization that something is up in the post. Then, logic comes into play. The reader realizes that Portland does not look anything like that. Then, a little thought goes into the process. So, if Portland doesn't look like that, what is the point of the post? Ah, it's playing off Trump's statement that "Portland is a war-ravaged city, so we have to send troops in to rescue Portland."

Then comes clarity and an understanding that the intent of the OP was to attack Trump's false claim about Portland.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Oh, Wait one... MineralMan Sep 27 #1
Post removed Post removed Sep 28 #28
Only the CONned believe 80 days of protests and one photo of teargas mean "devastation" Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 28 #31
Congratulations on your first post Tribetime Sep 28 #30
Is manbaby krasnov posting this as a supposed image of Portland? niyad Sep 27 #2
DSNS Aviation Pro Sep 27 #3
can someone explain what this image is about? MadameButterfly Sep 27 #4
Ditto - what did I miss while being away from the news for about 12 hours? Marie Marie Sep 27 #5
Error? BlueKentuckyGirl Sep 27 #6
It's Kiev, Ukraine after a Russian bombing IronLionZion Sep 27 #9
Add panicking snowflake dementia in the mix. Justice matters. Sep 27 #15
Sorry if I need this spelled out MadameButterfly Sep 28 #22
i just saw "sarcasm" on the OP MadameButterfly Sep 28 #24
It IS Kiev Ukraine, BUT bluestarone Sep 27 #17
I think this is satire by Mineral Man OP peacebuzzard Sep 27 #7
The image. Ani Yun Wiya Sep 27 #11
Looks like Gaza, sans tanks. rubbersole Sep 27 #8
Kiev, Ukraine IronLionZion Sep 27 #10
Well, it does look like a blue ocean scene in the upper background. peacebuzzard Sep 27 #12
Or a blue sky IronLionZion Sep 28 #26
When will Jared and hot Ivanka start construction? twodogsbarking Sep 27 #13
As soon as Home Depot re-stocks their gold spray paint cans. rubbersole Sep 27 #16
Sounds like a threat, doesn't it? BurnDoubt Sep 27 #14
Omg! The HORROR!!!! Public Transportation!! LetMyPeopleVote Sep 27 #18
Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 27 #19
I want to pass this along to my grandson. How can I get or generate a link? Hekate Sep 27 #21
Health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection sound like hell to MAGA Republicans IronLionZion Sep 28 #25
The way Trump trashes blue cities is descending to more and more MadameButterfly Sep 28 #23
This is a bad post Prairie Gates Sep 27 #20
False. Thats not Portland. nt LexVegas Sep 28 #27
You are correct. It's obviously not Portland, too. MineralMan Sep 28 #32
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