Oregon Media Insiders

...all the protesters were entirely innocent. I'm not defending Portland Police..but to throw a blanket statement out there is absurd.

I've spent a lot of time in downtown Portland, and been close to many of these "Marches of the Week." I know for a fact that many protesters could care less about the "cause" ... some have told me they only march to mix it up with police or break things. Makes for a real "peaceful" peace march.

Sadly, this is another reason fewer and fewer people take marches seriously anymore. Face it, the only reason the common man/woman care about marches is when their commute home on a Friday is disrupted. And even then, they don't care about the reason for the march. It's reality. We're saturated with so many marches for various causes that it's only natural that they warrant less media coverage.

I'm all for free speech, but I'm starting to feel that these (insert cause here) marches like this do little more than make the participants feel self-important.

(dons an asbestos suit)