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</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" open="Open" sans="Sans" sans-serif="sans-serif" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" word-break="word-break" break-word="break-word" overflow-wrap="overflow-wrap" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A little tidbit of why Brian Boquist (R-Gun Grabber) was pushing his gun confiscation on anyone’s say so legislation</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" open="Open" sans="Sans" sans-serif="sans-serif" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" quotes="quotes" none="none" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Boquist decided to push for the policy after his oldest son, 31-year-old Navy veteran Sethan Sprague, committed suicide.</font></p></blockquote></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Boquist"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Boquist</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">B<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">rian J. Boquist</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(b. October 20, 1958) is a</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">member of the</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Oregon State Senate</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, representing</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_State_Senate_District_12" title="Oregon State Senate District 12" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">District 12</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He was first elected to the chamber in 2008.</span></font></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boquist was a Congressional Activist in Washington DC from 1983 to 2000. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2000, 2002 and 2004, but was never elected. He served in the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Oregon House of Representatives</a> from 2004 to 2008.</font></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Biography</font></span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boquist earned his B.S. in social science and business administration from Western Oregon State College in 1985 and his MBA from Oregon State University in 1989. His professional experience includes working as a forester for Fitch and Son <b>Logging Corporation, as a construction </b>worker for McMullen Custom Building, as a business manager and president of ASWOSC at Western Oregon State University and as the operations director for International <b>Trask </b>Limited from 1984 to 1987.<span id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Boquist#cite_note-bio-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boquist then worked as marketing director for Network Analysis Software from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 1990 he was director of operations for International Trask Group. He also worked as director of the International Marketing Group at Evergreen International Airlines, a part of Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises, from 1990 to 1993. He was vice president of international and government affairs for International Charter Incorporated and National Charter Network from 1993 to 1995. He worked as a rancher and family partner of North Indian Creek Ranch from 1995 to 2006. From 1995 to 2008, he was executive director for the International Charter Incorporated of Oregon Foundation.<span id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Boquist#cite_note-bio-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Boquist served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1975-2012. During that time, Boquist served as <b>Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff for a Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq from 2003 to 2004.</b><span id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Boquist#cite_note-bio-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span></font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Oregon Statehouse Shut Down After Lawmakers Team Up With Right-Wing Militias</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While leaving the statehouse before the walkout, one Republican senator implied that police who pursued them should be ready to die: “Send bachelors and come heavily armed.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kelly Weill</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reporter</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Updated 06.22.19 1:37PM ET / Published 06.22.19 1:12PM ET </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">REUTERS</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oregon’s statehouse shut down for safety concerns on Saturday. But the threats weren’t coming from anonymous trolls or foreign fighters—they were coming from the state’s Republican senators, who have teamed up with right-wing militias to threaten violence over a climate change bill.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Eleven of Oregon’s Senate Republicans fled the state this week to avoid a vote on a bill that would cap greenhouse emissions. The group, believed to be hiding in Idaho, left the state senate with too few lawmakers to hold a vote. But the move is more than a legislative maneuver. The missing senators have partnered with right-wing paramilitary groups to threaten violence, should they be brought back to Oregon.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The state senate had scheduled sessions on Saturday, but cancelled them after reports of several militias’ two-day “Rally to Take the Capitol” this weekend.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Oregon State Police has recommended that the Capitol be closed tomorrow due to a possible militia threat,” a spokesperson for the senate president told the Associated Press on Friday night.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The trouble started this month, when state Senate Democrats advanced plans for a bill that would cut carbon emissions. Modeled after a similar policy in California, Oregon’s proposed cap and trade bill would restrict fossil fuel emissions, particularly for the industries that create the most pollution. The bill’s proponents say it’s part of a plan to cut emissions by 80 percent by 2050. (Climate scientists and the European Union call for effectively eliminating carbon emissions by 2050, in order to prevent out-of-control climate change.)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But Oregon’s state Republicans weren’t on board, citing increased expenses for Oregon residents and businesses. This week, every Republican in the state senate walked out, rather than vote on the bill.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">[THIS IS GETTING CRAZY</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Armed Militias Rush to Help Fugitive Oregon GOP Lawmakers</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Will Sommer]</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Walkouts are not unique to Republicans. Democrat lawmakers fled their states in 2003 and 2011 to prevent votes on redistricting and curbing union rights, The Daily Beast previously reported. Oregon has a long history of senate walkouts, including a four-day walkout in May, when Republicans refused to vote on a tax package that would fund schools. They returned to session with the agreement that they would not walk out again.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But this walkout also came with violent threats. Multiple senators are believed to have fled to Idaho, with right-wing militias flocking to their aid. While leaving the statehouse before the walkout, Republican Sen. Brian Boquist implied that police officers who pursued them should be ready to die. “Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” Boquist warned police in a televised interview shortly before his walkout. “I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It’s just that simple.