• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    A: Fucking impressive, holy shit. Good on them for having a plan that day.

    B: I thought that was a fucking battleaxe in the foreground for a moment there.

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      23 days ago

      It’s more effective in an area where police’s response to a perceived threat (real or imaginary) is to shoot first, perspire later.

      Not to take anything away from this particular instance. It’s rad and inspiring as hell. However, I fear that, were I to try this at any protest in my area, I would be forcibly aerated in short order.

      Could be doomerism has a hold on me this afternoon, but, if anything, this post makes me despair that any effective protest in my country (i.e. something with enough teeth to make oligarchs take notice) will be met with deadly force employed in the name of “restoring order”, and the whole political and media apparatus will jump through hoops to frame the story as, “well, we all applaud protestors for making their voices heard, but they didn’t follow our clear directions, and therefore they brought their fates upon themselves.”

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    23 days ago

    Jesus tap dancing Christ. That’s simultaneously one of the coolest and most insane things I’ve ever seen. It just kept going!

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    23 days ago

    In didn’t see this in the news. It’s freaking awesome. I think it doesn’t need to be that fast to be effective. Plus slower would last much longer. And if they had a few in different locations it would be way more interesting too. As is, this is probably some of the best self defense I’ve ever seen.