Yes, exactly. Much hand-wringing about the state into which Portland has descended, expressions of condolence, but zero willingness to confront the elephant in the room. The closest that anyone will come is "this is a very complex problem."
Now of course the website is moderated, so its possible that non-conforming posts are deleted.
The “very complex problem” is that Portland folks are a little funny in the head.
Crazy people turn everything into an insane asylum.