And Now Let Us Introduce You to "AntiOccupyPortland"

Ever wonder who finds the chum that helps fuel the anti-Occupy feeding frenzies by right-wing-media sharks like Victoria Taft and Lars Larson, etc.?

Say hello to one such outfit: "AntiOccupyPortland." Using hidden cameras, some careful stage managing, and a liberal (ha!) dose of exaggeration, AntiOccupy has helped spread some of the worst rumors surrounding our local Occupy. It's sneaky, and but it's become a staple of the conservative playbook. Just this Monday, for example, the group's concerned citizens fanned the flames of a reported lice outbreak so high they managed to warm the ample backsides of national pundits like Rush Limbaugh. How true was the rumor? If this tells you anything, none of the local TV stations—which live for stories like this—picked it up. Zero.

So who are the folks behind AntiOccupyPortland? Why are they out there? I emailed and asked them to elaborate. And they obliged with a long response back—which I respect. Still, based on what happened with the lice claims, you might want to, you know, take this all with grain of salt.

And remember: It's important to note that some foes of Occupy—but not all—aren't always willing to play nice, or necessarily even fair. (If one group can justify spreading hazy rumors on hidden camera, what other acts of provocation might some other agitated opponents manage to justify?)

We will not go on camera, however we can answer your questions via email. If we go on camera it would completely compromise what we are doing as far as undercover filming of the illegal, unsafe, and unhealthy activity going on when the police and media are not present. We are a team of 5 concerned Portland citizens who are against the way these Occupy Portland campers have destroyed both Lownsdale, and Chapman parks, are heavily engaged in drug use (cocaine, heroine, marijuana, meth, etc).

The rest picks up after the jump.