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State police said they were aware of Boquist's remarks, but were not commenting on them. Boquist and his colleagues are supported by several right-wing militias that made more explicit threats.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called on state troopers to return the lawmakers to the capital, the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers suggested violence against her.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Gov. Brown, you want a civil war, because this is how you get a civil war,” the Oath Keepers wrote on their public Facebook page. Beneath the post, Oath Keeper fans suggesting hanging, arresting, or taking up arms against Brown.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Idaho militia insiders previously told The Daily Beast that paramilitary members in Oregon and Idaho had “mobilized” in defense of the Republican lawmakers, and that they were willing to die for the legislators. One leader compared the situation to the 2014 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, in which members of a right-wing militia led an armed standoff inside a wildlife sanctuary building. The standoff ended with the death of a militia member.</font></div></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/22/threats-militia-provoke-shutdown-oregon-capitol-day-after-gop-lawmakers-fled/"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/22/threats-militia-provoke-shutdown-oregon-capitol-day-after-gop-lawmakers-fled/</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>The Three Percenters</b>’ Oregon chapter has gotten involved in the Oregon standoff between Republican state senators, who fled the state to avoid the passage of cap-and-trade legislation, and the Democratic majority who wanted to put the measure to a vote. The paramilitary group, known for anti-government and pro-gun sentiment, said in a Thursday night Facebook post, “We will stand together with unwavering resolve, doing whatever it takes to keep these Senators safe,” pledging to provide “security, transportation, and refuge” for Republican lawmakers.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>As my colleague Shane Bauer wrote in 2016, “the three percenter philosophy” had “quickly grown into a grassroots, national movement, part of a resurgence of right-wing militia activity following Obama’s election in 2008.”</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This is the most recent escalation of the conflict that began when the Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would impose a declining limit on the amount of CO2 emissions Oregon’s manufacturing, utility, and transportation industries can produce. But when Senate president Peter Courtney was ready to begin Thursday’s session, Oregon’s Republican senators fled the Capitol to make a vote impossible to hold. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>There are 18 Democratic senators, but 20 senators are needed for a quorum. A search of the Capitol on Monday yielded no Republicans, so Governor Kate Brown sent out Oregon State Police troopers to find the senators, who hid outside state lines, and bring them back to vote by force. </b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“The Senate Republicans have decided to abandon their duty to serve their constituents and walk out,” Brown said in a statement authorizing the Oregon State Police to bring back the Senate Republicans.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Without the Republicans present, there were not enough Democrats to constitute the necessary quorum of lawmakers to conduct official business, even though they would have had enough votes to pass the bill. There’s only about one week left in the legislative session. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I beg and beseech my fellow legislators to come to the floor,” The Oregonian reported Courtney saying, as he placed his head in his hands. “If you’re mad, take it out on me. Come at me. Don’t do this to the people of Oregon.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The tactic of walking out to prevent bills one party opposes from being passed isn’t unique to either Oregon or Republicans. As the Associated Press pointed out:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In 2003, Texas Democrats fled to neighboring Oklahoma to deny a quorum, holing up in a Holiday Inn to block a GOP redistricting bill. The Democrats returned to Texas after the bill’s deadline passed, and it was effectively killed.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Legislative minorities, both Democratic and Republican ones, have used walkouts as a strategy several times in Oregon alone, including in 1971, 1995, 2001, 2007, and May 2019.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In a statement by Oregon Senate Republicans released Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger, Jr. explained the reason for the walk out, describing it as the will of the people of Oregon. “Protesting cap and trade by walking out today represents our constituency and exactly how we should be doing our job,” he said. “It’s time for the majority party to consider all Oregonians—not just the ones in Portland.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One Republican senator has already threatened a more violent response. “<b>Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” </b>said <b>Brian Boquist</b> in a video captured by Pat Dooris of KGW News in Portland. He said he told Travis Hampton, superintendent of the Oregon State Police, <b>“I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon</b>. It’s just that simple.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But the Republican spokesperson from the Senate was quoted in a tweet on Friday afternoon, turning down the offer of assistance. </font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><p><a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/pro-trump-subreddit-full-calls-violence-support-oregon-republicans</font></a></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">no lnx twt</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>pro-Trump subreddit is full of calls for violence in support of Oregon Republicans</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Users on “The_Donald,” a prominent subreddit for supporters of President Donald Trump, have repeatedly issued calls for violence in response to Oregon’s governor calling for law enforcement to bring back <b>Republican state senators who fled the state so the state senate wouldn't have the quorum to pass climate change action.</b>Despite Reddit’s policy barring content that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm,” users have posted messages claiming that violence is “the only way we're going to get any peace in our lives” and that it’s “good” to “threaten violence,” have urged others to “stock upon that ammo,” and have written that they would “help” with "<b>shooting a cop trying to strip rights from Citizens.”</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Melissa Joskow / Media Matters</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Update (6/26/19): Reddit has now quarantined  “The_Donald” due to “threats of violence against police and public officials</b>,” meaning the subreddit will now “generate no revenue,” “not appear in non-subscription-based feeds (eg Popular),” and won’t be “included in search or recommendations.