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[Mme. Defarge]

Last edited Sat May 27, 2017, 04:51 PM - Edit history (3)

[Boxerfan]

1. He was ranting about a girl wearing a Hijab.

I live here & I can not stand this crap anymore...
Goddamit all....

[Mme. Defarge]

3. This is my f'ing

deep blue, f'ing neighborhood.

[mythology]

15. Unfortunately it's not new in Portland

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/

The death of Mulugeta Seraw back in 1988 is another example.

[ck4829]

2. White guy, so it's not terrorism. Just a mentally ill lone wolf who spontaneously generated.

(Full disclosure, I am a white guy)

[dalton99a]

14. Exactly.

[displacedtexan]

4. I think that's the train to and from the airport and downtown.

It's usually a peaceful ride, and the people are super nice. We don't even rent a car when we go to Portland.

This is truly sad.

[Mme. Defarge]

5. Not the PDX train, but

I have a very good friend who takes that train to come to my place. He is someone who would have intervened in a heartbeat if he encountered ANYONE being threatened or bullied. For me this is extremely personal.

[displacedtexan]

6. I'm probably confused.

I know we have to change trains somewhere close to downtown in order to get on the one that loops around town, but I never pay attention to which train is which. I just love the transist system in Portland, and I hate to think of people getting hurt or killed because of random crazies.

[CentralMass]

7. There was another stabbing just a few days ago..

http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/19/19024011/a-stabbing-on-the-lloyd-center-max-platform-is-affecting-trimet-service

[Mme. Defarge]

8. Yes,

very, very unfortunate and troubling.

[CentralMass]

10. Yes. Very tragic and unsettling.

[CentralMass]

9. I was considering taking the train into Portland tomorrow. I think I'll pass now..

[L. Coyote]

11. There was a crime outside somewhere, so don't leave your home?

Geeez, let's all just panic. I got stabbed nine times on a street, I still go out into the streets.

[CentralMass]

12. I will drive rather then take the train., but feel free ...

[athena]

13. I agree with you.

People don't understand probabilities. Everyone should be forced to take a course in probability and statistics in high school.

The person who says he's not going to take public transportation today tomorrow will probably take it without a thought a month or a year from now. And yet, the probability of getting stabbed will be exactly the same as it was on Friday. People don't think rationally about these things, and it's because they fundamentally don't understand numbers.

[socialist_n_TN]

16. This will get more and more prevalent as the fascists/racists get.........

more and more emboldened. The idea is to shut you up with the threat of violence. So if you're a mouthy backtalker like me and would have stood up to this fucker, get some training in self-defense and especially in bladed weapons. They're easier to carry, usually more legal in more places, and, in a confined space, more deadly than firearms. Training might have helped these two martyrs and it might not have, but it would have at least evened the odds a bit.

[Johnny2X2X]

17. Radical Christian Terrorist

How was this person Radicalized? I'm sure he follows the teachings of radicals like Trump and Hannity.

[malaise]

18. Kick

Missed both your threads