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pa28

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62. There are jerks everywhere but eastern Oregon is changing.

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 05:49 PM

Jan 2016

I live near Bend, it's the population center on the east side of the cascades and it's just recently turned blue. It's mostly well educated, younger, outdoor minded people.

The type of people the OP is referring to still exist in Oregon but it's become a badly outdated stereotype.

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Oregon was founded as a racist utopia. [View all] sufrommich Jan 2016 OP

thanks for that bit of forgotten history. and to think that oregon has a bit of a progressive niyad Jan 2016 #1

I think a lot of us like to pretend this crap is sufrommich Jan 2016 #2

the sanitized version of "history" that most are taught in schools tends to bury these facts. niyad Jan 2016 #4

It is a "southern thing," but not exclusively so. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #27

No. From Wisconsin, Maine, to SoCal, there is no exception to... Anansi1171 Jan 2016 #30

No, it is not a "southern thing". Tipperary Jan 2016 #75

That's what I said. +1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #78

A well-deserved image, though. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #7

It's an odd article, and that's a charitable assesment. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #24

"And to think"... Yeah, the first openly LGBT governor in US history Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #18

please note that I am responding to the OP, and nowhere did I attack the state. try again. niyad Jan 2016 #66

The OP about an article which asserts that "Keep Portland Weird" is coded racism. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #69

do try again. nowhere was I responding to something called "keep portland weird". but keep niyad Jan 2016 #70

So you didn't read the article you were responding to, then? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #73

your responses have ceased to be even mildly amusing. you keep referencing some article niyad Jan 2016 #74

Uh, yeah, the paragraph in the OP is taken from a gizmodo article, which is also linked in the OP. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author niyad Jan 2016 #77

+1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #26

These assholes aren't from Oregon. This is about as germane as saying the KKK cali Jan 2016 #3

Yeah, I was puzzled by that comment. demmiblue Jan 2016 #9

It's the climate chalmers Jan 2016 #11

Racism in Connecticut Bucky Jan 2016 #15

you mean the weather? Or the people? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #28

Someone apparently has an axe to grind. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #19

Not for nothing.... Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #5

While you are correct about Oregon history, and we certainly have our share of bubbas, in general OregonBlue Jan 2016 #6

+1 I think it serves little to brow-beat the present because of the sins of the distant past...nt jonno99 Jan 2016 #8

well not overtly... NE portland comes to mind but then again thats being changed to Gresham with boomer55 Jan 2016 #13

Sun Down Towns in Oregon chalmers Jan 2016 #10

Important history... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #12

I can't wait for the episode of Portlandia mwrguy Jan 2016 #14

Sure, sort of like how you find so many Henry Hyde fans on LaSalle Street in Chicago. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #29

Here's an article that attempts to rank the states by racism. OR is 43rd Bucky Jan 2016 #16

Portland has a naked bike ride and they allow legal weed and strip clubs. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #32

huh? what? Bucky Jan 2016 #64

The idea that Oregon is some sort of hotbed of Right-Wing White Supremacy is ludicrous. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #65

Well by all means, then, don't move here. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #79

Fortunately everyone responsible for that debacle is dead now, and Oregon is a shining beacon Takket Jan 2016 #20

if vegan strip clubs, fair trade coffee and legal pot arent racist, I DONT KNOW WHAT IS! Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #22

The article also tries to assert that "keep portland weird" is somehow a racist sentiment. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #21

Listening to NPR interview with Steve Grasty, judge of Harney County OR, ucrdem Jan 2016 #23

Population of Harney County, Oregon: 7,146 Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #25

That may be but the point is that the locals aren't unsympathetic. ucrdem Jan 2016 #33

Actually, from everything I've read, the locals ARE unsympathetic. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #34

Okay the county judge was lying. ucrdem Jan 2016 #35

From the interview: Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #37

It is what it is. The cause is local and the locals aren't calling for the green berets. nt ucrdem Jan 2016 #41

The locals also said they would be the ones to have to collect the bodies and patch the holes. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #44

Not in this interview. nt ucrdem Jan 2016 #52

Oregonian: "Burns residents confront militia over fears of violence" Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #57

Is Michigan still ripping babies out of the arms of their mothers over medical marijuana? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #31

What the hell is wrong with you? You've been all over sufrommich Jan 2016 #83

"that simply points out that the anti government racist yahoos in your state" - why? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #84

But the people who did this aren't FROM Oregon. pa28 Jan 2016 #36

Oh, I'm sure there's a reason. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #38

The burning need to feel superior? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2016 #40

Interestingly enough, Oregon is the most secular state in the Union. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #59

Actually I understand the reasoning. Here is a political rally in Portland not long ago. pa28 Jan 2016 #42

Yep. I have no doubt that's part of it. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #46

Are all the people in the federal building actually from Oregon? LittleBlue Jan 2016 #39

The OP seems to have posted the thread and then left. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #49

Oregon is a racist utopia if I ever saw one! LittleBlue Jan 2016 #53

Keep Portland Weird means "white power", derp Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #55

That isn't nearly H2O Man Jan 2016 #43

There is an agenda at play here, I suspect. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #48

I have enjoyed H2O Man Jan 2016 #51

It's not hard to find fucked up shit if you dig into the history of anywhere in this country, Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #54

Isn't this true for most of the western states? apnu Jan 2016 #45

Yes, Oregon is exactly like Utah. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #47

Nor did I. apnu Jan 2016 #50

That would also be the description of the 13 colonies. former9thward Jan 2016 #63

when you get right down to it, the entire USA was founded as a racist utopia steve2470 Jan 2016 #56

i suspect Oregon is supposed to apologize for legalizing pot and supporting Bernie Sanders Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #58

+1 nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #68

As a proud Floridian annoyed by the broadbrushing of entire states via its worst citizens.... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #60

Oh, hell yes. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #61

There are jerks everywhere but eastern Oregon is changing. pa28 Jan 2016 #62

An oldie but a goodie. KamaAina Jan 2016 #67

Also worth remembering in this context (since Bundy is a Mormon): Spider Jerusalem Jan 2016 #71

No it wasn't. It was just that America's racists founding Oregon. Land grabbing isn't utopia. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #80

Wait until they discover Portland's a strip club capital. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #81

I think you're on to something, there. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #82