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Resist: It's Time

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We are still in this together, but "this" is going to be real different in the very near future. This demands a different kind of "we."

The French Resistance during Nazi occupation played important roles delivering downed Allied airmen back to safety, supplying military intelligence, and acts of sabotage.

The Underground Railroad is estimated to have brought 100,000 freedom seekers to safety between 1810 and 1850.

It's time.

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 38 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Step 1 is already illegal in my country on a protest.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

That's an easy pretense for our overly violent riot cops (who are deployed to literally any protest but somehow can't be arsed to disperse illegal overtly racist protests nowadays) to arrest you though. And keep you detained for up to 3 days iirc.

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago

Yep, we are just about past the point of caring about laws. I know I was done after J6 pardons. That told me laws are out the window now.

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

I get the sentiment, but depending on the particular activity, not breaking the law is an advantage. A peaceful protest in front of a government building following all laws makes it harder to justify breaking up, especially breaking up violently. It's a PR game just as much as it's a social action game. To be clear, though, this doesn't cover every instance, but there are times where following the rules to the letter is beneficial...just not always.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Motorcycle helmet or full-face bike helmet. Problem solved.

What, folks are on me all the fucking time to wear one. If they want to complain that I'm complying, that sounds like a them problem.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not in Germany. The law is very abstract. Technically, it does not even allow you to take stuff with you that is supposed to hide your face. On the other hand... Even a T Shirt can be used to hide the face...

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermummungsverbot

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Huh, interesting! In the USA, we just got these laws recently, but for protests only, and from the sound of the law, it will only be enforced for people the president does not like

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Hey we have the same dumb law in France. I remember getting a ski patrol guy getting very confused when I snarkily asked him if I was gonna get in trouble for wearing my balaclava to the slopes, which was technically illegal according to this law.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Fucking facial recognition...how does that work?