A6 The BulleTin • Friday, June 11, 2021
TODAY
Extremism
DEAR ABBY
Today is Friday, June 11, the
162nd day of 2021. There are
203 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 11, 1993, the U.S. Su-
preme Court unanimously ruled
that people who commit “hate
crimes” motivated by bigotry
may be sentenced to extra pun-
ishment.
In 1509, England’s King Henry
VIII married his first wife, Cather-
ine of Aragon.
In 1770, Captain James Cook,
commander of the British ship
Endeavour, “discovered” the
Great Barrier Reef off Australia
by running onto it.
In 1776, the Continental Con-
gress formed a committee to
draft a Declaration of Indepen-
dence calling for freedom from
Britain.
In 1864, German composer
Richard (REE’-hard) Strauss was
born in Munich.
In 1936, Kansas Gov. Alfred
“Alf” Landon was nominated for
president at the Republican na-
tional convention in Cleveland.
In 1947, the government
announced the end of sugar
rationing for households and
“institutional users” (e.g., restau-
rants and hotels) as of midnight.
In 1955, in motor racing’s worst
disaster, more than 80 people
were killed during the 24 Hours
of Le Mans in France when two
of the cars collided and crashed
into spectators.
In 1962, three prisoners at Alca-
traz in San Francisco Bay staged
an escape, leaving the island on
a makeshift raft; they were nev-
er found or heard from again.
In 1985, Karen Ann Quinlan, the
comatose patient whose case
prompted a historic right-to-die
court decision, died in Morris
Plains, New Jersey, at age 31.
In 1986, the John Hughes com-
edy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,”
starring Matthew Broderick,
was released by Paramount
Pictures.
In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33,
was executed by injection at the
federal prison in Terre Haute,
Indiana, for the 1995 Oklahoma
City bombing that killed 168
people.
In 2009, with swine flu reported
in more than 70 nations, the
World Health Organization
declared the first global flu pan-
demic in 41 years.
Ten years ago: Rejecting calls
by Democratic leaders for him
to resign in a sexting scandal,
Rep. Anthony Weiner instead
announced he was seeking
professional treatment and ask-
ing for a leave of absence from
Congress. (Weiner ended up
resigning.)
Five years ago: Queen Eliza-
beth II and her family marked
her official 90th birthday with a
parade, a colorful military cere-
mony and an appearance on the
Buckingham Palace balcony.
One year ago: Louisville, Ken-
tucky, banned the use of “no-
knock” warrants and named
the new ordinance for Breonna
Taylor, who’d been fatally shot
by officers who burst into her
home. San Francisco’s mayor
said city police officers would
stop responding to non-crim-
inal activities such as disputes
between neighbors and reports
about homeless people; they
would be replaced on those
calls by trained, unarmed
professionals. Army Gen. Mark
Milley, the nation’s top military
officer, said he’d been wrong to
walk in uniform with President
Donald Trump past protesters
who’d been cleared from Lafay-
ette Park to a photo op outside
a church. Two Florida amuse-
ment parks, SeaWorld Orlando
and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay,
reopened, but with reservations
required to limit crowds amid
the continuing coronavirus
pandemic.
Today’s Birthdays: Former U.S.
Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y.,
is 91. Comedian Johnny Brown
is 84. International Motorsports
Hall of Famer Jackie Stewart
is 82. Singer Joey Dee is 81.
Actor Roscoe Orman is 77. Actor
Adrienne Barbeau is 76. Rock
musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is
72. Animal rights activist Ingrid
Newkirk is 72. Singer Graham
Russell (Air Supply) is 71. Rock
singer Donnie Van Zant is 69.
Actor Peter Bergman is 68. Pro
Football Hall of Famer Joe Mon-
tana is 65. Actor Hugh Laurie is
62. TV personality Mehmet Oz,
M.D., is 61. Singer Gioia Bruno
(Expose) is 58. Rock musician
Dan Lavery (Tonic) is 55. Country
singer-songwriter Bruce Robi-
son is 55. Actor Clare Carey is 54.
