It would be really funny when a few etzy people banded together to make the same frog coatume over and over and the next day two identical frogs stand there.
humor is part of practical anarchist resistance. also I'm pretty sure they're blocking ice vehicles from leaving so this was already working anyway but now with a side of media coverage virality
And do what, exactly? Provide the exact excuse the federal government is posturing for, allowing them to justify the actions that our various local/state governments are fighting to show aren't real? Should we start an insurrection, so that Trump can start gunning down citizens with impunity and incite even more dramatic acts of violence from his base?
Truly, what do you think Portlanders, as individuals or small groups, could be doing that would meaningfully prevent the administration from enacting their agenda? Portland isn't on fire. Trump says it is. Should they burn it down to prove him wrong?
You can source satire as a basis for resistance, while criticizing the use of humor as a means of resistance. Pick a side of your own argument to be on.
"Here's an Onion article" isn't a response to what I said. Most Americans also don't like the situation we're in. We agree with you on that point. But "I don't like this version of events and you people are disgusting for letting it happen" is a pointless observation when nobody has laid out an actual plan that could change things more than what's being done.
I ask again. What do you propose we should be doing instead?
Mockery, satire, and other forms of humor are, and always have been, powerful tools against authoritarian forces. It's why they always co-opt, or censor comedy.
Humor tells them you're not afraid. It demonstrates that they aren't as powerful as they'd like the public to think. Because it's entertaining, it causes people to pay attention and emboldens them to see the limits of their would be oppressors. Its also uplifting in a very scary and sad time.
Not everyone can be, or needs to be, gearing up for a fight. Everyone does need to do what they can. Even if that's making the gestapo OC gas an unarmed frog.
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SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 326d
Who would win?Who won?silence7@slrpnk.net · 39 pts · 326d
ICE sprayed a chemical weapon directly into the frog costume air intake. Frog came back the next day
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 326d
A little attempted murder isn't gonna stop that frog.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 325d
It would be really funny when a few etzy people banded together to make the same frog coatume over and over and the next day two identical frogs stand there.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 325d
I think the costume is available for $30 or so online
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 11 pts · 326d
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 19 pts · 326d
Don't worry. it belongs to a completely different authoritarian government now.
finitebanjo@piefed.world · -7 pts · 326d
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 326d
Not defending china but Larry ellison is going to make it pro zionist and pro trump as shit. Netanyahu is even on video discussing it
finitebanjo@piefed.world · 5 pts · 326d
Deceptichum@quokk.au · -33 pts · 326d
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 326d
humor is part of practical anarchist resistance. also I'm pretty sure they're blocking ice vehicles from leaving so this was already working anyway but now with a side of media coverage virality
Ava@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 326d
And do what, exactly? Provide the exact excuse the federal government is posturing for, allowing them to justify the actions that our various local/state governments are fighting to show aren't real? Should we start an insurrection, so that Trump can start gunning down citizens with impunity and incite even more dramatic acts of violence from his base?
Truly, what do you think Portlanders, as individuals or small groups, could be doing that would meaningfully prevent the administration from enacting their agenda? Portland isn't on fire. Trump says it is. Should they burn it down to prove him wrong?
Deceptichum@quokk.au · -7 pts · 326d
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 326d
Did... Did you just link an onion article as a source?
Deceptichum@quokk.au · -7 pts · 326d
obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 325d
You can source satire as a basis for resistance, while criticizing the use of humor as a means of resistance. Pick a side of your own argument to be on.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · -3 pts · 325d
Ava@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 325d
"Here's an Onion article" isn't a response to what I said. Most Americans also don't like the situation we're in. We agree with you on that point. But "I don't like this version of events and you people are disgusting for letting it happen" is a pointless observation when nobody has laid out an actual plan that could change things more than what's being done.
I ask again. What do you propose we should be doing instead?
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 2 pts · 325d
silence7@slrpnk.net · 21 pts · 326d
Sabotage comes in many forms. Looks like one person with a frog costume has tied up the local gestapo for an evening
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 326d
You need more whimsy in your life
obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 325d
Mockery, satire, and other forms of humor are, and always have been, powerful tools against authoritarian forces. It's why they always co-opt, or censor comedy.
Humor tells them you're not afraid. It demonstrates that they aren't as powerful as they'd like the public to think. Because it's entertaining, it causes people to pay attention and emboldens them to see the limits of their would be oppressors. Its also uplifting in a very scary and sad time.
Not everyone can be, or needs to be, gearing up for a fight. Everyone does need to do what they can. Even if that's making the gestapo OC gas an unarmed frog.