# Quote — Andy Ngo, Unmasked

> In Portland, I made the decision to go to CHAZ. There’s a lot of reporting one can do from a distance away, but at some point, it requires being on the ground. But I was scared. Terrified, actually. Ever since I was beat by antifa in June 2019, one of the deliberating psychological consequences is anxiety in crowds. I had never suffered from enochlophobia, a fear of crowds, but everything changed after the attack… I hated giving antifa what they wanted—fear—but they’ve made it very clear they want to beat me again and this time finish the job.

- Author: [Andy Ngo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo.md)
- Book: [Unmasked](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked.md)
- Page: 32
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo#Unmasked:_Inside_Antifa%E2%80%99s_Radical_Plan_to_Destroy_Democracy_(2021)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/in-portland-i-made

## More from this book

> Every use of force by officers, whether it be tear gas, smoke, pepper balls, or arrests, was heavily scrutinized. Out-of-context video snippets were released on social media and published by news outlets, generating mass rage and universally negative press for law enforcement and the Trump administration. The officers were called ‘Trump’s gestapo,’ ‘storm troopers,’ and ‘thugs’ by Democratic politicians and the media.

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/every-use-of-force.md)

> Despite what was happening before our eyes, left-wing politicians and media denied antifa played a role. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called the movement ‘imagery’ during a congressional debate. And even though the public could plainly see masked militants openly planning and carrying out riot operations, we were still told there is ‘no evidence’ of organized antifa. ‘Who caused the violence at protests? It wasn’t antifa,’ declared one gaslighting Washington Post ‘fact-checker’ analysis, for example.

p. 5 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/despite-what-was.md)

> One glaring blind spot in the mainstream media coverage of CHAZ was how the space gave platform to violent extremist ideologies. Reports about CHAZ’s political agenda focused shallowly on ‘racial justice’ and ‘defunding the police’ rather than its explicit calls to kill cops and overthrow the government. Hundreds of graffiti messages and images lined the zone showing dead pigs wearing police hats.

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/andy-ngo/unmasked/one-glaring-blind.md)