As an example, A group has set up a website to give the "ground truth" of Portland [0].
San Francisco has always had its problems, but under the control of local authorities with domain knowledge. And the same, no doubt, for every liberal city being occupied under the false pretense that it is in ruins. People go to work, schools and even zoos normally and peacefully.
You see, in this case, rampant crime, raging fires and anarchy are to be found in the mind of the beholder.
San Fran has major problems. It's under much better control now, than it was a decade ago. Admitting and realising that truth, doesn't mean that there's anything wrong in Portland.
This whole "All (red|blue) cities are (bad|good) is insane. Yet I see both sides playing it. Playing it, because one (bad|good) somehow means all are?!
Madness.
Any nuanced statement, meaning out of lockstep with The Information Ministry, is attacked, and with the usual ad-hominem.
Seriously, if you disagreed on some point, say, "Portland is reduced to smoldering rubble" and came under attack via media and death threats, how would you nuance that?
We in the U.S. have not experienced what other countries have experienced, at least since the Civil War, and any outside view, presumably nuanced, comes down hard on outright lies and personal and group threats.
And other countries have fought fascism on their homelands and see the big picture.
bbarnett•4h ago
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/hacking-group-claims-theft...
I wonder if the point is distraction. That's a fairly big hack, but now the news cycle re: salesforce is probably discussing this political story.