Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online
In the days since Donald Trump directed his “Secretary of War” to marshal troops against “domestic terrorists” in Portland, Oregon, encouraging the use of “full force” in a city he likened to a “war zone,” I have been hanging around the demonstration that the president wants to crush. What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat.
By some accounts, this all started back in June, when a group of friends decided to pitch a tent outside an ICE facility in the city.