Actor Peter Dinklage is 52. Actor
Lenny Jacobson is 47. Actor
Joshua Jackson is 43. Americana
musician Gabe Witcher (Punch
Brothers) is 43. Actor Shia
LaBeouf is 35.
— Associated Press
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: Twenty years
ago, I reconnected with a
childhood friend. When we
were in high school together,
she used to love telling sto-
ries, not all of them true. Most
were harmless and cast her as
the center of an interesting ad-
venture.
After graduation, I headed
off to college, she started a job
and we lost touch for almost
30 years. We now see each
other once or twice a year, but
text almost daily.
She recently sent me a
photo of a now-closed depart-
ment store and told me she
had worked there right after
high school, in its pet depart-
ment. She went on to say she
got the job because she had
raised tropical fish and was
comfortable caring for the
animals. The problem with
her story is that it was I who
had that job. I worked there
throughout my freshman year
in college.
Thinking maybe she had
taken the job after I left, I
asked a few questions. But it
quickly became obvious that
she had snatched my work ex-
perience as her own. I couldn’t
think of a kind way to chal-
lenge her, so all I texted was
“Interesting.” Now I find my-
self not believing any of her
stories. I don’t think she has
dementia, but I can’t under-
stand why anyone would co-
opt someone else’s history like
this. Should I challenge her at
this late date or chalk it up to
more of her “storytelling”?
— Stolen Life in Indiana
Dear Stolen: For whatever
reason, your old chum seems
unable to separate fact from
fantasy. She may do this be-
cause she has low self-esteem.
I see nothing positive to be
gained by confronting her, but
it may be time to ask your-
self how much you want to
continue a relationship with a
compulsive fabulist. She may
do this hoping to impress
others, or because she feels
her life is so boring that oth-
ers won’t be interested in her
if she tells the truth. It’s sad,
really.
Dear Abby: My husband
of many years died. We were
very close and spent a lot of
time together. How do I gra-
ciously decline visits from
people I care about but am not
close to? I know they mean
well, and I don’t want to cause
hurt feelings. I think we may
all grieve differently. Even af-
ter several months, I’m still
not ready to entertain a visitor.
I may never be, although I ap-
preciate their thoughts.
— Continuing to Grieve
Dear Continuing: When
you wrote that everyone
grieves differently, you nailed
it. It’s the truth. For some, the
process can take a short time.
(Many widows and widowers
had time to grieve before they
lost their spouses.) For others,
it takes longer. Several months
is still a relatively short time,
but please do not isolate your-
self completely. You don’t have
to entertain, but being able to
vent your feelings to caring
friends or in a support group
can be healthy and healing.
If you don’t want anyone in
your home, consider meet-
ing a close friend or two out
in public for a brief visit. Go-
ing out, exercising and getting
some sunshine each day is
healthy and can help to lessen
depression. Your husband is
irreplaceable, but isolating
yourself won’t bring him back.
If your inability to move for-
ward persists, I urge you to
discuss it with your physician
or your religious adviser if you
have one.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
By Georgia Nicols
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
MOON ALERT: After 3:30 a.m. EDT today (12:30 a.m. PDT), there are no
restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The Moon is in Cancer.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021: You think and
talk quickly; however, you have a strong desire for order and a de-cluttered
world. You believe in yourself and your opinions, and you’re ambitious.
You’re also an excellent communicator. Don’t work too hard this year.
Conserve your energy. This is a good time to make plans for the future and
decide what structures are necessary to build.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
This is a saucy, energetic day! Take note that the next seven weeks
will promote love affairs and hot, sexy romance! Ooh la la! Parties, sports
events and playful activities with children also will be a focus. Tonight: Beau-
tify your home.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You are focused on money and possessions. No question. One other
thing that is certain is that family and home life will become insane in the
next seven weeks because of increased activity and chaos on the home
front. Tonight: Appreciate your surroundings.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
This is a strong day because the Sun is in your sign. However, fiery
Mars is now in your House of Communications, which will make you more as-
sertive in the next seven weeks. You will say what you mean and mean what
you say! Tonight: Shop!
