Just a complete abdication of editorial responsibility by the O. When your editorial and commentary editor goes on Twitter to hide behind "It's Opinion," you're no longer the paper of record.

Gibson is a egomaniacal shill with a huge chip on his childish shoulder.

He is a bigot, a homophobe, and a useless piece of shit.

And now The Oregonian is exactly the same. Any scrap of relevance The O had is gone.

This editorial is also a reminder of how many "reasonable Republicans" are just a hair's-breadth away from extremism.

Hovde and others who support Trump, knowing what he represents, aren't wearing swastikas themselves, but they are nonetheless full members in this horrific movement. She and they own this.

It's amazing to read someone actually just tell the truth about Gibson and the violent group of racists, white nationalists, neo-nazis, and violent militia members that he brings with him where he goes.

This group has been travelling out of state to provoke riots intentionally for nearly two years and then openly bragging about that violence and hatred online - more if you consider their time with the bigoted "Hell Shaking Street Preachers" who routinely assault gay and Muslim people.

Gibson has consistently feigned his own ignorance to the neo-nazis and white nationalists in the midst of his group after being repeatedly advised in person of their own statements outlining their self described beliefs.

The simple truth is, Joey Gibson allies himself with violent fascist groups to glorify and enrich himself, much like any similar authoritarian cult leader does: make no mistake that's exactly what he is.

Why is there no mention of who the Patriot Prayer protests had violent engagements were with? The police, bystanders, an opposition protest group? By no means am I condoning or supporting this extremist but you can’t attack a so called biased article with another biased article. This is what’s wrong with the media.

"By no means am I condoning..." The hell you aren't. You only have to go back to earlier this summer to see PP having "violent engagements" with counterprotesters who aren't the ones you're alluding to. As for Antifa, it's funny that they don't show up unless PP does, huh? Also which one is coming in from a different city and state just to fight with the other? Patriot Prayer isn't "protesting" and hasn't in years. It's coming to fight and gets what it comes for.

"It’s the same kind of movement that inspires angry people in Pittsburgh, Louisville, Charleston, and other seemingly peaceful cities and towns to pick up a gun and make a statement."

As a matter of fact, it is the very movement that inspired Jeremy Christian to murder two people on the Portland MAX last may.

Thank you for this response. I'm beside myself at how the Oregonian could publish this. Sad.

"“Mayor Ted Wheeler and the Portland City Council need to make it clear that Portland's streets are not open for takeovers and violent behavior,” and yet the streets are taken over with violence every day and nobody seems to care.

“Free speech can happen without hijacking other citizens' ability to move about safely.”

And so far that's how it has happened here in Portland. Nobody's right to move about has been infringed by any protests.

You People, who intentional disrupt your political enemy's assemblies and intimate the attendees of the assembly, should know that I love you, anyways. Bless your cold heart and hate fill mind.

The Snoregonian has always been run by corporate whores, ever since I grew up in Portland decades ago. Nothing has changed. Every time you try to call a Nazi a Nazi on their comment board, it gets censored. And their comment board is a haven for repressed right-wing haters and racists. And of course, the Boregonian mounts constant attacks on public employees, Kate Brown and the state pension system. Even though most PERS recipients get perfectly reasonable pensions, the Whoregonian constantly focuses on the few whose pensions are outrageous. And every time there's a forest fire, this lousy excuse for a newspaper uses it as an excuse to argue for more clearcutting, monoculture tree farming and environmental rape. Further, the Boregonian fills its site with incredibly stupid listicles (25 top spots to pick your nose in Portland) instead of doing real journalism. It has always been a pathetic rag, and is now much much worse than ever. It deserves to die. Too bad the Portland Tribune is a pathetic alternative and that the Mercury and Willamette Week are too filled with cultural crap to put enough effort into real reporting instead of carping from the sidelines with amateurish attempts at journalism.

It was a Choregonian to read all the way through your comment, HailUtahistan, but I do appreciate your commitment to what you thought was a winning concept.

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You People, who intentional disrupt your political enemy's assemblies and intimate the attendees of the assembly, should know that I love you, anyways. Bless your cold heart and hate fill mind.

Imtimidate.

You People, who intentional disrupt your political enemy's assemblies and intimidate the attendees of the assembly, should know that I love you, anyways. Bless your cold heart and hate fill mind.