The nightly riots in Portland continue. These are probably mostly the same rioters that have been agitating since last year. There seems to be a rotating door at the jail there. Some of these guys get arrested, only to be let go a few hours later and return to the scrum. With basically no consequences for their bad behavior, it has turned into a real pastime for the miscreants.

The nationwide press was very happy to point to these “protests” as some sort of push back against the imagined racism of the Trump administration. Now that Trump is out of office though the press no longer has use of the nightly unrest footage.

So with the new shiny leadership of the nation, what exactly are these rioters claiming as their cause? One of the protesters held a sign that could be a clue, it read “Protect the Land, End America.” Isn’t that cute.

This just shows that the real purpose of the riots, are the riots themselves. If these braniacs put an ounce of thought into what happens after they get their wish maybe they would find something better to do every night.

They would realize that just like nature abhors a vacuum, so does society. Just because there isn’t a legitimate power structure, doesn’t mean there wont be a structure formed. There are countless examples to learn from. The Arab Spring caused by the epic failure of a person Hillary Clinton is a pretty good one. That caused thousands of deaths and the resurgence of slavery. Or we could look a little closer to home. The Capital Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) that sprung up last year in Seattle. The man with weapons put himself in charge and doled out his personal brand of justice. And then we could look at probably any prison in the world. The most violent, the most organized, or the most connected will probably be the most powerful.

The short sighted, mentally challenged rioters should think about what they are asking for, because I’ll bet that their very nature of anarchy will ensure that they wont be in charge. They will probably be dealt with in a far different manner than they are used to.