"Oregon's paper of record is warning the rest of the nation that what's happening here is textbook, authoritarian police state tactics, and that it's way past time for the system of checks and balances to do its thing.
"Anyone who's ever said 'I disagree with what you say, but I'll never stop defending your right to say it' needs to step up and do something now. You don't have to agree with Portland's protesters 100% to see that what's happening here is unacceptable."
-- Seth Cotlar (SethCotlar), 2020-07-20 (this quote-tweets the start of a 17-tweet thread by The Oregonian (
Oregonian))