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Comment on Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.

I'm telling you, an army of vuvuzela-players and mimes to follow elected officials around in public, with a shift roster to get 24/7 coverage. No media interviews without the droning hum of a vuvuzela, no photo opportunities without a sneaky mime making an exaggerated lewd pose in the background, no pleasant meals with lobbyists without a distant but audible brrrrrrrrrrrr.

The media chooses not to report on peaceful protests all the time, but they always give coverage to Gaetz, Cruz and Graham talking absolute shit. Make them edit the videos to take out mimes and vuvuzelas.

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Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah obvs the police would side with and defend the politicians, you’d never be allowed to do that.

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- fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Police can arrest someone for playing a vuvuzela and being in the background of a photo? Probably, but... what do they charge you with, a noise disturbance? Better than an assault charge. The police are going to defend the rulers no matter how peaceful the protest.
  
  CW: police violence
  Remember when those UC Davis students got pepper-sprayed while sitting? Or "don't tase me, bro!"?
  
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  - Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    So instead of lame immature protests, just kill ‘em.
    
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    fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    And that's how you get revenge killings and more death and suffering. Humanity has tried murder a few more times than peaceful protest already to "solve problems" and it hasn't created a safer world for innocent people or better lives for the poor or sustainable environmental practices.
    
    First you are concerned police won't let people play vuvuzela, but you're not concerned that they'll torture and kill you for murder? Or is it because you are ok with letting others do the dirty work for you?
    
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ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Do you want fascism? Because vuvuzelas are how you get fascism.

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- fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  So that's why FIFA and the London Olympics banned them? /jk
  
  I just want what the interviewee wants. Media that can't easily ignore the angrily trumpetting elephant in the room.
  
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  - metaStatic@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    They didn't like the competition ...
    
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Sir, this is a taco bell

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