scuffle in Oregon City went viral after it was shared widely across social media over the weekend and, somewhat unusually, it was shared across the political spectrum of online commentators—because they all claimed it showed something different.
While those on the left claimed the incident showed a fight between two homophobic groups who had gathered with the same aim of protesting against gay rights, others said that there may have been more going on than it initially appeared.
Some observers claimed one of the groups was not a far right organization at all, but suggested the gang was made up of masked federal agents who were there in disguise to police the event.
They mocked the so-called feds for allegedly playing hardened men while they were being forced to retreat.The incident comes amid an increasingly bitter culture war about the rights of gay and transgender people in the U.S.