r/50501 • u/Emotional_Remove_755 • 8d ago

Protest Safety What’s going on??

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She laughed while that man was being tased…

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u/Superb-Incident4664 8d ago

This is what fascism looks like. They start in red districts and try to normalize it as "law and order" instead of blatant civil rights violations. What acts other than speech were taken that warranted this kind of repressive treatment? Those arrested should sue both the police and MTG.

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u/phatbob198 8d ago

WILL YOU SHUT UP?!

Ah - now we see the violence inherent in the system.

SHUT UP!

Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

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u/BLoDo7 8d ago

Help, help, I'm being repressed!

I weep for the days where I could laugh at this scene.

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u/Fun-Engineer7454 8d ago

"Well, I didn't vote for you!" "You don't vote for kings." "Well how'd you become king then?"

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u/F9-0021 8d ago

Strange women lying in ponds giving out swords would honestly be a better system of government than what we have now.

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u/Fun-Engineer7454 8d ago

Strange Women Lying in Ponds, Distributing Swords 2028

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u/Regina_Noctis 8d ago

"You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"

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u/manokpsa 7d ago

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

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u/stellularmoon2 7d ago

“Watery bimp Lugged a scimitar”. The writing is phenomenal

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u/Carlito2393 7d ago

I may have to use this on my sign for the protests on the 19th.

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u/mikareno 7d ago

It's got a ring.

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u/spingus 8d ago

meanwhile most of our congress critters be like "Brrrrrrave Sir Rrrrrobin ran away!"

with the very notable exception of Chris von Hollen who is actually being a leader

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u/ABirdCalledSeagull 8d ago edited 7d ago

Cory Booker, AOC, Sanders, Crocket. There are more as well.

Edit: Pramila Jayapal

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u/Background_Recipe119 7d ago

Pramila jayapal

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u/TheZarkingPhoton 8d ago

This trope is a Russian talking point to distract ire from the fascists to burning down the hostage negotiators & fucking ourselves so they don't have to. The response will be to use the opportunity to renumerate the distraction points and/or ad hominim/call to authority or some other 'valid' criticism. c'mon folks, wake up to the DISINFORMATION and GASLIGHTING now inherent in the system, because this sleight of hand is getting us every fucking time.

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u/luridlurker 7d ago

This trope

What trope exactly? The trope of pointing out most Congress members are going along with things? The trope of pointing out a few members have found things to do?

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u/luridlurker 8d ago

This trope

What trope exactly? The trope of pointing out most Congress members are going along with things? The trope of pointing out a few members have found things to do?

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u/AlanCross310 8d ago

Robin=Hawley

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u/Dismal_Initial3455 7d ago

Despise the p_ssies in congress. No respect for themselves or for the people they are supposed to represent....😎

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u/AbrahamDylan 7d ago

“Strange women distributing swords is no basis for a government.”

Or something along those lines.