Continued from A1
About 40% of respondents
said they strongly or some-
what agreed with the state-
ment, “America must protect
and preserve its White Euro-
pean heritage.” About 39% of
respondents agreed with the
statement,” White people in
America face discrimination
and unfair treatment on the
basis of their race.”The poll
was conducted in January
with the release of data today
under agreement between the
Western States Center and
DHM Research.
The poll was done as “a
community service by DHM
Research in partnership with
the Oregon Values and Beliefs
Center,” a statement with the
poll said. Both said they are
independent and nonpartisan.
The poll asked 603 Oregon
adults for their views on white
nationalism, right-wing ex-
tremism and the strength of
democracy in the state and
nation. The estimated margin
of error is 4%, DHM said.
The groups were weighted
to reflect the gender, age, race,
economic status and geo-
graphical location of the re-
spondent.
The statistics were also di-
vided into subgroups. The
main geographical distribu-
tion covered three portions
of the state: The tri-county
region of Portland, the rest of
the Willamette Valley, and the
remainder of Oregon.
Just under half of those
polled were satisfied with how
democracy was working in
Oregon. But the 49% rating
was higher than the 47% who
said democracy was working
in the entire nation.
Four of 10 respondents be-
lieved “bad actors” across the
political spectrum were re-
sponsible for violence in Port-
land and the rest of Oregon.
Far left activists were
chiefly responsible, according
to 14%, while 13% blamed far
right agitators.
Another 8% blamed police
and 4% pointed the finger at
elected officials.
The remaining 22% said
they didn’t know who was ul-
timately responsible.
The areas around Portland
and the Willamette Valley
skewed higher in percentage
of those blaming the far right
and police, while the third
group that included all areas
of the state outside of Port-
land and the Willamette Val-
ley, was somewhat more likely
to blame left-wing groups.
Overall, right-wing militia
groups and white extremists
were seen as bad for business
and the state’s image.
They hurt the economy,
according to 74% of those
polled. The armed groups
created a dangerous situation,
69% said, and 68% said laws
were needed to prevent peo-
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Your popularity continues today, particularly with young people
from your past. Meanwhile, good news! Fiery Mars enters your sign today
to stay for the next seven weeks, which will boost your energy and help you
work hard. Tonight: Enjoy your solitude.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You look great in the eyes of others, especially bosses, parents and
VIPs today. Nevertheless, be aware that the planet Mars will be hiding in your
chart for the next seven weeks, which could stir up some trouble with a hid-
den enemy. If you think something fishy is going on, it is. Tonight: Schmooze
with friends.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
It’s Friday, and you want to do something different! You want
adventure! As one of the most social signs in the zodiac, you’ll be happy to
know that in the next seven weeks, you can work with others to formulate
goals. You’ll be leader of the pack! Tonight: Someone important favors you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
This is an intense, passionate day. (It’s a fun date day.) Today Mars
moves to the top of your chart to stay for the next seven weeks, arousing
your ambition! Suddenly, you will be intense and focused, which means you
will go after what you want. Tonight: Explore adventure!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Your relationship with a friend or partner is close today. You might
attract money to you. Take note that the next seven weeks will be adventur-
ous — more than usual. You will have a strong desire to travel and do cre-
ative, intellectual work. (Sagittarians are the travelers of the zodiac.) Tonight:
Expect a gift.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
With Venus opposite your sign today, you are happy to socialize
because encounters with others will run smoothly. Nevertheless, you are
keen to get better organized. Caution about disputes over shared property
or shared responsibilities in the next two months. Tonight: Good time with
others.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
You want to play! And it’s Friday! Accept all invitations to explore
social outings and sports events. For some of you, a work-related romance
might blossom. However, be patient with partners in the next two months.
