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
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