The more they change, the more they are the same

Heavily left wing communities are telling the heavily right wing federal government, "no."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/anarchy-breaks-out-in-portland-with-the-mayors-blessing-1533331454

There is pretty much no difference between this and the standoff out west with the Bundy Bunch.

Someone will now start screaming, "YES IT IS DIFFERENT!"

How? The someone above says, "The Portland protest was about treating people right."

As was the Bundy Bunch protest. They crew felt they were not getting a fair shake from the federal government.

It is exactly the same. The oil pipeline protest - exactly the same. The "Occupy Wall Street" protest - exactly the same.

With one major, glaring exception. See if you can tell which protest is which:

1) Charles Williams, a 62-year-old man who lives across the street, said someone threatened to stab him with an “AIDS-infected needle.” From his balcony, he saw the “thugs” begin masked street patrols. Others brandished sticks. Lisa Leonard, a 53-year-old disabled resident, said occupiers hit her on her head, disabled her electric wheelchair, and lifted her in the air when she complained about loud drumming.

2) The militants began to vandalize the property, which local community leaders characterized as an attempt to provoke violent confrontation.

3) Investigators found "significant amounts of human feces" at "two large trenches and an improvised road on or adjacent to grounds.

4)  But there is one undeniable--if temporary--legacy that the recently evacuated partisans ... have bequeathed: 30 tons of trash.

5) Cleanup crews have removed 48 million pounds of trash so far from the ... protest camp — and they’re not finished yet.

6) Protesters set a dozen fires near the bridge, police said.

Change the names. The story is the same. The truth is the oligarchy loves this kind of stuff. Divide. Conquer. The story line is eons old.

The sole difference is one claims to want less government, but actually screams for more. One wants more government, but screams when more government shows up. Cognitive disconnection, thy name is human.

What we are seeing is community, grass-roots reactions to an increasingly overbearing federal government. The nation tried this once before, for the wrong reason. Unless something fundamental changes, it won't work this time.

Those on the front lines would rather fight each other than fight the real enemy.

The reality is both wings are attached to the same bird and the bird tells the wings what to do.