cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7245034
You dont Hate Amerikkkans enough
by Qwarzu on twitter
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I wonder how many Americans are going to realize that there really isn’t that big of a difference between Russia invading Ukraine and the US invading Venezuela.
Oh right, they also kidnapped its head of state. And they were upfront about it being for their own gain.
So they can still crosspost from hexbear!
You say that as if it’s a bad thing :p
Well, yes. otherwise the upper right panel would have an ICE van in it with some unidentifiable incels…
What do you mean by this, lmao?
- This comic was drawn before this happened, I think.
- How is this related? The comic is about the international reaction towards Americans and Russians, not the domestic government reaction to protesters against these things.
I am genuinely baffled. This is completely unrelated to the point of the comic or to it being possible to cross-post from Hexbear.
I think there are multiple ways of reading that comic, seeing the mixed vote reaction.
It could be seen as a tankie post about muricans still having more freedom of speech vs russians. Thats how I saw it, because it was crossposted from tankie-land.
It could be seen as a tankie post about muricans still having more freedom of speech vs russians. Thats how I saw it, because it was crossposted from tankie-land.
OK, so you read the comment completely, objectively wrong (the truncheon says “visa ban” on it, visa bans are imposed by other countries) because you turned off your ability to connect basic concepts when you saw the “tankie-land” word.
Both deserve the cudgel, with the difference that the russian populace actually risk something if they protest, but the american populace is so silent on this you can hear the crickets.
LOL, Russia brutality crushes protest and America doesn’t. Point Russia? You guys are hilarious.
The reality in America is a bit more complicated. There are two kinds of protests, those that are pointless and easily brushed aside, and those that might actually achieve something.
America sets up “free speech zones” and a whole myriad of laws to make sure the second kind of protest is always illegal, and it has no problem using brutality to shut them down.
Protest in America is almost always performative and relatively pointless. What matters is political activism and educating and energizing voters. That’s the only thing that has ever made a difference in the US. For protest to be effective at all it has to move voters, but opportunities to do that with corporate media pushing back are rare.
this 100%. i’ve been shot by rubber bullets on 6 separate occasions as the police made protective circles around nazis to make them safe. even at those free speach zones, bring everything you need to diffuse riot control equipment just in case things get weird because they just well might.
our militarized police forces LOVE kettling people, beating them, and pepper spraying them. come prepared even if you think the protest you’re going to is safe
