Secede?
Blazak says Hammerskin Nation might have picked Portland for its event because groups like it have long looked to the region for the so-called “Northwest Imperative.†The imperative is the two-decade-old idea started by the white supremacist group Aryan Nations that Oregon, Washington and Idaho will someday secede to create an autonomous Aryan homeland.
I don’t think that group would be in attendence at the latest meeting of would-be-secessionists, as it would make awkward seating arrangement placed next to the Cascadian Independence Movement, as I suppose they would have to be seated.*Â (Geographic arrangement, right?)
As for the “Hammerskin Nation” Music festival — happening in a mythical corner of Portland by hidden shadows sometime this weekend. Um. I still want to see what the Top 40 charts for that genre of music (?) looks like.
*Note: the blog post I linked to just there is a lie. I never did that; that never happened.