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Update (6/25/19): All comments cited in this piece except for one have been removed since publication and most have been replaced with the message: “Comment removed by moderator.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reddit prohibits content that “encourages,” “incites,” or “calls for violence,” and the site has previously banned subreddits for violating that policy</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reddit: “Do not post content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm.” Reddit’s “account and community restrictions” include a prohibition of “content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people.” From the policy:</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Do not post content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people; likewise, do not post content that glorifies or encourages the abuse of animals. We understand there are sometimes reasons to post violent content (e.g., educational, newsworthy, artistic, satire, documentary, etc.) so if you’re going to post something violent in nature that does not violate these terms, ensure you provide context to the viewer so the reason for posting is clear.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">If your content is borderline, please use a NSFW tag. Even mild violence can be difficult for someone to explain to others if they open it unexpectedly. [Reddit, accessed 6/24/19]</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reddit has previously banned multiple subreddits in violation of this policy. Reddit “shut down several Nazi and white supremacist subreddits” in 2017 after its policy came into effect, according to The Verge. In 2018, the site banned the largest subreddit dedicated to the Qanon conspiracy theory, citing “repeated violations of the terms” of its content policy, NBC News reported, noting that the forum was “host to a stream of violent threats.” And on June 20, the platform banned the subreddit “r/frenworld,” which “featured racist and anti-Semitic Pepe the Frog-style cartoons,” with a spokesperson saying it “violated rules against encouraging and glorifying violence,” according to The Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer. [The Verge, 10/25/17; NBC News, 9/12/18; Twitter, 6/20/19]</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Users of the subreddit “The_Donald” have posted in support of violently defending Oregon GOP state senators against law enforcement</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Militia </b>groups have threatened violence against efforts to bring back Oregon GOP state senators </span>who refuse to pass legislation on climate action. According to The Daily Beast, multiple armed militia groups “are mobilizing to prevent Oregon state police from arresting Republican state senators who went into hiding on Thursday in order to prevent climate change legislation from passing.” <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">After Democratic Gov. Kate Brown planned to dispatch “state troopers to bring them back,” one of the state senators warned “that he would resort to violence rather than return to the state.” The outlet quoted a “source inside the Oregon militia movement” saying that its members are “willing to put their own lives in front of these senators’ lives.” From the June 21 report:</span></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>All 11 of Oregon’s Republican state senators are currently on the lam</b>, with some leaving for Idaho in an effort to deny the Democrat-controlled state senate a quorum to pass a cap-and-trade bill. In response, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D), citing a provision in the state constitution that allows the state to “compel” absent lawmakers to attend legislative sessions, dispatched state troopers to bring them back.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">One of the lawmakers on the lam, Republican Brian Boquist (R), warned that he would resort to violence rather than return to the state</span>, implying in a local television interview that he would <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">attack law enforcement officers sent to retrieve him.</span></b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">“Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” Boquist said. “I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It’s just that simple.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Militia groups in the Pacific Northwest—a hotbed of far-right extremist activism—claim they’ve mobilized to protect those state senators. [The Daily Beast, 6/21/19]</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Users on the subreddit “The_Donald” have posted calls to violence and support for the armed militias. In response to reports about militias’ pledges to defend GOP legislators from being compelled by law enforcement to attend legislative sessions, multiple users on the subreddit “The_Donald” issued calls for violence to help the lawmakers, along with issuing support for the militias.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote, “None of this gets fixed without people picking up rifles,” to which another user responded, “If that's what it takes for us and our marginalized community to be heard I suppose it may become necessary sooner than we think.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">[Reddit, accessed 6/24/19]</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote, “Rifles are the only way we're going to get any peace in our lives ever again,” adding, “It's either war and we get rid of these guys or a lifetime of listening to this shit over and over again start getting yourself ready.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote, “There is only one way to get rid of a dictatorship like this. You don't want to acknowledge it and they made it illegal to do so but you have a choice - bite the bullet or let the collapse fall onto your kids instead of you.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user called for “burn[ing] Portland and Eugene to the ground.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Citing the Second Amendment, another user criticized the lack of armed action from others “against government tyrany,” adding, “Now there is proven government tyrany and you do nothing?”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote, “Hopefully all State Police in Oregon refuse, hes serious. No problems shooting a cop trying to strip rights from Citizens. If he calls for help I'd come.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A user called for “more militia men in Oregon. Michigan, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,” adding, “You know what to do. Flood Oregon and take over Portland. Let's make this happen.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote, “Everyone needs to start getting into shape, sharpening up your marksmanship and learning the ins and outs of all your fire arms. Stock upon that ammo too.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Another user wrote that it was “good” to “threaten violence … because nothing else is working.”</b></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote in response to the governor’s order, <b>“Tree of Liberty seems thirsty,”</b> a reference to former President Thomas Jefferson’s quote that “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A user wrote that they were “at the point where I hope [violence] happens” as a “catalyst to purge their ideology from government.” Regarding the governor’s order, another user wrote: “The soap box has been forbidden to be used. The ballot box has been abused. The ammo box is what they then choose.”</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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