Hate group urges violence against Portland's disabled

Right-wing terrorists always try to scare people, but at least some officials in the city of Portland, Oregon, appear to be on the ball about getting to the bottom of it.

Some Nazi is circulating jaw-droppingly outrageous flyers encouraging violence against disabled Portland residents who receive government benefits. The handbill reads...

"There is an intersection between those people who vote and those people who receive public assistance. There are sixteen people in this neighborhood who vote and receive cash disability payments. The names of these people are being posted where they can be seen by taxpayers and the neighborhood can decide who is truly disabled. Benjamin Franklin said 'when the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.' Some of us in the neighborhood wish to save this democracy and to stand in the way of those who would destroy it."

Firstly, the names of people who receive disability are not public record. It's none of anyone's goddamn business who gets disability. So whoever made the flyer is employed by an agency that handles disability claims.

Secondly, the Franklin quote - if it was even real - had nothing to do with people legitimately collecting benefits. It appears to actually be a warning against the type of 1% mob rule that the Tea Party supports.

Thirdly, where does the Far Right get the idea that people who collect disability should forfeit the right to vote?

City agencies seem to be already investigating to see who may have put the flyers up. Portland's Office of Equity and Human Rights has asked local residents for help. See, folks, this is how our public officials are supposed to react. Whether it's hate groups attacking large numbers of people or a corrupt cabal carrying out a harassment campaign against an individual, we have a right to expect government agencies to act. Portland acts. Some places don't. Instead, some places allow fascism to fester and grow for years on end.

The only fly in the ointment is that Portland has a right-wing mayor who spends more effort arresting the homeless than going after whoever put out the flyers.

(Source: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/oehr/article/458971)