Naive Americans set out family picnics and sat to watch on the hills as the first Civil War began. Thought it was interesting to be spectators and the battles would soon be over.
Portland destruction and burning plus blinding of three officers and severe injuries have been going on for over 60 days. This time "the revolution will be televised" despite the old Gil Scott Heron poem of the 60s.
It should be on TV, but there is very little coverage.
We got live feeds of the “Arab Spring” riots in Cairo — but there’s no live coverage of the anarchists rioting in Portland.