(06-11-2020, 04:40 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(06-11-2020, 04:25 PM)mikesez Wrote: Indeed racism is not nearly as big of an issue in the Pacific Northwest.
The national protests have created an opportunity for these folks in Seattle to stake their claim.
But their issue is gentrification, housing policy, rent control, Not really racism as much. If you can stomach to read their little manifesto, you will see that clearly.
Housing policy is all out of whack all over the West coast.
Taking over police stations and writing manifestos won't fix it, but it is a legitimate issue.

Again though, who caused all of these issues? Who has run the cities into the ground and caused all of this? It can't be outside forces every time.

Different cities have different problems.  Seattle is actually doing extremely well by some measures. Even now.  It's not "run into the ground" by any stretch. You seem to want to score a point on behalf of a national party by discussing a local issue.  Local issues and national issues are totally different.  You can have a typically Republican attitude about one and a typically Democrat attitude about the other.

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