(Patience is the antidote to anger.) Tonight: Improve your health.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Home and family are a major focus now; however, Venus wants
to tempt you to play today! Explore romance, parties and sports. Enjoy fun
times with kids. You will work hard in the next two months because Mars
guarantees your commitment. Tonight: Romance!
With more open support
from some political leaders,
Ward said white separatist
ideas are resurgent. He in-
cluded the “Greater Idaho”
movement that would cleave
most of Oregon east of the
Cascades and fold it into what
they believe is an ideologically
more compatible government
in conservative Idaho.
Ward said the movement is
just the latest attempt to give
political cover by presenting
a white ethno-state dream
rehashed as a strictly geo-
graphic division.
“Our rugged rural culture
east of the Cascades is some-
how incompatible with West
Coast progressivism,” Ward
said.
Ward pointed to the pres-
ence of groups such as Patriot
Prayer and the Proud Boys
at rallies in Oregon, some of
whom later took part in the
attack on the U.S. Capitol on
Jan. 6 during the certification
of the Electoral College vote.
Ward noted that extremists
targeted immigrants and in-
digenous people of Oregon.
They had defaced the Holo-
caust Memorial in Portland.
Fliers with images of the mass
murder of Jews during World
War II were distributed by
anti-Semitic activists in the
district of Rep. Rachel Prusak,
D-Tualatin.
Prusak believes she was
targeted for supporting gun
control legislation whose op-
ponents include some ex-
tremists.
The bill passed the Legisla-
ture and was recently signed
into law by Gov. Kate Brown.
A group of conservative Re-
publican current and former
state lawmakers has submit-
ted a proposed referendum
that would put the gun law on
hold until a statewide vote in
November 2022.
Ward pointed to the actions
of one of the referendum’s
sponsors, Rep. Mike Near-
man, R-Independence. The
lawmaker is facing criminal
charges and expulsion from
the House for allegedly allow-
ing violent protesters into the
state Capital while the Legis-
lature was in special session in
December. It’s action that has
historical resonance, Ward
underlined.
“The willingness of a state
elected official to open the
door to those who espouse ra-
cial violence,” Ward said.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Although you are happy to work behind the scenes today, Venus in
your sign will encourage schmoozing with others. In the bigger picture, you
will work hard to earn money and buy beautiful things for yourself in the
next seven weeks. Tonight: Socialize!
ple from bringing firearms to
public rallies.
The pollsters said more
than 7 out of 10 respondents
“were not buying” arguments
by militia groups that their
presence was to support law
enforcement or protect the
public.
Mild to strong support for
militia groups was highest
— 24% — among those who
identified as “rural” Orego-
nians.
Schubiner said the key to
limiting the damage of white
extremist groups was to see it
as a political and social issue,
not just a police issue. The
broadest and most vocal co-
alition of political, business
and other leaders must speak
out against militias and their
ideology, she said.
“It’s incredibly troubling
to see the spike in numbers”
of public officeholders who
openly sympathize with parts
of the paramilitary, white na-
tionalist movement, she said.
Eric K. Ward, executive di-
rector of the Western States
Center and a senior fellow
with the Southern Poverty
Law Center, said the poll was
a wake-up call to Oregonians
that there is a resurgence of
racist, sometimes violent at-
titudes with a deep history in
Oregon.
Ward said Oregon’s early
years were built on “exclusion
by design,” with a narrative of
a white agricultural and small
town society in a land devoid
of indigenous Americans and
Black people.
Slavery had been barred
from new states by the time
Oregon joined the union in
1859. But its original constitu-
tion did not allow free Black
people the right to live in the
state, with those who did not
leave within a relatively short
time subject to public lash-
ings.
As civil rights spread in
the United States after World
War II, Ward said, reaction-
aries embraced the idea of
the “Pacific Northwest Terri-
torial Imperative” — a white
ethno-state — which be-
came part of the philosophy
of groups from the Ku Klux
Klan to skinhead Neo-Nazis
and “patriot” militia groups.
When white extremism was
pushed underground, its be-
lievers became “early adopt-
ers” of internet technology as
a way to spread their message
widely but less openly.
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