Diary: Just another day

[degringolade]

So here in Portlandia, folks are trying to whip up some meaningful protest against what they see as the "government repression". This time though it appears to be pretty weak sauce. The hullaballoo just seems to have lost it's mojo here.

I have a sneaking hunch that the folks who were the rank and file of the prior protests don't really see all that much of a problem. Either that or they are just too worried about paying the rent and keeping their day-to-day going to spend a lot of effort on things that don't really impact them directly. The usual suspects who push their way into the viewfinder of the television cameras are still there, but when I listen to them, I don't think that they convey the same intensity as they had back in the early 20's.

Nope, this time seems a little different. Not better, not worse, just different. The mojo just isn't there. Five years ago, if you claimed either opposition or indifference, you were immediately castigated and labels as a fascist too. Now the folks there can't quite seem to work up that same level of passion.

It is too early to tell, but it doesn't look like things are going to go too apeshit here in Portlandia this time around. Granted, there will be some tomfoolery, but I don't think that it will rise anywhere close to 2020 levels. Of course, I could be wrong, I frequently am wrong, but I just don't feel it.